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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

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The Role of Climate Function: A Need for Future Discussions

Nicolas Tobon, Contributor October 7, 2022

The Climate agenda needs to be prioritized.  Recently, VandyWrites led a discussion on, “Climate Fiction,” featuring Dr. Teresa Goddu: a Professor of English and American Studies at Vanderbilt, currently writing on...

Vanderbilt Democrats-Republicans Showdown: The Green New Deal

Vanderbilt Democrats-Republicans Showdown: The Green New Deal

Dylan Garwick, Contributor October 28, 2021

With an impending climate crisis on the horizon, many efforts have been made both on campus, with organizations like Dores Divest, and off campus, with climate strikes happening around the world, to bring...

Michael Regan Jumps into Action as EPA Administrator

Michael Regan Jumps into Action as EPA Administrator

Alex Stoneman, Contributor April 8, 2021

In early March, the Senate confirmed Michael Regan as the sixteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He brings years of experience in environmental justice and regulation to an agency...

Texas Power Outage Sparks Outrage

Texas Power Outage Sparks Outrage

Chloe Hall, Contributor March 14, 2021

Last month brought Texas a freezing ice storm and a mass infrastructure failure resulting in 4.5 million people without power, national outcry at the poor governmental response, and lasting distrust of...

Are "Green Banks" the Solution to Climate Change?

Are “Green Banks” the Solution to Climate Change?

Rohan Upadhyay, Contributor March 13, 2021

President Biden plans to fight climate change and create jobs via infrastructure spending. However, to make America green, the economy must go green: corporations and banks must move towards renewable...

A Greener Future: the New Horizon for Climate Change Policy in the Post-Trump Era

A Greener Future: the New Horizon for Climate Change Policy in the Post-Trump Era

Julia Tilton, Contributor December 8, 2020

It is scientific consensus that the international community’s actions over the next decade will determine the future viability of our planet as a human habitat. Poised to take office in January, President-elect...

2020 G20 Summit Recap

2020 G20 Summit Recap

Nikhil Polepalli December 2, 2020

With new global problems arising every year, it has become increasingly essential for countries to come together and discuss these issues. At the G20 Summit, twenty leaders from both developed and developing...

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Vanderbilt Fossil Fuel Divestment: Understanding Intersectionality in the Climate Activism Movement

Julia Tilton, Contributor October 26, 2020
Virtual ‘Students For International Divestment Day’ Considers the Importance of Environmental Justice in talks about Divestment
Using the Market to Combat Climate Change: Cap-and-Trade

Using the Market to Combat Climate Change: Cap-and-Trade

Skanda Gulibhi January 15, 2020

The dangers of high carbon dioxide emissions are well-known, with large releases of CO2 and other greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. A popularly-supported solution to this issue is a tax...

“We Need to Act Now!”: Climate Activists Strike for Change in Downtown Nashville

“We Need to Act Now!”: Climate Activists Strike for Change in Downtown Nashville

Joe Lovinger September 22, 2019

Lately, Nashville has been hot—abnormally, uncomfortably, noticeably hot. While its temperatures normally start to dip in September, every day this week has easily broken 90 degrees. This Friday, Nashville’s...

Wild Weather in a Post Climate-Change World

Wild Weather in a Post Climate-Change World

Gavin Yuan March 26, 2018

Whether or not you agree with the idea of man-made climate change, it is irrefutable that climate change-related natural disasters have become increasingly frequent and destructive. Scientist report that...

Opinion: Time for Vanderbilt to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Simon Silverberg March 20, 2018

Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Boston University, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, London School of Economics, Oxford, Cambridge, the University of California system, University of Edinburgh. Over recent...

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