On April 22, Whitman community members gathered at Reid Campus Center to celebrate Earth Day and to hear from a panel of faculty and staff members as they addressed the college’s legacy of sustainability,...
On April 8, 2026, the Department of Ecology declared a statewide emergency drought due to a dismal snowpack, an effect from an abnormally warm winter. These rising temperatures have depleted the snowpack...
On Sunday, Sept. 29, climate leaders hosted a get-together, or Green Out!, with engaged parties to think collectively about the future of sustainability and climate justice work on campus.
Like many...
Few substances have reached the level of public notoriety as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS for short. As public awareness has grown, they’ve been given the ominous name “forever...
Nat Lange, Science & Environment Editor
• December 7, 2023
With course offerings like The Cultural and Literary Life of Rivers, Power, Pipelines and Dispossession, and Communism, Socialism and the Environment, the Whitman Environmental Studies program does...
The Environmental Interest House, commonly referred to as The Outhouse, held “Bring the Outside In: An Environmental Convention” on Saturday, Nov. 11. The Outhouse focuses on environmental and ecological...
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...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a seven billion dollar investment in the production of around six to 10 Hydrogen Hubs (H2hubs) across the US in an effort to meet the nation's environmental goals.
The...
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science & Environment Editor
• October 26, 2023
The role of salmon in the Pacific Northwest cannot be understated. They are a keystone species in both coastal and inland ecological systems and they generate billions in economic activity through...
As election season begins to heat up, many conservative groups have launched campaigns highlighting gasoline prices, which they claim have risen due to environmental legislation. Gas prices in Washington...
Lauren Olson, First-Year and ASWC Sustainability Committee Member
• February 6, 2020
Before arriving on campus, I was already intimidated by what I had heard about Whitman’s environmental culture. Whitman has the reputation of being a sustainability-minded school. For me, someone with...
It is painful to see a major news outlet ignore questions that need to be asked and criticisms that need to see the light of day—it is painful because it happens over and over again in the media.
