Nearly a month into Donald Trump’s presidency, a number of executive orders have changed the landscape for nonprofit organizations across the country. Here in Walla Walla, the new federal administration...
Leah Chang, Science & Environment Editor
• November 21, 2024
Voting for or against environmental ballot measures may be more complicated than many realize. Not only do such measures frequently involve complex or vaguely worded scientific concepts — e.g. “carbon...
Nat Lange, Science & Environment Editor
• April 4, 2024
The calendar has turned to April, which means spring has arrived in Walla Walla. When I step out of my house to head to class, I’m greeted by grape hyacinth dotted through my neighbor’s lawn. Yellow...
Anna Wellborn, Science & Environment Reporter
• February 8, 2024
In recent years, multiple cases of legal action against governments for violating human rights have arisen in response to climate change. Human rights — and in United States courts, constitutional...
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science & Environment Editor
• November 16, 2023
As freezing fog makes its yearly return to Walla Walla, many of us find ourselves cranking up the thermostat to stave off the frigid temperatures outside. Unfortunately, heating a house can heat the...
Tenzin Uden, Campus Life Reporter
• April 13, 2023
On Thursday, April 6, the Whitman College Theatre and Dance department debuted its latest show, "The Climate Change Project." Through the rehearsal process, the actors, alongside guest director Annaliese...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee visited Whitman College campus on March 14. Select Whitman students got the opportunity to interview the governor live on campus radio station KWCW. Interim ASWC President...
Amid a statewide housing crisis and the impending threat of global climate collapse, Washington Governor Jay Inslee visited Walla Walla on Tuesday, March 14 to speak with the community and address issues...
HBO's record-breaking adaptation of Naughty Dog and PlayStation’s game “The Last of Us” begins with a simple question designed to strike at the heart of a generation marked by climate anxiety and...
On Feb. 5, the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) Senate passed a resolution to formally state the students’ position that climate action should be one of Whitman’s strategic priorities....
Over the past few summers, Walla Walla has experienced summer temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat waves across the Pacific Northwest can be attributed to recent trends in climate change,...
The U.S. was having a fairly normal hurricane season until Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba on Sept. 26. Recorded as a Category 3, the hurricane caused strong winds and deadly storm surges...
