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Author Archives: Claire Torina Coulthard

Claire Torina Coulthard is a Chemistry DPhil at Balliol. She has a passion for communicating science and climate news and has been writing for over 4 years, starting with her time at the University of Warwick.

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The Land is Sacred: Bunji

by Claire Torina Coulthard November 13, 2022November 13, 2022
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The Land is Sacred: The Forgotten Polluter

by Claire Torina Coulthard October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
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Meet the Columnists MT22! pt. 1

by Sophie Benbelaid, Riana Modi, Bea Munro, Alice Emmett, Claire Torina Coulthard and Hannah Davis October 12, 2022October 12, 2022
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The Land is Sacred: Under the Plastic

by Claire Torina Coulthard June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
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The Land is Sacred: Water, Water Everywhere

by Claire Torina Coulthard May 29, 2022May 29, 2022
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The Land is Sacred: Poisoning the Nations

by Claire Torina Coulthard May 6, 2022May 7, 2022
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Meet The Columnists TT22!

by Sophie Benbelaid, Gloria Morey, Elyse Airey, Bea Munro, Iris Campbell-Lange, Jacob Reid, MK Hubbard, Hannah Davis, Cat Tickell, Claire Torina Coulthard, Yii-Jen Deng and Aili Channer April 22, 2022April 28, 2022

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