OPINION: Electric cars aren’t a quick fix
JOEY FRANKLIN, Evergreen columnist
October 20, 2020
At first glance, electric cars seem to be a better environmental decision than a typical gasoline or diesel car, but they have downfalls that make it seem like they are not the knights in shining armor they appear to be. Compared to gasoline cars, electric cars have no emissions on the road, but the...
County representative candidates debate sex education, climate change policies
MICHELLE PAREDES STRONG, Evergreen reporter
October 19, 2020
Republican incumbent Mary Dye and Libertarian challenger Brett Borden debated tax increases and Referendum 90, which requires schools to teach comprehensive sex education, during a virtual forum Saturday afternoon. The League of Women Voters of Pullman hosted the event. Both Dye and Borden are chal...
Whitman County Commissioner candidates agreed on medical care, climate change
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen reporter
October 16, 2020
Candidates for the Whitman County Commission debated the county’s access to medical care and transportation, concerns about climate change and the allocation of potential funding, during a forum Thursday night. Pullman business owner Tom Handy and incumbent Dean Kinzer answered questions submitte...
ASWSU hosts virtual event on environmental awareness
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen reporter
October 14, 2020
The ASWSU Environmental Sustainability Alliance and TEDxWSU Countdown held an event featuring WSU faculty to discuss how climate change is impacting people locally and worldwide. There are areas of the Arctic where a boat can be sailed through, said Von Walden, professor for WSU’s Department of Civil...
OPINION: Presidential debates need to address climate change
MACKENNA ROWE, Evergreen columnist
October 13, 2020
Earth is not doing well, and the next president will help determine if there will be more detrimental effects. President Donald Trump’s policies are benefiting businesses at the expense of our environment. Joe Biden openly supports reducing pollutants and greenhouse gases, which will help slow climate...
OPINION: Presidential debates need to talk about climate change
MEGHAN HENRY, Evergreen columnist
October 6, 2020
There is a feeling of helplessness building in our country. For people of any age, we are seeing our leaders fall into pettiness when they should be rising to respectability. People continue to be infected with COVID-19, and smoke is rolling across the sky, choking out the sun until sunlight is...
OPINION: Climate change shouldn’t be a controversial topic
MADELINE GREER, Evergreen columnist
September 29, 2020
The topic of climate change is once again up for debate as the United States has another record-breaking wildfire season. Within the past few weeks, anyone living on the West Coast has breathed in air from the hazardous smoke from fires burning throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Many experts...
Town hall discusses environmental justice
HUNTER ORCUTT, Evergreen reporter
September 24, 2020
Speakers at a town hall focusing on environmental justice discussed how climate change heightens inequalities on a local and global level. The Wednesday evening town hall was the second in a four-part series of lectures centered on different justice issues and how they interact, said David Jones,...
The Big Picture
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
March 10, 2020
Landscape architecture students at WSU are applying research on rising temperatures that is due to climate change for a year-long project focused on developing Pullman’s Gateway District. Steve Austin, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Design and Construction, said the Gateway Dist...
Political comedy is only funny when a speaker and their audience agree on the factual truths. The most important part of comedy is the ethics of...
