{"id":1135,"date":"2024-10-31T20:17:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2024-11-04T20:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:57:55","slug":"rising-heat-leads-to-rising-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oregonjournalismlab.org\/Election24\/2024\/10\/31\/rising-heat-leads-to-rising-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Heat leads to Rising Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd\" class=\"frhd__heading-container\"><style> \n    @import url(\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Josefin+Sans&display=swap\");\n    .frhd__heading-container {\n        max-width: 1200px !important;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n        overflow: hidden;\n    }\n    h2.wp-block-fancypost-post-heading{\n        margin: 0;     \n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__heading-container p{\n        text-align: center !important;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd.frhd__block-heading-wrapper{\n    margin-bottom: 0px !important;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd p.frhd__prefix {\n        text-align:center;\n        margin: 0;\n        text-align: center;\n        color: #ff6347;\n        font-size: 20px;\n        font-weight:500;\n        line-height: 28px;\n        font-style: normal;\n        text-transform: none;\n        letter-spacing: 0px;\n        text-decoration: none;\n        font-family: Josefin Sans !important;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__block-hading-tag,\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__heading-prefix-content{\n        display: flex;\n        align-items: center;\n        justify-content: center;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd h2.wp-block-fancypost-post-heading{\n        max-width: 1400px;\n        text-align: center;\n        color: #1E293B;\n        font-size: 44px;\n        font-weight:300;\n        line-height: 54px;\n        font-style: normal;\n        text-transform: none;\n        letter-spacing: 0px;\n        text-decoration: none;\n        font-family: Josefin Sans !important;\n        position: relative;\n        display: inline-block;\n        margin: 0px 0;\n        white-space: pre-wrap;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd p.frhd__subheading{\n        max-width:700px;\n        text-align: center;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n        color: #546275;\n        font-size: 16.8px;\n        font-weight:400;\n        line-height: 24px;\n        font-style: normal;\n        text-transform: none;\n        letter-spacing: 0px;\n        text-decoration: none;\n        font-family: Josefin Sans !important;\n        margin-top: 0;\n    }\n    \n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__heading-style-1{\n        position: relative;\n        margin-bottom: 0;\n    }\n    \n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__heading-style-1 h2:before {\n        content: \" \";\n        display: inline-block;\n        background-color: #2B6CB0;\n        height: 2px;\n        width: 150px;\n        background-color:#c4c1c1;\n        margin-right: 12px;\n        background-color: #1E293B;\n        width: 52px;\n        line-height: 0;\n    }\n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__heading-style-1 h2:after {\n        content: \" \";\n        display: inline-block;\n        background-color: #2B6CB0;\n        height: 2px;\n        width: 150px;\n        background-color:#c4c1c1;\n        margin-left: 12px;\n        background-color: #1E293B;\n        width: 52px;\n        line-height: 0;\n    }\n    \n    \n    \n    \n     \n\n    \n    \n    \n     \n    \n    #frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd .frhd__animation-style-1 h2 {\n         \n    }\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <\/style><div id=\"frhd_phs-a684b3c411bd\" class=\"frhd__block-heading-wrapper\"><div class=\"frhd__heading-style-1 frhd__block-hading-tag\"><h2 placeholder=\"Blog Heading...\" class=\"wp-block-fancypost-post-heading\">Rising Heat leads to Rising Action<\/h2><\/div><p placeholder=\"Blog Subheading...\" class=\"frhd__subheading\"><em>Declan Zupo is working to secure a greener future for the University of Oregon<\/em>.<br><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400;\" class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-post-author-name has-small-font-size\">Leo Brown<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As an Oregonian, Declan Zupo experiences the impact of climate change firsthand. \u201cWildfires are a persistent problem, and you\u2019ve seen how they\u2019ve been exasperated in the last few years,\u201d said Declan Zupo, a third-year student at the University of Oregon, \u201clast year, during the wildfires, our AC system was filtering the smoky air, so I had to wear a mask to sleep.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this ever-growing issue, Declan joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/cef.uoregon.edu\/2022\/01\/09\/climate-justice-league\/\">Climate Justice League<\/a> his freshman year. The Climate Justice League is a student-led program at the University of Oregon advocating for climate action at a local level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince 2010, the Climate Justice League has been organizing around social and environmental injustices in Eugene,\u201d said Zupo. \u201cOn a broader scale, we are looking at our university&#8217;s emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the co-lead for the campaign \u201cFossil Free UO,\u201d pressuring the university to reduce fossil fuel emissions. \u201cThis past year it came out that the University of Oregon&#8217;s boiler system is the <a href=\"https:\/\/wholecommunity.news\/2024\/05\/30\/public-comments-urge-progress-on-climate-goals\/\">single largest fossil fuel emitter in Eugene<\/a>,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To combat this, Declan is working on passing the Green New Deal, which would require the university to divest from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Declan and the Climate Justice League collaborate with other nationwide programs, like the Sunrise Network and the Campus Climate Network, which work to get universities to move towards sustainable energy approaches. At the University of Oregon, the Green New Deal combines several policies, including installing LED lights, improving heating and cooling efficiency, and regulating power use during school breaks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His work on the project hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed by fellow Climate Justice League members. \u201cI am so glad he is co-leading this campaign,\u201d said Jack Dotson, fellow co-coordinator of Fossil Free UO, \u201che is absolutely dedicated to making this university as clean as possible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe is always coming up with the best ideas,\u201d said Dotson. \u201cThe Green New Deal, which is one of the core aspects of the Fossil Free UO campaign, was all his idea and he\u2019s bottomlining most of the work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Declan believes climate change is linked to broader social justice issues. \u201cI think that climate change is an issue of social justice,\u201d said Zupo. \u201cThose already affected by inequalities in our system are going to feel the brunt of the changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last spring, Declan interned with the University of Pennsylvania through their <a href=\"https:\/\/my-climate-story.org\/\">My Climate Story<\/a> program, an environmental humanities project focusing on some of the smaller implications of climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI talked to a groundskeeper who told me they can&#8217;t plant native plants at the university because our climate is starting to become similar to Northern California\u2019s, and the plants cannot adapt or survive here,\u201d said Zupo. \u201cThose are the smaller issues people don&#8217;t really talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 pPresidential eElection and each candidate&#8217;s stance on climate issues had led Declan to question his political affiliation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor a long time I would consider myself a more centrist Democrat, but I would like some pushback on certain issues,\u201d he said. \u201cRegarding climate change, the Ddemocratic values are kind of a nonstarter.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would love to say I could believe in some third party having a chance, but I feel like directing my vote away from the Democratic Party has bad implications,\u201d Zupo saidadded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Declan emphasizes the need for immediate action. \u201cA lot of climate change effects are irreversible,\u201d he said, \u201cbut pushing universities to commit to climate action can make a powerful impact.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an Oregonian, Declan Zupo experiences the impact of climate change firsthand. \u201cWildfires are a persistent problem, and you\u2019ve seen how they\u2019ve been exasperated in the last few years,\u201d said Declan Zupo, a third-year student at the University of Oregon, \u201clast year, during the wildfires, our AC system was filtering the smoky air, so I 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