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Sustainability would help boost U.S. life expectancy
Illinois' Elgin Daily Herald reported on a presentation by Dr. Richard Jackson, professor and chair of environmental health sciences at the IoES & School of Public Health, in which he spoke about the connection between public policy, health care, urban pl
Posted: 4/29/2011
Event highlights International Research and Training Center, Central Africa
The mission of this new International Research and Training Center (IRTC) is to facilitate interdisciplinary environmental, health, and social science research focused on Central Africa with outcomes that promote sustainable development and respond to the
Posted: 4/28/2011
Scientists worry about oil 'iceberg' in Gulf
Richard Ambrose, professor of environmental health sciences, was interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s "The World Today" about the clean-up following the BP oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
Posted: 4/28/2011
Reflections on the Gulf Oil Spill—One year later
On April 20, 2010 an explosion rocked the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig. On April 22, 2010 Deepwater Horizon sank, leaving the well gushing at the sea floor and causing the largest offshore oil spill in United States history. Two UCLA exp
Posted: 4/26/2011
Fukushima's lessons for U.S. nuclear power
UCLA News|Week covered the IoES hosted Nuclear Panel held April 18, 2011 featuring: UCLA Chancellor Emeritus & Public Policy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Albert Carnesale, IoES Professor Deepak Rajagopal, Civil and Environmental Engi
Posted: 4/25/2011
How do you strike a balance between green technology and the environment?
YourCall interviewed Matthew Kahn, professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and author of "Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment."
Posted: 4/25/2011
IoES welcomes visiting scholar J. Alberto Aragon-Correa
Alberto is a full Professor of Management at the University of Granada, Spain.
Posted: 4/25/2011
Researchers test strategies to motivate students to save energy
A new study, Engage, takes the university’s expertise in environmental economics and remote sensing and combines it with campus sustainability efforts and undergraduate support for environmental causes.
Posted: 4/25/2011
Electric car maker Coda Automotive to open showroom in mall
IoES Corporate Partner Coda Automotive will begin selling its $44,900 electric compact sedan at the Westfield Century City mall in July.
Posted: 4/19/2011
Electric car maker Coda Automotive to open showroom in mall
IoES Corporate Partner Coda Automotive will begin selling its $44,900 electric compact sedan at the Westfield Century City mall in July.
Posted: 4/19/2011
Environmental advocates Julia Butterfly Hill and actress Daryl Hannah to speak on sustainability in Earth Week discussion
IoES Academic Director Cully Nordby will moderate "A Conversation with Environmental and Social Justice Activists Julia Butterfly Hill & Daryl Hannah April 19 at 7 PM in UCLA's Ackerman Grand Ballroom.
Posted: 4/19/2011
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear meltdown forces U.S. to rethink its disaster preparation
The effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant damage in Japan could span a century, Glen MacDonald announced at a panel discussion on Monday.
Posted: 4/19/2011
Environmental Science Majors receive research grant
The Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society will support student work on coastal sage scrub and grassland dynamics in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Posted: 4/15/2011
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Job Recruitment
New environmental science-related opportunities are available with the newly re-organized bureau. BOEMRE will be hiring environmental scientists in the coming months to do work in fields ranging from environmental studies to NEPA review to environmental c
Posted: 4/15/2011
The impact of climate change on polar regions
Institute Director Glen MacDonald consulted on a new Aquarium of the Pacific exhibit opening in May: Arctic & Antarctic: Our Polar Regions in Peril.
Posted: 4/14/2011
What Moves U?
This campaign invites the UCLA community to share moving, funny and interesting stories from their alternative transportation commute.
Posted: 4/14/2011
Urban Growth and Climate Change
A National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study by IoES Professor Matt Kahn.
Posted: 4/13/2011
LiS student Omar Asensio chosen for Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy 2011
The topic of the summer academy is Cleantech Entrepreneurship, Finance and Policy.
Posted: 4/12/2011
A scientist extols the value of forests shaped by humans
IoES Professor Susanna Hecht, a political ecologist, was interviewed by Yale Environment 360 about her environmental work in El Salvador.
Posted: 4/8/2011
Ancient fossils hold clues for predicting future climate change, scientists report
IoES Affiliate Professor Aradhna Tripati has produced new research that reconstructs ancient climate records.
Posted: 4/8/2011
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