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Earth Day Protest

Extinction Rebellion holds its annual Earth Day protest in Boston

Macie Parker April 28, 2023
Extinction Rebellion, an international movement to protest climate change, gathered 300 people for their Earth Day Protest on Friday to protest the building of new fossil fuel infrastructure in Massachusetts.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The ‘Lower Energy Costs’ or ‘Polluters Over People’ Act? | Hard Right Turn

Nathan Metcalf March 31, 2023
From wildfires scorching everything west of the Rocky Mountains to rapidly rising sea levels threatening to engulf the eastern seaboard — it’s become increasingly clear to climate scientists, policymakers and observant people alike that climate change has begun affecting everyone, everywhere, in the here and now.
Building code

Specialized opt-in energy code pushes Massachusetts towards a more sustainable future

Macie Parker January 25, 2023
The Department of Energy Resources updated its building energy code to include a new Specialized Opt-in Code for buildings as part of the Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Fossil fuel harvesters bring harm to Indigenous communities through decades of greed

Bailey Salimes April 25, 2022
Preserving biodiversity and allowing for multicultural equity should be at the top of each of our priority lists.
CONOR KELLEY/ DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: A final word

Lily Kepner December 9, 2021
Editor-in-chief Lily Kepner says her goodbyes in a thoughtful farewell letter to the BU community, and to her home at the Daily Free Press.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: The importance of the now and how world leaders fail to understand it

Fiona Broadie December 7, 2021
If Biden treated climate change like an emergency of the level of COVID-19, we may make some headway.
East to West Dec. 3, 2021

East to West Dec. 3, 2021

Daily Free Press Admin December 3, 2021

Good luck with finals! Today on East to West, we cover student concerns with BUPD, student frustrations with SHS, the MBTA fare-free program and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: 2021 COP26 Climate Summit ends with world leaders unwilling to take necessary action

Fiona Broadie November 16, 2021
The long-awaited United Nations COP26 Climate Summit came to an end last Saturday, and continued a long-standing trend of world leaders pairing incremental steps with big promises to create a false illusion of direct and effective action. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Steps taken by BU administration to divest do not go far enough to warrant a full-out celebration

Editors November 1, 2021
BU administration's plan to divest is too vague and non-transparent to warrant a full-out celebration, and we demand better.
A student puts an empty water bottle into a recycling receptacle in front of the George Sherman Union

Green Campus tour boasts University’s sustainability initiatives

Sophie Nye October 26, 2021
BU's Green Campus Tour allowed parents and students to learn about what the University is doing to lead the transition to a carbon-free city and a more sustainable, zero-waste future on campus.
East to West: Oct. 4, 2021

East to West: Oct. 4, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 4, 2021

Good luck with midterms! Today on East to West, we cover BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, political club’s preferences in the Boston mayoral election, the establishment of Boston’s Black...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: Boston University has announced divestment from fossil fuels

Fiona Broadie October 1, 2021
BU's long-awaited decision to divest from fossil fuels should not be the end of student advocacy.
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