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New Intel chip factory raises questions about sustainability 
6Apr By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Economy, Featured, Kent State University

New Intel chip factory raises questions about sustainability 

By Grace Springer Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announces the new Intel factories. Photo via Ohio.gov Since the explosion of sustainability movements across the world, companies have released corporate responsibility reports often with a section on how they plan to protect the environment for future generations.  Intel has outlined several sustainability goals for the two new factories. These goals include aiming to run on 100% renewable energy, meeting exceptional water conservation standards and sending zero waste to landfills by 2030.  “I’m not saying that Intel cannot do it — definitely they can if they wanted to. The problem is, at the end of the day, it kind of gets back to money,” Omid Bagheri, Ph.D., professor of economics at Kent State University told Climate360....
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RIP fossil fuels?
24Feb By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Energy, Featured, Loyola Marymount University, Policy

RIP fossil fuels?

By Sebastian Ramirez Playa Del Rey Natural Gas Storage Facility down the hill from houses.Photo by Sebastian Ramirez Cars. Buses. Trucks. Trains. Planes.  What do they have in common? The majority are fueled exclusively by fossil fuels, and contribute half of all greenhouse gas emissions in California.  The state consumes 1.8 million barrels of oil and gas per day. About a third of those are produced in California, and the rest are imported. In L.A. County alone, there are 5,919 oil and gas wells, not including offshore wells.  Dr. Jason Jarvis moved to Los Angeles in 2015 from Atlanta. Previously unaware of any issues regarding the oil industry, he became invested after seeing a map showing all the active, idle and abandoned wells in L.A. County.  Ja...
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Western wildfires: A growing threat across the country
17Feb By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Featured, Kent State University, Loyola Marymount University, Science

Western wildfires: A growing threat across the country

By Alex Kim, Grace Springer Smoke rising in this California forest as the blaze continues. Photo via Flickr As I’m writing this article in February, there is a wildfire burning in Laguna Beach, California, that forced evacuations — an occurrence that used to be rare at this time of year, but not anymore. Parts of Southern California are experiencing a heatwave that’s fueling winter wildfires that can potentially send smoke thousands of miles outside of California.  Jana Houser, Ph.D., is a professor of meteorology at Ohio University. She told Climate360, “We [Ohioans] can periodically notice the effects of wildfires out west when the fires become so numerous and large that their smoke enters the jet stream of the upper atmosphere.”  In July 2021, Public Health Dayton ...
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Promise & Peril: Fighting Climate Change One Animal at a Time
15Feb By Climate 360 NewsNo Comments
Community, Featured, Kent State University, Loyola Marymount University, Morgan State University, Video

Promise & Peril: Fighting Climate Change One Animal at a Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOfjRiouoXQ In a world where no one can seem to agree on any meaningful solutions to climate change, we need to find all the common ground we can. "Promise & Peril," a Los Angeles Loyolan Project Citizen Climate 360 film, seeks to find that ground through telling the stories of two animal populations affected by climate change.
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