Tag: environment
Cutting a rug in the garden won’t cut it: UCR needs...
In honor of Earth Week, UCR held an array of green events open to the public, with the Extreme Green Fest at the Family Housing Park...
What the frack is fracking: the implications of ‘cleaner’ energy
The practice of fracking has become extremely convoluted in public comprehension, whether regarding its processes, its economic implications or its potential environmental impacts. Fracking...
Plastic bag ban: to be or not to be?
The California Senate has been considering a statewide ban on the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and pharmacies. The Jan. 2015 ban...
Riverside makes room for eco-friendly transportation
It’s not a secret that cities are trying to become more sustainable, not only to better the environment, but to avoid the continuing instability...
UCR recognized as environmentally friendly campus
UC Riverside has been recognized by “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition” for its green practices. The guide, which was...
UCR considers controversial expansion of hazardous waste processing-facility
On March 2, UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White is expected to vote for the approval of the controversial Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) expansion...
Highlander Showdown: Keystone XL Pipeline is a danger to environment
We need jobs, but at what cost? Today politicians are willing to do whatever it takes to get into office or stay there, but...
Highlander Showdown: Keystone XL Pipeline would’ve created much needed jobs
A few weeks ago the Obama administration announced that they had rejected a previous agreement to begin work on the Keystone Pipeline project. The...