Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesCOP 26 was a summit of watered-down compromises that delayed bold climate action and maintained the…Three months after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most alarming report to date, rendering human-caused climate…12 min read·Nov 14, 2021----
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesXcel Energy must invest in renewables, Colorado communities, not fossil fuel profitsXcel Energy’s newest Electric Resource Plan for Colorado would be costly for ratepayers, jeopardize the health of Coloradans, and fall…9 min read·Nov 2, 2021--1--1
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesMisery in the Mountain State: The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal in Rural Appalachian West VirginiaIn Boone County, West Virginia, residents learn at a young age to avoid all contact with the tap water flowing from pipes in their homes…8 min read·Oct 31, 2020----
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesHurricanes, Toxic Waste, and Their Sacrifice Zones: Low-Income Communities of Color on the Gulf…When Hurricane Laura made landfall in August 2020, on the Texas and Louisiana coastlines, it ravaged an area dotted with petrochemical…5 min read·Oct 31, 2020----
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesWhat does mass incarceration have to do with environmental degradation? More than you’d think.Kenneth Hartman was three decades into a life sentence at the California State Prison in Lancaster when he contracted valley fever, a…6 min read·Oct 31, 2020----
Allie LowyCoronavirus: the Straw that Broke the (Capitalist) Camel’s Back?Global industrial capitalism was put to the ultimate test, and it failed admirably.11 min read·Mar 20, 2020----
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesBrief Thoughts on the Climate CrisisTranscript of a Speech I Delivered at the Youth Climate Strikes on September 20, 2019 — at the University of Virginia and in Downtown…4 min read·Oct 29, 2019--1--1
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesEnvironmentalism as 21st Century MoralityEnvironmentalism is the closest thing I have to to a religion, morality, or ethical value set. And i7 min read·Jan 15, 2019--6--6
Allie LowyShelter from the Storm: A Story of Fleeing Home2018’s Fate for Immigrants and Refugees6 min read·Jan 2, 2019----
Allie LowyinThe Climate SeriesA 9-Minute Lesson in Environmental LiteracySeven Tidbits To Put Things in Perspective9 min read·Dec 10, 2018--12--12