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Environment

Photo: Task Force 7, a search and rescue team from Sacramento, Calif., search for remains in the rubble of a destroyed home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles

Environment

How and Why the LA Wildfires Grew So Fast—and Lessons for the Future

January 16, 2025

Photo: A hill with many houses on it being covered by smoke from the LA wildfires

LA Wildfires

In the Wake of LA Fires, What Does the US Need to Do to Prepare for Future Natural Disasters?

January 14, 2025

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Public Health

10 Tips for How to Stay Cool When You Don’t Have AC

July 15, 2024

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Environment

As We Celebrate Earth Day, a Reminder of What Cannot Be Recycled at BU

April 19, 2024

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Faculty

Reasons to be Optimistic About 2024 (Seriously)

January 23, 2024

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Sustainable Fashion

Is Thrift Flipping Ethical and Sustainable?

December 12, 2023

Photo: Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, arrive at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, on June 20, 2023, in Helena, Montana. A group of young people wearing business casual wear smile and cheer as they walk towards a courtroom building.

Student Voices

POV: Montana Youths Sued State over Climate Change—and Won a Landmark Decision for All Young People

August 24, 2023

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Sustainability

Video: Where Does BU’s Food Waste Go?

November 4, 2022

Collage: (from left to right) Photo of a raging wildfire, marijuana leaves, A protestors holding up a blue sign that reads "keep abortion legal", and a gas station pump showing high gas prices are shown to illustrate some of the issues being debated in the midterms.

Politics

What Issues Will Decide the 2022 Midterm Elections?

November 1, 2022

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Environment

The Supreme Court Has Hobbled Greenhouse Gas Controls. Now What?

July 1, 2022

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Arts on Campus

Mural, Mural on the Wall: Two Student-Led Art Projects Installed on Campus

June 2, 2022

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Environment

Will SCOTUS Cripple Climate Change Remedies?

February 23, 2022

A visitor views a Green Zone exhibit during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. He stands in a dark room facing a bright, colorful display showing the differences in climate on Earth, Mars, and Jupiter.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Letter from Glasgow

November 4, 2021

Overhead image generated using Google Earth of the gas leaks along Comm Ave; as seen is the Charles River and Cambridgeport. The gas leaks are visualized as red lines emerging from Comm Ave; the whole street appears to have gas leaks.

Environment

From Glasgow to Comm Ave: Cutting Methane Emissions

November 3, 2021

a photo of steam billowing out of grey chimney's of a coal-fired power plant in China. The chimneys feature light blu writing and contrast against a blue, lightly clouded sky.

Environment

Are China and the United States Really Serious about Climate Change?

October 6, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 2021

Image from The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of an electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab.

Voices & Opinion

POV: There’s Another Reason to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve, and It’s One You Haven’t Heard Yet

May 4, 2020

Bicyclists and cars travel along comm ave

Urban Health

Mayors Say Their Cities Are Unsafe for Pedestrians, Cyclists—but Cars Still Rule

January 21, 2020

Students sporting Boston University apparel walk down comm ave, during the matriculation parade

Campus Life

BU’s 2019 Top-10 Social Media Highlights

December 19, 2019

Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences Groundbreaking

Voices & Opinion

POV: BU President Robert A. Brown and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on BU’s Carbon Neutrality Commitment

December 9, 2019

POV: BU President Robert A. Brown and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on BU’s Carbon Neutrality Commitment