Stanford’s own water depends on climate divestment Op Ed October 21, 2014 2 Comments Everything we do to serve the public is made more difficult by climate change, so why on earth should our money finance the corporations that make climate change worse and hold us back from the... Read More »
Global connections, shareholder divestment and Stanford Op Ed October 20, 2014 0 Comments In divesting its holdings in coal, Stanford made a modest acknowledgement of this interconnectedness. Further divestment of the University’s holdings in fossil fuels would be an appropriate... Read More »
Backsliding (into oil addiction) Holly Moeller October 20, 2014 0 Comments Last month, as gas prices fell, we started buying less efficient cars again: SUV sales soared while hybrid sales sank, and average vehicle gas mileage made its biggest drop since 2011. The efficiency... Read More »
Teaching by example: Divestment from fossil fuels Op Ed October 19, 2014 1 Comment We applaud the Board for its policy with respect to investments in coal. But Stanford's Trustees must come to understand the full dimensions of the carbon equation; when they do, they will change... Read More »
Human overpopulation: When no news is bad news Holly Moeller October 6, 2014 15 Comments Rather than fearing discussion of human overpopulation, we should embrace it. That’s a lot less scary than rocketing blindly towards 10 billion with no plan for the environmental consequences when... Read More »
How the People’s Climate March shows that protest matters Debnil Sur September 30, 2014 1 Comment n an era of massive political gridlock, the People’s Climate March reminded us that citizens can still demonstrate their power. In addition to hundreds of thousands across fifty countries, roughly... Read More »
Dry heaves Holly Moeller September 22, 2014 2 Comments Placing restrictions on the major consumers of California’s precious fresh water will not cripple the state’s economy. And the gradual implementation proposed by the new legislation (the real... Read More »
In defense of fracking Op Ed September 25, 2013 0 Comments In America, certainly, fracking-- which employs the injection of water, sand and chemicals into hard shale rock to break it up and extract gas trapped therein-- has been a revelation. Read More »
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