Check out the news cover about us at Nassau Weekly "When you picture an environmentalist, what first comes to mind? Probably an old, white former geoscience professor at your local university, with disheveled hair and a Prius. Maybe a middle-aged Sierra Club member wearing some combination of bike shorts, Birkenstocks, and expensive pants with removable …
Read MoreFeatured on the Daily Princetonian: Members of the Princeton Student Climate Initiative have drafted a New Jersey Carbon Fee and Dividend Policy, a 94-page white paper outlining a fee-based strategy for reducing carbon emissions and air pollution while minimizing environmental impact.
Read MoreCarbon emissions pose an urgent public health problem, with fossil fuel combustion-related pollution contributing to 8,312 premature deaths annually in New Jersey. Furthermore, New Jersey faces significant threats from climate change: sea-level rise alone is projected to force 174,000 – 480,000 New Jersey residents to relocate by 2100.
Read MoreThis past Sunday, February 25th, Princeton’s Student Climate Initiative held its inaugural Climate Lightning Challenge—a 2-hour ideathon centered around climate-related solutions. With 45 minutes to research, 40 minutes to craft a proposal and 35 minutes to pitch and discuss, each participant chose an unfamiliar problem and crafted either a policy, engineering, business …
Read MoreThe recent poll by the Princeton Student Climate Initiative was a success, with 112 students responding. The poll asked students to answer a number of questions regarding their attitude to climate-related topics on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The results shed light on some interesting views …
Read MoreLast semester, Sam Moore was part of a group that gave a talk entitled: ‘Solutions to Climate Change’, which outlined three potential solutions (at least in part) to the climate challenge. The Iron Hypothesis: The iron hypothesis is an intriguing idea. It observes that the oceans are deficient in iron, especially near the North and …
Read MoreClimate change has many implications for public health, particularly on the transmission of infectious diseases. Changes in humidity can lead to an increased risk of illnesses that spread through bodily fluids. Vectors such as mosquitoes can become more abundant and affect larger regions. Natural disasters can destroy healthcare infrastructure, decrease the immunity …
Read MoreWe met with Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (who recently won re-election by 4000 votes!) this past Friday, November 17th, 2017, to discuss our proposal for a carbon fee and dividend policy in New Jersey. We had written a 63-page white paper on the possible effects of this policy, and previous implementations of …
Read MoreFrom October 9th to 15th, we tabled in Frist Campus Center every day from 8-10 PM, telling students about Carbon Fee & Dividend. We discussed how this policy is effective, economically sound, and politically feasible. See our fact sheet for more details! We got 76 students to write letters to their congressmembers, …
Read MoreOn January 17th, 2017, on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Princeton Student Climate Lobby sent out a survey to the thousands of worried students on Princeton’s campus. What we wanted to know was simple: how do people feel about climate change? With climate science being one of the areas most in danger from the …
Read MoreCome join Princeton Student Climate Lobby on Friday March 31 from 1-4PM outside J Street Library (in Wilcox) to learn more about carbon pricing, a climate solution supported by politicians of both parties, economists, and even the fossil fuel industry. Call your representatives, write a short form for your representatives (we’ll mail it!), and learn why the …
Read MoreThanks to the The Daily Princetonian for featuring us in this morning's paper! PSCL is working hard to jump-start discussions on campus, and our work this week was just the beginning …
Read MoreFeatured on the Daily Princetonian: “This is a difficult time for liberals and conservatives alike. People are stressed –– and the climate issue is one that has been ignored for a long time,” Jack Lohmann ’19 said. Lohmann is a co-founder of the Princeton Student Climate Lobby (PSCL), a PACE Center group that was created in January.
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