Decarbonization Challenge at Yale

"Nations should be competing to decarbonize their economies as a means to maximise economic growth." -- Fred Pearce

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/could_global_tide_be_starting_to_turn_against_fossil_fuels/2837/

Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels? by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360 From an oil chill in the financial world to the recent U.S.-China agreement on climate change, recent developments are raising a question that might once have been considered unthinkable: Could this be the beginning of a long, steady decline for the oil and coal industries?

Ever wondered why planes are such a big player in reducing carbon footprint? Read this great article to find out.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/every-time-you-fly-you-trash-the-planet-and-theres-no-easy-fix/

Every Time You Fly, You Trash The Planet -- And There's No Easy Fix When the latest international Climate Conference wrapped up in Lima, Peru, last month, delegates boarded their flights home without much official discussion of how the planes that shuttled them to ...

Happy 2015!
As a New Year resolution, DCYale members will further decarbonize our own lifestyles, and work hard to promote a wider decarbonization effort. Will you accept this with us?

Is Yale ready to have an ethical debate about climate change? What do you think, Yale Student Environmental Coalition (YSEC) / Fossil Free Yale?

"What better forum than the university could there be for distinguishing among competing moral claims?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/opinion/sunday/the-missing-campus-climate-debate.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

The Missing Campus Climate Debate Universities must consider divesting from fossil fuels.