Student Energy Revolution (SER)

We're a group of students from Schulich and Rotman Business Schools in Canada and we wish to open a conversation about impactful initiatives to save our planet and create a community to take action. Join our subreddit and let's begin. reddit.com/r/CleanEnergyA…

A new study found that people of color face higher exposure to six air pollutants. Biden wants to address that.. “...we found that the racial/ethnic exposure disparity was distinct from — and actually larger than — the income disparity.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

The Flora and Fauna💚

It is very rare for twisters as destructive as that one to occur in December. Climate change? “It all makes sense but the rarity of these events makes it difficult to detect any definite signal of change in tornado behavior". theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

Oregon, the state that produces the most Christmas trees in the US, has lost acres upon acres of seedlings due to the recent record heat. It takes eight years to grow one, if another extreme heat event hits the farmers may not be able to recover. edition.cnn.com/2021/12/06/wea…

Twelve is one company starting to make stuff out of CO2, captured from industrial emissions or the air. Vodka, diamonds, industrial materials like concrete, plastic, foam and carbon fiber are all beginning to be created using CO2. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Moroccan government generates green energy from Western Sahara while it's illegally occupating it. And they even present themselves as best-in-class on the energy transition. #StopFundingOurDestruction climatechangenews.com/2021/11/25/mor…

Brands such as LVMH, Prada, H&M, Zara, Adidas, Nike, Fendi and more have multiple connections to JBS, which is an industry known to engage in Amazon deforestation, involved in the production of leather and leather goods. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/n…

Starting to think that the youth climate movement is going to have to decarbonize the planet ourselves.

In New Delhi, a thick toxic fog descended on the city, and the world’s most polluted capital had to go in lockdown. But this concern is far removed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public discourse on national and international platforms. #greenwashing france24.com/en/asia-pacifi…

Express Petroleum said its petrol stations were debranding from Shell because of its internal silence over its intention to carry out seismic blasting on the Wild Coast. Shell claims the exploration permit was legal and democratic. timeslive.co.za/news/south-afr…

Canada's ongoing climate Crime against Humanity, massively extracting more fossil fuels instead of ending the fossil fuel industry, developing much more renewable energy (most abundant in Canada). An atrocious example to the world. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

A report by Investment Metrics found that four of the seven best-selling European climate funds failed to beat the MSCI World index. These failed climate strategies are pretty much greenwashing. #StopFundingOurDestruction bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Canada’s waste policies are examples of colonialism. A lot of Canada’s waste is shipped away to economically subjugated nations with fewer environmental regulations. #StopFundingOurDestruction themanitoban.com/posts/canadas-…

Shell and CGG Seismic Surveys are set on Cape Town in search of oil and gas deposits from December. Scientists have raised serious concerns about the “disastrous effects” of seismic assessments on the marine environment. #StopFundingOurDestruction dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-1…

This year, hundreds of household wells went dry in Oregon. In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) began paying farmers to pump large amounts of groundwater out of the aquifers below. #StopFundingOurDestruction thecounter.org/federal-drough…

Australia's new "green" freeway it's supposed to be made of recycled glass in asphalt, recycled concrete in road base and more. But it's a freeway really green? Just like every other freeway, induces more driving & more suburban sprawl. miragenews.com/mordialloc-fre…

Green Power Pricing Programs allow people to purchase solar energy without installing expensive solar panels. Customers pay a small premium on their bill, expanding solar energy production. Would you pay for a premium to expand solar energy production? cnet.com/google-amp/new…

Cryptocurrency mining takes enormous, power-hungry servers, bitcoin mining uses energy predominantly generated from fossil fuels. Are we aware of this impact? theguardian.com/technology/202…

Am saddened that leaders in my country are busy campaigning for the upcoming election instead of putting solutions into the table to combat #ClimateCrisis This is just the introductory effects of #ClimateChange. Honestly, I don't believe in my leaders. They have FAILED!