LSA sophomore Catherine
Garton
was
motivated
to
found the University of Mich-
igan’s chapter of the Citizens’
Climate Lobby this semester,
because of a core belief that
students’ voices are impera-
tive for creating policy to
combat climate change. For
two years, Garton was a mem-
ber of CCL’s Ann Arbor chap-
ter, one of 489 active chapters
the organization maintains.
Its main goal is to lobby for
national policies that address
carbon emissions and climate
change in every congressional
district.
On Nov. 27, the main policy
for which the CCL had been
advocating was introduced to
Congress: a national carbon
price, known as The Energy
Innovation and Carbon Divi-
dend Act of 2018 (H.R.7173).
The bill is sponsored by U.S.
Reps.
Theodore
Deutch,
D-Fla.;
Brian
Fitzpatrick,
R-Pa.; John Delaney, D-Md.;
Francis Rooney, R-Fla.; Char-
lie Crist, D-Fla.; and David
Trott, R-Mich.
In a statement regarding
the introduction of the bill,
CCL said it hoped Rep. Deb-
bie Dingell, D-Mich., would
co-sponsor the bill, “either
now or when the bill is rein-
troduced in the new Con-
gress.” Dingell, a member
of the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, said
Congress had act on climate
change now, but did not speci-
fy whether she would cospon-
sor the bill.
“It’s time that Congress
takes action to address cli-
mate change and ensures that
the US is a world leader in
addressing global warming,”
Dingell wrote in an email
to The Michigan Daily. “In
Michigan and on the Energy
and Commerce Committee
I’m having critical conversa-
tions about changing the sta-
tus quo and taking action now.
Our economy and environ-
ment are at stake and we must
think outside the box to miti-
gate irreversible damage.”
The policy applies a fee on
the carbon dioxide content
of fossil fuel producers at a
starting rate of $15 per ton
in 2019 and increasing by $10
per ton annually. The revenue
generated from this fee would
be subsequently redistributed
equally among U.S. house-
holds through tax rebates,
and a border carbon adjust-
ment fee protects U.S. manu-
facturers by applying that
price to imported goods. The
policy also restricts addition-
al regulation and stops the
yearly price rise beyond $15 if
the annual 5 percent emission
reduction target is being met.
According to a 2014 study
by Regional Economic Models
and Synapse Energy Econom-
ics, the policy’s would result
in a 50 percent reduction of
carbon emissions below 1990
levels in the next 20 years, an
addition of 2.8 million jobs
stimulated by the return of
tax revenue and the preven-
tion of 230,000 premature
deaths from air pollution.
Deutch, a University law
alum, introduced the bill to
the Congress floor, empha-
sizing the need for American
investment in clean energy
technologies.
“This
aggressive
carbon
pricing scheme introduced by
members from both parties
Ann Arbor residents and
City
Council
members
are
raising concerns over some
past
tweets
from
recently
elected
Councilmember
Jeff
Hayner,
D-Ward
1,
including
inflammatory
comments directed at sitting
councilmembers and electoral
opponents.
Ann Arbor resident Chris
Dzombak created a database
with close to 7,000 tweets
allegedly written by Hayner.
The tweets date back to March
6,
2014.
Hayner,
defeated
independent
opponent
Ryan Hughes, a Democratic
Socialist, with amore than 70
percent of the vote. Hayner ran
a campaign focused primarily
on environmental issues such
as the dioxane plume.
Hayner declined to comment
on the matter.
“I don’t have a Twitter,”
Hayner wrote in an email
statement. “You must have
received some bad info. Not
interested.”
Hayner
admitted
in
On
Wednesday,
two
Michigan
State
University
board members, as well as two
board members-elect, spoke
out against Interim President
John Engler’s decision to close
a $10 million fund created to
pay for mental health services
for survivors of former MSU
doctor Larry Nassar’s abuse.
Engler
announced
the
closure
of
the
Healing
Assistance fund Tuesday in
light of MSU settling a $500
million lawsuit with more
than 300 women who have
been assaulted by Nassar. The
fund has been frozen since
July over concerns of fraud,
and Engler said the remaining
balance of $8.6 million will be
used “to reduce the amount
of our borrowing to pay the
settlement.”
