Abby Saks

Oct 2, 2023 | dukechronicle.com | Abby Saks

I have been active in the campaign to get Duke to fully divest from fossil fuels since I was a freshman. I went into it knowing it would be frustrating and that the work would rarely yield any significant results. Still, I’m graduating in less than a year, and I cannot stand the fact that I will likely be leaving having made no impact on Duke’s investment practices despite the years of hard work by Duke Climate Coalition’s (DCC) campaign.

Apr 1, 2023 | mothernature.news | Abby Saks |Phoebe Barr |Samuel McDonald |Matthew Miles Goodrich

On March 20, the final installment of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) landed with all the force of a pebble hurled into the sea.

Mar 30, 2023 | thenation.com | Abby Saks |Phoebe Barr |Mychal Denzel Smith

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Feb 27, 2023 | dukechronicle.com | Abby Saks

Durham and other North Carolina cities are known for being unwalkable. But just how bad are they? Out of 130 United States and Canadian cities with a population greater than 200,000, Durham and other cities, such as Fayetteville, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Greensboro, rank near the bottom in terms of walkability. Fayetteville is the second-least walkable city on the list, while Durham slots in at No. 11.