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 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...
OPINION: Conserve energy in many different ways
PORTIA SIMMONS, Evergreen columnist
September 22, 2020
Ever since I was little, I was taught many ways to conserve energy: turn off the lights when I leave the room, check the bottom of bottles to see if they are recyclable and so forth. The issue of energy conservation spans many topics and not all of the blame is on the consumer. “College students...
Researchers to create robotic system for fruit flower pollination
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 26, 2020
Researchers at WSU and Pennsylvania State University are collaborating to create a robotic system that will artificially pollinate fruit tree flowers due to threats to natural pollination worldwide. The robotic system will be able to detect where flowers are using cameras and a computational s...
Gardeners continue to find comfort while tending to plants
LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
Gardeners tended to their various flowers, produce and herbs in a nature preserve near the South Fork Palouse River where they are protected from the sound of nearby roads. The Pullman Community Garden at Koppel Farm serves as a habitat for various insects, pollinators and wildlife. Tim Paulitz, ...
U.S. Forest Service denies extension for public comment
LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
Conservation groups’ request for a public comment extension on a draft revised forest plan for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests was denied by the U.S. Forest Service. The plan has received backlash from activists, environmental and conservation groups. The deadline for public comment regarding th...
The Pullman City Council approved several building developments and heard a presentation on the status of criminal justice in Pullman during its virtual...
