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Alex Barron

Rethinking Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education

Note: This was originally published by Inside Higher Ed and reposted by ClimateXchange

5 min readDec 22, 2021

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AI-generated fantasy image of carbon neutrality in higher education

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Alex Barron

Massachusetts is about to set a tough new climate goal — we need ambitious policy in place fast

We need to adopt specific and ambitious policies now if we want to achieve our Massachusetts’ climate goals before it is too late.

5 min readAug 3, 2020

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Massachusetts state house

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Alex Barron

Looking Up From Your Carbon Footprint: What “10 things you can do” lists often miss

If you care about climate change you have probably thought about your carbon footprint — but you should also think much, much bigger.

4 min readApr 22, 2020

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Looking Up From Your Carbon Footprint: What “10 things you can do” lists often miss

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Alex Barron

Salmon Cannons, Climate Policy, and the Green New Deal

The #salmoncannon can teach us about our blind spots when we work to solve problems like climate change.

4 min readSep 16, 2019

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Salmon Cannons, Climate Policy, and the Green New Deal

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Alex Barron

Lessons from Congress’ last big battle on climate

As momentum builds for climate action in the U.S., the Green New Deal has guaranteed that climate will be a major issue in the next…

4 min readJun 26, 2019

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Lessons from Congress’ last big battle on climate

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Alex Barron

Why your smartphone and acid rain should give you hope about climate change

The truth about policies to avoid catastrophic climate change is more hopeful than some recent press lets on.

4 min readNov 20, 2018

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Why your smartphone and acid rain should give you hope about climate change

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Alex Barron

Alex Barron

Climate policy wonk. Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Smith College. @AlexRBarron @abarron@fediscience.org

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