Photo from SF Chronicle On the morning of February 1, two workers at the Martinez petroleum refinery encountered leaking hydrocarbon material during maintenance. The factory practice of burning excess petroleum lit the material on fire immediately, starting a blaze which sent black plumes of smoke into the suburbs surrounding the refinery. This caused a city-wide shelter in place and injured six people. While the fire was quickly extinguished by 11 a.m., the smoke remained. “I think it’s a...

Picture this: you are an American teenager. You hang out with your friends and eat whatever comes your way, because you have no dietary or religious restrictions and don’t have to cook. So when you go to McDonald's, you eat that hamburger, because whatever, right? You might think this situation is unlikely – after all, most teens understand the impact of food on climate change. But often understanding doesn’t translate into action, and we can’t ignore the fact that 73% of the world is...

It’s not a new statement that carbon dioxide levels are rising. At this point, people love to treat it like another recurrence in the...