MU Students Hold ‘Die-in’ for Asthma Awareness Day

Concerned students gathered at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, on MU’s campus to demonstrate their support for asthma sufferers nationwide by coughing and “dying” in a cluster on the pedestrian pathway of Lowry Mall. The students linked asthma problems to local causes such as the coal-fired power plants on MU’s campus and in the city of Columbia. …

Power Shift Wrap-up

I was marching down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol yelling things like, “Hey hey, ho ho, dirty coal has got to go,” with thousands of students like me. And I never do those things. I am truly not the rowdy protesting kind of person, but Power Shift has this ability to awaken your passion and …

Is fear the right way to address climate change?

Surprisingly, I had never seen the documentary that inspired many of today's young environmental activists. I'm referring to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".  I've owned it for a while, but never really had a great urge to see it. The main purpose of the film is to get people to care about the climate change …

Trash is collecting in our oceans

I am just learning about this and felt it should be shared. It made me worry about humans.

Chase, a mountain top removal financier

I've seen some touching documentaries about mountain top removal and coal mining in general. A lot of the controversy takes place in West Virginia. One of my favorites is "Coal Country", and here is one by Morgan Spurlock (that guy who did Supersize Me) where he lives the life of a coal miner. This is …

Two MU professors visit COP15

Diplomats from across the world walk past a loud activist set-up handing out "Fossil of the day awards" mocking the countries that are slowing climate negotiations. This was a regular scene in Copenhagen for two weeks of this last December during the UN Climate Negotiations. Non-governmental organizations were present too, ranging from from businesses to …