Understanding the Needs of Diverse Park Users
UCLA in collaboration with the National Park Service releases visitor survey results on the world’s largest urban national park, Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area
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UCLA Identifying Strategies for Carbon Neutrality in Transportation
A team of researchers from UCLA and other UC campuses will embark on a landmark study to achieve carbon neutrality
Call for Abstracts: Climate Adaptation Research Symposium 2020
This symposium features research that seeks to measure the scale and scope of climate impacts, as well as how best to…
Economists Find EPA Proposal to Undermine Protections from Power-plant Mercury Emissions is based on Incomplete Data and Faulty Analysis
EPA’s calculations omit tens of billions of dollars in public-health benefits and are based on outdated power-system information from 2011, finds committee supported by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation LOS ANGELES – Environmental economists from Harvard, Yale, and other leading research institutions say an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that could eventually allow more mercury […]
Pregnant Women Have a Higher Risk of Delivering Early on Unseasonably Hot Days
Alan Barreca, University of California, Los Angeles About a quarter of children in the United States are born two to three weeks before their due date, which qualifies them as “early term.” Pregnancies typically last 40 weeks, so you might think that being born two to three weeks early wouldn’t matter. But, children born just […]
National Summit Highlights Local Transitions to 100% Clean Energy with Leaders From 30 States
First study to estimate employment needs, impacts of building electrification in California tracks shifts across…
Move to All-electric Buildings will Trigger Significant Demand for Skilled Workers
First study to estimate employment needs, impacts of building electrification in California tracks shifts across…
Despite Federal Inaction, 100% Clean Energy is Becoming Reality Across the US
Gathering of policymakers, utility experts, advocates, & scholars from 30 states reflects growing momentum
Street Art Meets Climate Science in the Big, Blue Face of Zeus
Massive mural in South L.A. is painted with a surface-cooling coating to start a conversation about our warming world
UCLA Assesses Local Rooftop Solar Program and Offers Recommendations to Advance LA’s Renewable Energy Goals
Benefits from the nation’s largest feed-in tariff program