Violet Einstein, Science & Environment Writer
• February 13, 2026
“No one in the state asked for it,” said Kelly Wood, senior counsel of the Washington Attorney General’s Office, regarding a recent federal order requiring that a coal plant in Centralia re-fire...
Campus Climate Challenge’s (CCC) campaign to encourage Whitman to divest from fossil fuels has gained traction on campus, but has met with new challenges as students and administrators disagree over the best way to use the investment to lower the burning of fossil fuels.
Unless we can significantly reduce our resource use in America, blaming environmental issues on overpopulation is simply unethical, leaving us with the hard choice: to stop having kids like we suggest to the third world, or consume less.
Ambre Energy's proposed coal processing facility in nearby Boardman, Ore. poses serious risks not only to the global climate, but to our own health and well-being here in the Northwest. Thankfully, there is much we can do, even as busy Whitties, to help put it to a stop.
When faced with the biggest environmental issues in recent memory, Whitman students are not known to remain silent. Whitman's Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) has had a history of being in the forefront...
