Climate change is a battle against no one and everyone
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article presents Shizheng Tie’s argument that climate change has many causes and requires shared action.
- The article says climate change is causing increasingly severe environmental damage despite denial and conspiracy theories.
- The paper reported that Tie argues no single country is responsible and that climate harms cross national borders.
- The article adds that poorer outer suburbs often face worse heat and have fewer resources for solutions such as renewable energy and green roofs.
- The reporter writes that responsibility extends beyond governments to modern lifestyles, companies and individuals who choose convenience over sustainability.
- Tie writes that she hopes voters remove the Trump administration, while warning that climate change and inequality will continue after Trump leaves office.