Baltimore City legislation aims to clean up the air
By: Humza Yaqoob, Columnist In March 2019, former Mayor of Baltimore Catherine Pugh signed the Baltimore Clean Air Act which...
Let’s discuss the carbon tax
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist You may or may not have heard whispers on the street about something called the carbon tax....
Investments in fossil fuels hurt environment
By: Nic Koski, Columnist This Earth day, Towson University launched “TU Big Give” to ask the community for donations as...
The Conscious College Road Tour takes off again
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist Last Monday, the Office of Sustainability at TU hosted the 2019 Conscious College Road Tour – or...
Recycling may not be the waste cure-all we thought it was
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist When we recycle our cans, bottles and cardboard, we can only hope that it all goes...
SGA votes to bring back straws
By: Nicholas Koski, Columnist At the beginning of the fall 2018 semester, some of the dining facilities on campus decided...
What does the Green New Deal mean for America?
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist The Green New Deal (its name a twist on the New Deal of 1933 enacted under Franklin...
Ways to reduce food waste
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist Last time, we discussed food waste – and mostly the negative aspects of it, at that....
Environmentally toxic masculinity
By: Nicholas Koski What do a big slab of red meat, a gas-guzzling muscle car and a lumberjack hacking down...
What’s the deal with food waste?
By: Portia Bharath, Columnist Do you ever wonder what happens to the unsold produce at the supermarket, or all the...