Arizona Collegian Champions Private Conservation
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At a recent club meeting at the University of Arizona, CFACT campus representative Elliot Taylor delivered a presentation on the essential role private property plays in conservation—particularly when it comes to water use in the American Southwest. Speaking to roughly 30 students and faculty sponsors of her TPUSA chapter, Taylor challenged the common narrative that farmers and landowners are obstacles to environmental protection. Arizonian students showed up in force to...
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Texas Collegian Tells FWS: Support Balanced Conservation!
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed issuing an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to the California Department of Parks and Recreation for ongoing activities at Pismo State Beach and the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. The permit would be implemented through a Habitat Conservation Plan designed to protect several listed species while allowing continued public access, recreation, and active land management in the area. In response to the...
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UT Austin Student Exposes Net Zero’s Human Cost
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On a busy stretch of campus at the University of Texas at Austin, students traversing between classes were met with a message rarely discussed in environmental conversations: the global push for “Net Zero” energy relies on human exploitation. That message came from Thien Nguyen, a CFACT student intern who hosted a “Cobalt Kills Heart Wall”—an interactive awareness display designed to expose the human and environmental costs hidden behind so-called “green...
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Survey Says: Texas Students Want Real Energy & Real Debate
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For years, campus activists and administrators have tried to sell the public a fiction: college students are unanimously devoted to “green” energy mandates and climate alarmism, and anyone who questions the prevailing narrative is some kind of relic of the past. UT Austin student and CFACT Collegian intern Thien Nguyen decided to test that assumption the old-fashioned way—by asking students directly. Over the course of roughly a month, Thien conducted...
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Californian Collegians Chalk the Truth on Campus
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Sometimes the simplest tools make the boldest statements. Armed with sidewalk chalk and a willingness to challenge campus orthodoxies, CFACT Collegians in California took their message straight to the walkways students travel every day—turning ordinary concrete into a canvas for free-market energy and climate realism. At California State University, Sacramento, CFACT campus representative Robert Byrd led a sidewalk chalk campaign that combined our collegian “Green Is Not Clean” campaign messaging...
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WATCH: UTK Collegian Debunks Climate Crisis in Real Time
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WATCH NOW College campuses are saturated with climate slogans, but far less often with climate context. At the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK), CFACT Collegian Emma Arns set out to change that — not with a lecture, but with a microphone, a camera, and two graphs most students had never seen before. Emma began by asking passing students, “Do you believe in man-made climate change?” Like students on campuses across...
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Don’t Bee-lieve Everything You Hear: Tennessee Collegians Bring Nuclear Facts to Campus
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Earlier this semester, students at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville were treated to a sight that’s hard to miss: a giant bumble bee buzzing around Pedestrian Walkway, handing out pro-nuclear flyers and telling students, “Don’t bee-lieve everything you hear about nuclear energy!” The cheerful creature was, of course, a CFACT volunteer in costume—part of Emma Arns’ creative and wildly successful nuclear-energy outreach event, hosted in partnership with TPUSA. Using humor, bright...
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Kansas Collegian Challenges ESA Overreach in Recent Op-Ed
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CFACT collegians continue to shape the national conservation conversation—not just through campus activism, but through the written word. This month, one of our students McKrae Masters of Washburn University, succeeded in getting an op-ed published, bringing CFACT’s message of property-rights-driven, incentive-based conservation directly into public discourse. Her piece challenges heavy-handed federal land-use restrictions and champions the common-sense stewardship practiced by America’s landowners every day. You can read the student’s full...
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Clemson Collegian Showcases Free Market Conservation in Action
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At Clemson University, CFACT Collegian Sophie Waters set out to demonstrate a truth rarely acknowledged in today’s environmental discourse: when it comes to protecting wildlife and preserving natural spaces, the free market is not the problem — it’s the solution. Too often, capitalism is wrongly blamed for pollution or habitat loss, when in reality, it is human nature and poor stewardship—not commerce—that drives environmental harm. Sophie’s event showed students firsthand...
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IL & NJ Collegians Oppose Restrictive BLM Land Rule
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The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to rescind the Biden era 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule has sparked national debate — and CFACT Collegians are stepping up to ensure the voices of young Americans who value both prosperity and responsible stewardship are heard. The 2024 rule severely restricted public-land leasing, squeezing out industries vital to rural economies and American energy security. In line with CFACT’s position that conservation and...
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UT Austin Collegian Exposes Dark Side of “Green Energy”
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At the University of Texas at Austin, CFACT collegian Thien Nguyen and his friend turned an ordinary campus courtyard into a powerful lesson on the hidden human and environmental costs behind today’s “green energy” agenda. His event, “Who Mined It?”, invited students to look beyond political slogans and confront the very real consequences of the mining operations required to produce solar panels, electric vehicle batteries, and other so-called renewable technologies....
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California Collegian Smashes Socialism… & Pumpkins
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On October 27th, Fresno State became the unlikely site of a CFACT Free Market Energy Campaign “Banned Product Graveyard” as CFACT collegian Kaeli McIntere teamed up with the campus Turning Point USA chapter for a Halloween-themed education event that blended humor, hands-on engagement, and a clear message: California’s regulatory overreach is out of control. Stationed in front of the busy Kennel Library, Kaeli’s exhibit immediately drew waves of curious students...
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Indian Collegian Defends Climate Realism in the Classroom
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On October 17th, Azim Premji University student Celeste Meyn took a bold step for academic freedom in Bangalore, India. As part of a class presentation, Celeste introduced her peers to CFACT’s mission of promoting free-market environmentalism and critical thinking—a rare perspective in a classroom often dominated by climate alarmism. Celeste’s presentation, titled “Why Wind Farms Are Bad for the Environment,” challenged the prevailing narrative that so-called “green” energy comes without...
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Liberty University Student Celebrates Roman Warm Period
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On October 30th, Liberty University student and CFACT Collegian Silas Pearson set up shop in the campus Student Union with an unconventional invitation: “Come taste the climate of the past.” His Roman Warm Period themed Mock Wine Giveaway paired flavor with history to show fellow students that climate change isn’t new—and certainly not catastrophic. At his table, Silas poured samples of sparkling grape juice into faux goblets labeled as “Roman...
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Past Meets Future: Tennessee Collegians Go Nuclear!
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CFACT Collegians from the University of Tennessee, Jude Abernathy and Emma Arns, took their curiosity about reliable energy straight to the source—touring the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for an up-close look at the technology powering America’s future. What began as a casual learning trip quickly turned into an inspiring lesson in innovation. The students were greeted by a surprise tour guide who, in Jude’s...
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