Australian bushfires point to dire future for climate crisis
Lacey Latch, Managing Editor
January 12, 2020
As bushfires continue to rage across the island of Australia for the fifth month in a row, the rest of the world now has no choice but to take note of the devastation and the factors that caused it. Millions of acres have been leveled by the flames, an estimated half a billion animals have been kille...
Wildfires threaten unique critters on Australian ‘Galapagos’
January 5, 2020
SYDNEY (AP) — It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone decades of careful conservation work on Kangaroo Island and have threatened to wipe out some of t...
End of the decade: triumphant growth in covering climate change
Lauren Paris, Contributing Writer
December 28, 2019
Climate change is a story that is complex, multifaceted and big — perhaps the biggest issue of our time. It’s a story that doesn’t end, at least not anytime soon. Its effects surround us but are not always visible from our front porch. This is a story that affects people all over the world and s...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg chosen to be Time ‘Person of the Year’
December 11, 2019
MADRID (AP) — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was surprised and honored Wednesday to learn she had been named Time’s youngest “Person of the Year,” saying the accolade deserved to be shared by others in the global movement she helped inspire. The 16-year-old Swede has become...
Plastics not the only scourge polluting world’s oceans
Keira Wingate, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
November 18, 2019
Climate change is an ongoing issue and the world’s oceans, coastlines and coastal communities are being disproportionately impacted by increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In recent years, ocean cleanup efforts have been ...
OPINION: It’s time for DePaul’s administration to care as much as students do about sustainability
Jenna Ranieri, Contributing Writer
October 21, 2019
I like to think of myself as relatively green thinking. I recycle whenever I can. I like to choose brands that follow environmental ethical codes of conduct, whenever economically feasible. However, I have always shied away from actively joining the conversation and acting to reverse the damage that...
College of Science and Health hosts climate change experts at DePaul
Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer
October 19, 2019
DePaul College of Science and Health associate professor and department chair Mark Potosnak and associate professor Hugh Bartling of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences mediated a climate change panel on the Lincoln Park campus Friday. “The climate policies are currently at a crossroads,”...
OPINION: Going vegan isn’t enough
Cassidy Delahunty, Contributing Writer
September 30, 2019
In 2015, Greenpeace estimated that we had until 2020 before the planet reached the point of no return on climate change – not an apocalypse, but a point beyond which consequences would be unavoidable and irreversible. According to the opening press release for the UN 2019 Climate Action Summit, “T...
Young people take center stage at UN climate summit
Cailey Gleeson, Focus Editor
September 30, 2019
Coming off the heels of global protests Sept. 20, world leaders from more than 70 countries gathered in New York this past Monday to discuss stricter climate policy at the U.N. Climate Summit. Autumn Peltier, Greta Thunberg, Mari Copeny and Xiye Bastida were among 15 youth activists who filed a comp...
‘You are failing us’: Plans, frustration at UN climate talks
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
September 23, 2019
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As they made their pledges at the Climate Action Summit, though, they and others conceded it was not enough. And...
Chicago youth combat climate crisis
Jonathan Aguilar, Assistant Photo Editor
September 22, 2019
Students and activists marched through downtown Chicago on Friday, Sept. 20 to demand that politicians take action to address the climate crisis. This march, organized by the Illinois Youth Climate Strike organization, was one of many held across the globe today. The group met in Grant Park and mar...
Young protesters around globe demand climate change action
Jennifer Peltz and Frank Jordans, Associated Press
September 20, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action. Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape...
Rebecca Rogers, Contributing Writer
January 18, 2020 • No Comments
Women and allies took to Chicago’s slush-filled streets Jan. 18 for the fourth-annual, large-scale...
Chicagoans swarm dispensaries in first week of recreational cannabis sales
January 12, 2020
By 6 a.m. on New Year’s day, thousands were already lined up outside the many...
Real ID is coming — here’s what you need to know
January 12, 2020
By Oct. 1, 2020, Illinois citizens will be required to have a Real ID in lieu...
Declining enrollment will factor into DePaul’s 2020-21 budget
January 12, 2020
DePaul has begun its process for preparing a budget for the 2020-21 academic...