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The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

Remaining Sustainable While Studying Abroad

Makenna Bridge, Maroon-News Staff April 19, 2018

As the final weeks of the spring semester are upon us, and the temperatures continue to plummet, I can’t help but feel excited to study abroad next fall. I am traveling with a Colgate group to Wollongong, Australia, and thinking...

Sustainability Column: The Fall of the EPA

Delaney Pals, Maroon-News Staff April 12, 2018

Scott Pruitt, who is currently the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is famous for his proposed environmental regulation rollbacks and for being a known climate change denier. However, his tenure as the head of...

Why #SkipTheStraw Matters

Revee Needham, Maroon-News Staff April 5, 2018

You may have noticed a sign at Hamilton’s favorite bakery, Flour & Salt, encouraging you to skip the straw. You may have also seen heart wrenching videos of turtles with plastic straws up their noses. But does such a small...

Climate Change: What Do You Meme?

Makenna Bridge, Maroon-News Staff March 8, 2018

I don’t know if you all noticed this, but we got a lot of snow this weekend. So much snow in fact, that Colgate actually cancelled classes for the first time in, like, one hundred years. Well, not actually, but  it was a pretty...

Sustainability Column: The Fate of the Ski Industry

Delaney Pals, Maroon-News Staff March 1, 2018

This ski season in Colorado has been one of the worst on record. As of January, snowpack was only 10 - 20 percent of average levels, causing ski resorts to scramble to still make a profit (Outside Online). So, it is no shock that...

150 Days Without Power: Why We Failed Puerto Rico

Revee Needham, Maroon-News Staff February 22, 2018

We all burden the weight of responsibility when it comes to Puerto Rico. How is it 343,000 Americans are without power (as of February 14th) 150+ days after Hurricane Maria hit? I believe it is due to a collection of unjust, racist...

Cape Town in Crisis

Sustainability Column: Cape Town Water Crisis

Makenna Bridge, Maroon-News Staff February 8, 2018

When someone mentions the city of Cape Town, South Africa, my thoughts immediately jump to beautiful images of Table Mountain and its gorgeous harbor. However, the city has been in a state of drought for the past three years,...

Sustainability Column: The Not-So-Sunny Side

Delaney Pals, Maroon-News Staff February 1, 2018

Last week the Trump administration made a poor decision and hiked up tariffs on solar technology/pieces. This tariff on solar panels is set at 30 percent for the next four years, decreasing by five percent each year (NY Times)....

Sustainability Column: The Renewable Transition

Matt Froelich, Maroon-News Staff November 2, 2017

The other day, I read an article that stated that there would be a 100 percent transition to renewable energy by 139 countries by the year 2050. With the threat of climate change reaching the point of no return, the goal of using...

Sustainability Column: On the Clean Power Plan

Delaney Pals, Maroon-News Staff October 26, 2017

Back in March, President Donald Trump called for a review of the Clean Power Plan that was instituted by the Obama administration, stating that the plan unfairly pressured coal companies. Trump is now proposing to repeal the Clean...

Sustainability Column: Too Much Friction

Maggie Dunn, Maroon-News Staff October 19, 2017

Many people like to think that earthquakes, the one natural hazard that is not directly influenced by climate change, will not increase in number as the Earth becomes hotter. While these people are right in that the temperature...

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