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The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

California Senate Bill 100 to reduce emissions

Brendan Shoemaker, Staff Writer September 21, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100, on Sept. 10th to remove carbon emissions from the state’s electric grid by the year 2045. Along with the bill, Brown signed an executive order designed...

People walk into the South Ferry-Whitehall St subway station in New York City during the storm on Thursday, January 4. By Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York from United States of America [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Winter storm sparks discussions

Roman Raies, Staff Writer January 19, 2018

On Jan. 3, a winter storm hit the East Coast of the United States, bringing snow and winds from Maine to parts of Florida. New England areas received nearly a foot of snow, Boston’s streets were flooded...

Climate change increases magnitude of hurricanes

Climate change increases magnitude of hurricanes

Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor September 15, 2017

In light of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the question of the effect of climate change is important to consider. Skeptics of climate change believe the focus should remain only on the immediate effects of...

Biggest stories in December, January

Biggest stories in December, January

Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor December 2, 2016

For most of December and January, The Guilfordian will take its annual winter hiatus. However, there are plenty of important stories in the United States and around the world that students should keep...

Rising heat indicates climate collapse

Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor September 2, 2016

For much of July, the thermometer at Piedmont Triad International Airport ebbed between 70 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Citizens of Greensboro experienced a slightly warmer than average month. The world...

Teen leads charge against climate change

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor December 4, 2015

After experiencing a disappointing defeat for climate justice, 13-year-old Hallie Turner has decided to keep fighting. “It’s an issue that I’m always going to continue trying to make a difference...

The cost of global climate change: dollars and natural disasters

June Park, Staff Writer October 23, 2015

$1.2 trillion this year. $369 trillion by the end of the next century. The price-tag on climate change is enormous. This May, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration reached a global record of 400...

A man holds a sign at the Peoples Climate March last year. A group of Guilford students will attend this years march in Washington, D.C. on November 29.

Address climate change now, or we all pay later

Maksym Kosachevskyy, Staff Writer September 25, 2015

Climate change. Global warming. The end of the world. A major transformation has already begun and it’s not going to end without a revolution. “I think it’s the greatest threat that we have,”...

Organizations abroad and at home act to save environment

Maksym Kosachevskyy, Staff Writer September 18, 2015

“The environmental crisis is extremely severe, and the effects could be ominous, threatening decent human survival, in the not very distant future,” said Noam Chomsky, an organizer of the call-to-action...

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