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31 posts tagged "environment"

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Ohio train derailment leaves ‘much to the unknown,’ professor says

Gabrielle Beechert | Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Norfolk Southern train derailment that occurred on Feb. 3 has left a lot to the unknown, engineering professor Kyle Doudrick told The Observer.  The derailment occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, and has raised many environmental and health concerns in the region. Two days after the train derailed, residents were required to evacuate the area

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Former Colombian president discusses climate, peace in Keough panel

Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Former Colombian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos headlined a panel on environmental protection and peacebuilding at the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Washington, D.C. office Tuesday. He and other panelists discussed the relationship between climate change and international conflict, advocating for action on environmental risks to foster peace in climate-vulnerable countries.

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Money talks

BridgeND | Wednesday, October 12, 2022

On June 30, the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on West Virginia v. EPA (2022) delivered a blow to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate the production practices and carbon emissions of large corporations. On Aug. 8, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, marking the single largest legislative commitment to combat

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Sustainability Cup aims to educate through friendly competition

Kendelle Hung-Ino | Monday, October 3, 2022

Student government, Notre Dame Energy and the Office of Sustainability have collaborated for the relaunch of the Sustainability Cup, a competition across all 32 Notre Dame residence halls that aims to educate students on the importance of sustainability. The cup, along with Energy Week, started Sept. 12 and will run till Oct. 7. The Sustainability

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ND-GAIN index aims to lower climate risks, promote adaptation to climate change

Maxwell Feldmann | Monday, October 3, 2022

Increasingly people, governments and corporations must cope with the impact of climate extremes, Professor Jessica McManus Warnell said. According to McManus Warnell, an affiliated faculty member of the ND Environmental Change Initiative which houses the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN). The organization aims to help private and public sectors prioritize climate adaptation, ultimately lowering

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Observer Editorial: Break the bubble, back the Bend

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 1, 2022

If you had a nickel for every time you heard someone complain about South Bend as boring or cold, you’d probably be rich, right? But how many of us have actually given the city a fair shot? During the spring semester in the absence of football tailgates, students often voice a lack of entertainment or

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Student Health Fair encourages belles to ‘Fall in Love with Wellness’

Gina Twardosz | Sunday, February 16, 2020

While Valentine’s Day is a time for romance, Friday’s “Fall in Love with Wellness” Student Health Fair encouraged students to practice self love with self care.  The fair featured dozens of informational booths from campus and community organizations, therapy dogs, spin class demos, giveaways and an escape room.  Heather Abbott, a counselor at the Saint

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Theologian explores relationship between humanity and ecology

Ryan Kolakowski | Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Humanity is losing the lexicon to properly interact with the natural world, Christopher Thompson, professor of moral theology at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas, said Monday evening at his lecture titled “Integral Ecology and the Promise of Green Thomism.” “Something has gone wrong,” he said. Thompson argued

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Notre Dame community members speak on climate change at South Bend Common Council meeting

Ryan Kolakowski | Tuesday, February 19, 2019

People of the Notre Dame and South Bend communities, all sporting bright green stickers reading “Climate Champions,” filtered into the the City County Building in downtown South Bend Monday for the South Bend Common Council meeting regarding climate change. The room was filled — nearly to capacity — with young people, Notre Dame students and

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Stopping the flow of discourse

Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 15, 2019

On our campus, it is all too common for important issues to be ignored and never spoken about. The Viewpoint section often contains arguments about the issues that are brought up time and again by the handful of students who enter into the political arena and put forward their arguments. We step forward from the

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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