Green New Deal

For those in the campus community, President Joe Biden’s executive order for the United States to rejoin the Paris Agreement is, while important, just one step of a larger effort to combat climate change.

One of the simplest steps cities can take is to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings. 

In a tight race, candidate Terry Taplin is leading against incumbent Cheryl Davila with 38.52% of the vote for the Berkeley City Council District 2 seat, as of press time.

Incumbent Ben Bartlett is projected to keep his seat as the District 3 Berkeley City Council member, with 68.37% of the vote as of press time.

Biden and Harris' election at this unprecedentedly chaotic juncture is of the utmost importance for the preservation of American democracy.

The League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville, or LWVBAE, discussed climate change actions in the upcoming election Monday.

It’s rare to vote on a measure that can further Berkeley’s fight against climate change in such a modest yet impactful way.

Black democratic socialist and children’s mental health professional Jovanka Beckles is running for the AC Transit Board of Directors in Ward 1 against 20-year incumbent Joe Wallace.

Climate and public policy experts from across the country, including UC Berkeley professor Daniel Kammen, are calling for a $2 trillion Green Stimulus to rebuild the U.S. economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.

If we want to really change the environmental degradation we are seeing, we need to push for more serious action, such as the Green New Deal.