Gabby Hoffmann at AU: Conservation IS Conservative
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In early March, students at University of Arizona had the opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in free-market environmentalism when policy expert Gabriella Hoffman visited campus to speak about the conservative roots of conservation and the future of sensible energy policy. Hoffmann’s visit began the day before her presentation with a small group of students eager to spend time with the visiting speaker outside the classroom. On...
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KS & SC Students “Bake” the Case for Nuclear Energy
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Throughout the country, CFACT student "Campus Representatives" are finding creative ways to start conversations about one of the most misunderstood energy sources of our time: nuclear power. Recently, two students—one in Kansas and another in South Carolina—hosted “Nuclear Cookie Giveaway” events that proved a simple sweet treat can spark meaningful dialogue about reliable and clean energy. At Washburn University, CFACT Collegian McKrae Masters set up shop inside the campus Memorial...
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Collegians Speak Up for State Authority on Clean Water
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Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revisions to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a provision that governs how states and authorized tribes review federal permits for projects that may impact local water quality. The proposal seeks to restore a broader interpretation of state authority, allowing certifying agencies to evaluate the full scope of federally permitted activities—not just narrow point-source discharges such as pipes or ditches—and...
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Chalk, Not Chaos, at UT Chattanooga
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If you happened to be walking across campus at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga last week, you may have noticed something unusual under your feet. Not profanity.Not doom-and-gloom warnings.Not apocalyptic predictions in red paint. Instead, bright chalk lettering declared: “I Love Nuclear.”“Green Energy, Red Results.”“Science, Not Scare Tactics.” That splash of color was the handiwork of CFACT campus representatives Sophie Fuller and Markus Fee, who launched the semester with...
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From Houston to Knoxville: Nuggets vs. Narratives
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Across two campuses nearly 800 miles apart, CFACT Collegians recently challenged one of the loudest cultural claims of the climate movement: that Americans must give up real meat for plant-based substitutes. As part of CFACT’s Climate Realism Campaign, campus representatives at the University of Houston and the University of Tennessee Knoxville hosted Blind Meat Taste Tests, inviting students to sample chicken nuggets alongside plant-based “nuggets” and guess which was which....
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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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