Nuclear Wins the California Energy Face-Off
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CFACT Collegian Kaeli McIntyre brought a new kind of energy debate to Clovis Community College this semester, giving students a side-by-side look at nuclear, solar, and wind power. On February 26, Kaeli set up her “Clean Energy Face-Off” board on campus with several friends who helped draw students toward the display. The handmade board compared nuclear, solar, and wind across several key categories: whether each source is carbon emissions-free, works...
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NC Collegian Op-Ed Champions Private Conservation
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CFACT collegians are always looking for opportunities to amplify their voices and disseminate the organization’s core policy perspectives. Following in the steps of many collegians before him, University of North Carolina Greensboro student Kevin Six recently penned an excellent article making the case for private conservation efforts that was picked up and published by the Montgomery Independent. You can read his op-ed in its entirety below: “The Case for Private...
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IL Lawmakers Get CFACT-Checked
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CFACT students took the fight for energy sanity straight to the Illinois State Capitol. On May 1, National Director Nate Myers met CFACT collegian Zach Lochard in Springfield, Illinois, along with two newly recruited students: Matt Saner of Illinois State University and Conner McEleney of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Together, the group spent several hours conducting a “hill-drop,” personally delivering CFACT literature to every available Illinois state lawmaker's office....
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Tree-mendous Environmental Stewardship at UF
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While many students spent finals week buried in textbooks, CFACT Collegian Lena Zizza and a group of University of Florida students headed outdoors to leave something lasting behind: a native tree planted near Lake Alice. On April 23, Lena hosted a tree planting ceremony at the University of Florida, bringing together seven students from various campus organizations to plant a Green Ash tree, a species native to Florida. The event...
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Mississippi State Collegian Hosts Talk with Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson
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CFACT Collegian Addy Rose Knotts brought a strong dose of freedom and Mississippi common sense to campus this April, hosting Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson at Mississippi State University for a speaker event focused on constitutional liberty, agriculture, and conservative leadership. Held on Tuesday, April 21, the CFACT hosted event drew roughly twenty like-minded students from several conservative student organizations for an evening of thoughtful discussion with...
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Southeast CFACT Collegians Host “Change My Mind” Debates
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CFACT collegians brought direct, open debate to campus walkways at Florida International University and Clemson University through a series of “Change My Mind” tabling events—engaging students in substantive conversations on energy, conservation, and environmental policy. At Florida International University in Miami, campus representative Joshua Espinoza set up his table inside the Graham Center, a high-traffic student hub, and rotated between two thought-provoking discussion prompts: “Recycling is a Myth” and “Nuclear...
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Trailblazers: CFACT Collegians Advocate for Public Access in KY
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CFACT Collegians are once again stepping beyond campus and into the policymaking arena—this time weighing in on how America’s national parks should be managed for both conservation and public enjoyment. Students RaeAnna Morales of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and Ariana Alonso of William Paterson University in New Jersey recently submitted public comments on a proposed National Park Service rule to expand recreational access in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky....
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VA Grid Games & Nuclear Gains at LibertyU
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Under bright spring skies filled with aircraft taking off from the school-operated airport, and with a steady flow of prospective students visiting campus, CFACT Collegians at Liberty University turned a routine orientation day into a hands-on lesson in energy reality. On April 10th, campus representatives Silas Pearson and Colton Smith—joined by National Director Nate Myers fresh off CFACT’s ICCC16 conference in Washington, D.C.—hosted a dual event combining a nuclear soda...
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Florida, New York Collegians Confront Federal Overreach
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While most college students are busy preparing for finals, two CFACT Collegians took their advocacy beyond campus and straight into the federal rulemaking process—submitting formal deregulation proposals through Regulations.gov. This unique opportunity allows everyday Americans to recommend rules for repeal or reform, giving students like Sophia Sousa of the University of Florida and Skyler Perez of CUNY John Jay College a direct voice in shaping national policy. Rather than simply...
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Spin to Win: Southwest Students Learn Nuclear Facts
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CFACT Collegians are proving once again that meaningful conversations about energy don’t have to happen in lecture halls—they can start with something as simple as a spin of the wheel and a piece of candy. At the University of Arizona, campus representative Ashlee Mendola (pictured above) brought nuclear energy education straight to the heart of campus life. Setting up on the busy mall near the student union, Ashlee invited passing...
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Iguana Be Kidding Me: Miami Collegian Hosts Invasive Species Hunt
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Under the bright South Florida sun, CFACT collegian Joshua Espinoza from Florida International University (FIU) and a team of determined students traded the classroom for the canal bank—taking conservation into their own hands in a way few campus events ever do. Gathering around 10 a.m. near a small boat ramp feeding into Snapper Creek, Espinoza led a group of seven participants—five from FIU and two who traveled in from Martin...
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Birdhouses, Not Blades: Chicago Students Rethink Wind Energy
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CFACT Collegian Pearl Beyer attending University of Illinois Chicago hosted a birdhouse painting workshop last week designed to highlight an often-overlooked consequence of wind energy: its impact on bird populations. The two-hour event brought together 9 students at Pearl's home for a hands-on activity paired with a frank discussion about the dangers wind farms pose to our feathered friends. While painting and assembling birdhouses, attendees learned about the documented toll...
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Sounding the Alarm: Real Estate Broker Warns UTK of New ESG Threat
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More than 30 people gathered at the University of Tennessee for a guest lecture and dinner hosted by CFACT campus representatives Emma Arns and Jude Abernathy (left and middle in photo above holding flag), featuring real estate broker and accredited land consultant Stephanie Cross. Her presentation focused on how ESG-related metrics are beginning to influence the housing market, particularly through third-party “climate risk” scores assigned to residential properties. Cross explained...
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Chattanooga Students Refuse the Climate Hustle
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If students only hear one side of the climate change debate, do they ever realize there’s a debate? CFACT Collegian Markus Fee set out to answer that question at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, hosting a screening of Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy for a group of twelve other students. One room. One film. A conversation that didn’t follow the usual script. The setup was simple: a...
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Brick by Brick: Alabama Collegian Deconstructs the Climate Narrative
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At Troy University, CFACT Collegian Caitlyn Harris brought a creative edge to energy education with her “Guess What’s in Your Solar Panel?” Jenga event—proving that sometimes the best way to spark conversation is with a simple game. Hosted on March 11th, the setup quickly became a focal point on campus. Curious students stopped to see what was going on, and before long, many decided to stick around and play a...
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