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Editor's note
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein seemed to be dressing down a group of young Green New Deal supporters in footage widely seen after their encounter. But the incident has only raised the profile of that climate change resolution. As the experiences of earlier generations of youth activists prove, explains UC Irvine political scientist David S. Meyer, “dismissing or attacking young activists who appear earnest and sincere can prove
perilous.”
What if someone told you that military veterans, who tend to be conservative, are becoming climate change believers? A recent survey suggests that is so, with many veterans expressing concern because of the vulnerability of U.S. military bases. Because veterans are an influential group, their views could affect others – and political discussions around climate change.
A day of reckoning may be coming in the world of for-profit scholarly publishing. University of California’s libraries have walked away from a subscription deal for journals published by Elsevier, the largest academic publisher globally. University Librarian MacKenzie Smith explains why UC is fed up with what it calls “double dipping” by publishers – and its hope that an open access model will take over.
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Emily Schwartz Greco
Philanthropy + Nonprofits Editor
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Top stories
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Yolanda Renee King, the grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr., alongside Jaclyn Corin, a Parkland survivor and activist.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
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Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the Navy’s largest base, is endangered by sea level rise.
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott
Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Spindel, University of Oklahoma; Robert Ralston, University of Minnesota
Military veterans have concerns about climate change at about the same level as nonveterans, a recent study suggests. What might this mean for acceptance of climate science?
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Libraries subscribe digitally to academic journals – and are left with nothing in the stacks when the contract expires.
Eric Chan/Flickr
MacKenzie Smith, University of California, Davis
Digital publishing hasn't resulted in the free and open access to information many envisioned. Universities are increasingly fed up with a system they see as charging them for their own scholars' labor.
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Environment + Energy
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Zhe Zhu, University of Connecticut
Since 2008, Landsat data has been free for the world to use, spurring new applications and scientific research. But that door could soon slam shut.
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Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut
Many people associate Henry David Thoreau with solitude in the outdoors. But Thoreau understood in the mid-1800s that there was no such thing as nature separate from humans.
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Politics + Society
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Monti Datta, University of Richmond
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft's criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this illicit underground economy.
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Mark Ward, University of Washington
The Syrian civil war has ended, but there are millions of Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. With danger from a hostile regime back in Syria, what will happen to them now?
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Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
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From our international editions
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Alexander Piel, Liverpool John Moores University; Fiona Stewart, Liverpool John Moores University; Lydia Luncz, University of Oxford
Our closest relatives show distinct cultural behaviour in different populations. But those differences are being erased.
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Michael D. Mehta, Thompson Rivers University
The smoke from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces contributes to air pollution and poor health.
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Ian Musgrave, University of Adelaide
The amount of alcohol you'd have to drink before glyphosate posed even a negligible risk would harm you well before the glyphosate would.
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Today’s chart
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Monti Datta
University of Richmond
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