Current
board
members
Brian Mosallam and Dianne
Byrum and recently elected
board members Brianna Scott
and
Kelly
Tebay
released
a statement on Twitter in
opposition
to
the
interim
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ACADEMICS
Growing up, life sciences
researcher Majd Abdulghani
watched her mother overcome
the various obstacles she
faced as a Muslim female
scientist working toward her
Ph.D. in London. With her
mother’s determination and
bravery in mind, Abdulghani
will have the opportunity to
return to England to pursue
her own doctoral degree in
genetics as Saudi Arabia’s
very first Rhodes Scholar.
“My mom was doing her
Ph.D., and that showed me
a lot about the sort of effort
it takes to be a scientist, but
also at the same time, how
wonderful it is and also how
it’s possible to be a scientist,
be a woman — and my mom
is also a Muslim and wears a
headscarf,” Abdulghani said.
“She was doing all of this
while raising three teenagers
and two children, so she was
really an inspiration for me
at that point in my life and
continues to be.”
Once her mother completed
her Ph.D. and the family
returned to Saudi Arabia,
Abdulghani took a particular
interest
in
genetics.
She
recalled
how
her
mother
encouraged her to pursue the
field and since then, she has
enjoyed it thoroughly.
“When I went back to
Saudi Arabia, I was ready to
go to college and I chose to
become a geneticist because
I just really enjoyed it in high
school,” Abdulghani said. “I
remember my mom said to me,
‘Don’t you want to discover
the gene that cures cancer?’
And while that’s probably not
going to happen for biological
reasons, that’s why I chose
to study genetics. It’s been
incredibly rewarding so far.
Researcher
is 1st Rhodes
scholar pick
from Saudi
LEO holds community forum to discuss
launch of the One University Campaign
Majd Abdulghani is a genetics researcher
and an award-winning NPR podcaster
New lecturer initative working to make all three ‘U’ campuses more equitable in funding
KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter
On
Wednesday
evening,
the
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization held its first of
several Ann Arbor community
forums to discuss the launch of
the One University Campaign,
which
strives
to
make
all
three University of Michigan
campuses
more
equitable
learning institutions.
Despite the fact that the
LEO’s
tumultuous
contract
bargaining process last semester
resulted in significant budget
increases
for
lecturers,
the
lecturers point out gains were
not distributed equally across
all three University campuses.
LEO at U-M Dearborn and the
U-M Flint has held parallel
community
forums
to
work
toward parity. About 25 students,
graduate
student
instructors
and lecturers across all three
campuses attended the Ann
Arbor forum.
“Although
we
made
real
substantial progress last time
around … that did not reduce
the gap between Flint and
Dearborn,” LEO President Ian
Robinson, a sociology professor
on the Ann Arbor campus, said.
In fact, he explained despite the
50 percent increases in minimum
wages on all three campuses,
professors at U-M Flint and
U-M Dearborn earn, on average,
$10,000 less per year than the
typical Ann Arbor professor.
Not only are the professors at
U-M Flint and U-M Dearborn
paid less in comparison to their
Ann Arbor peers, but they work
significantly more hours.
“In
Flint
and
Dearborn,
(lecturers must) teach an extra
course to be considered full-
time,” Robinson explained in an
interview with The Michigan
Daily. “Instead of teaching three
courses a term (like Ann Arbor
lecturers do), they teach four.”
CITY
Resident-sourced database
of new Councilmember’s
Twitter stokes criticism
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
DESIGN BY NOLAN FELICIDARIO
‘U’ student environment advocates
celebrate intro of national carbon bill
Policy, though unlikely to pass, is new step in direction of taxing carbon emissions
JULIETTE SIBLEY
For The Daily
MSU pres.
closes fund
for Nassar
survivors
ADMINISTRATION
Trustees slam Engler for
close of Healing Assistance
fund after fraud concerns
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Archive of
Hayner’s
tweets call
out Council
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Spanish Lecturer Erin Levin facilitates the Lecturers’ Employee Organization discussion on financial equity across Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses at the
LEO offices Wednesday night.
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