Opinion – Climate360 News

9Nov

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Climate change reporting lies with us

By Ashley Buschhorn Climate change is ravaging our planet, killing crops, driving animals to extinction and, yes, killing people, yet the mainstream media's coverage of the issue is woefully lacking. “The state of coverage does not meet the state of emergency,” CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir told Climate360 News. A new report shows that 85% of the world population has experienced a weather event that has been worsened by climate change. The report also showed that global warming has affected 80% of the world’s land area. When you consider these events one by one you discover the human-impact of them. Whether it is Texans freezing to death in the 2021 winter storm or refugee camps in South Sudan being swept away by flash floods, there is a toll on human life br...

Opinion: Could climate change play a role in the California recall?

2Aug

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Loyola Marymount University, Opinion

Opinion: Could climate change play a role in the California recall?

As California experiences the wildfires, drought and extreme heat, it’s possible that gubernatorial candidates could touch on the problems of climate change in the recall campaign. Graphic by Cristobal Spielmann. By Cristobal Spielmann California has been experiencing two major upheavals this year. The first of these is political: a gubernatorial recall election set to take place in less than eight weeks against current Democratic governor Gavin Newsom. The other, much more important upheaval, is the one faced by the impact of climate change. From wildfires to droughts, this summer has proved itself historic by showing how dismal the future of unmitigated climate change would look in California. The Dixie Fire has burnt over 200,000 acres and become one of the...

Opinion: Why you can’t blame the Pemex oil fire on capitalism

13Jul

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Loyola Marymount University, Opinion

Opinion: Why you can’t blame the Pemex oil fire on capitalism

The fire in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Gulf of Mexico spurred tons of memes and comments about the failures of capitalism. The pipeline belonged to a nationalized state monopoly. Graphic by Cristobal Spielmann. By Cristobal Spielmann If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve likely seen the striking image of a massive, hellish oil fire burning on the surface of the ocean. The fire began on July 2 as the result of a pipeline leak in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico before being extinguished over 17 hours later. The KMZ field has been the major producer of Mexico’s crude oil since 2009, contributing to 46% of its national production, according to a column in the online Mexican news magazine&nbs...

Opinion: Climate change is everybody’s problem

11Jun

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Loyola Marymount University, Opinion

Opinion: Climate change is everybody’s problem

By Veronica Backer-Peral This piece was originally published on October 19, 2020, by the Los Angeles Loyolan. Graphic: Katie Nishimura | Loyolan Rising global temperatures and the inevitable havoc they cause on our planet will go down in history as the greatest threat faced by humanity in the 21st century. It is far past the time for all of us to come together and do whatever it takes to meet this challenge. On Oct. 14, the Global Policy Institute at LMU hosted renowned environmental activist and author Bill McKibben for a conversation on “climate change and environmental justice.” As a GPI fellow, I had a chance to work behind the scenes of the event, but more than once I found myself pausing to listen to McKibben, wondering how it is possible that climate change is still a po...

Opinion: Brace our campus for perpetual fires

11Jun

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Loyola Marymount University, Opinion

Opinion: Brace our campus for perpetual fires

By Cristobal Spielmann This piece was originally published on April 19, 2021, by the Los Angeles Loyolan. Fires near the University could be the norm if we don't intervene. Even if they don't ignite on campus, we still have a responsibility to prevent them from happening. Cartoon: Alexandra Linhardt | Loyolan With finals on the horizon and the stresses of returning to campus after over a year of COVID-19, many Lions likely couldn't care less about anything else, no matter how urgent a problem it might be. This is especially true for hyper-local environmentalist issues. Before campus closed down in 2020, there were movements like Divest LMU holding on-campus demonstrations and the LMU chapter of Herbicide Free Campus doing in-person activities related to sust...