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Governors' Global Climate Summit - Building the Green Economy

Paul Bunje, Executive Director of UCLA's Center for Climate Change Solutions, was interviewed at the GGCS 3 summit attended by top leaders of local, regional, national and international entities, academia, business and nonprofit.
Posted: 4/8/2011

U.S. wins when China invests in green

Institute Professor Matt Kahn is quoted in a CNNMoney.com article about how China's renewable energy push is good for America.
Posted: 4/7/2011

The Fukushima Meltdown - Lessons from Japan and future energy sources in California and the U.S.d

A panel discussion and Q & A on nuclear energy concerns and its future in California and the United States.
Posted: 4/4/2011

Gang Green: UCLA Honored for Sustainability Curricula

The Institute's graduate-level Leaders in Sustainability curriculum is now an official UCLA certificate program and recently won a prestigious academic award.
Posted: 4/1/2011

California's bid to curb global warming could soon get back on track

Professor Ann Carlson, director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, who holds joint appointments with the School of Law and IoES, was quoted in an LA Times article about a court ruling on the cap-and-trade provision in California's global warming law.
Posted: 3/23/2011

EPA Scientist advocates 'green chemistry'

Dr. Paul Anastas will deliver the Spring 2011 Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Oppenheim Lecture on April 5th at 6 p.m. in UCLA's Fowler Museum. American Public Media's Marketplace radio program interviewed the "Father of green chemist
Posted: 3/23/2011

Green Day on the radio

Los Angeles' 100.3 FM The Sound celebrated Saint Patrick's Day by saluting green organizations and broadcasting two radio spots highlighting the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 3/17/2011

The Eco Posse

Teaching Fellows and professors from the Institute's The Global Environment course sing about environmental science and sustainability.
Posted: 3/17/2011

IoES welcomes Fullbright International Scholar

Hugo Cardona Castillo is a Distinguished Professor at the University of San Carlos and a Distinguished Emeritus Professor at The National School of Agriculture in Guatemala.
Posted: 3/16/2011

Celebrating $4 Gas

Institute Professor Matt Kahn contributed a blog to the Harvard Business Review.
Posted: 3/15/2011

Judge: Bohemian Grove logging plan violates law

IoES and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Phil Rundel is quoted in San Diego's North County Times about a judge halting a plan to cut down part of an old growth forest on land owned by the Bohemian Club.
Posted: 3/15/2011

State overdue for Big Ones, but Japan didn't increase risk

IoES and Earth and Space Sciences Professor Dave Jackson was quoted in the Los Angeles Daily News about the potential for major earthquakes in California in the near future.
Posted: 3/15/2011

IoES welcomes new faculty member Rick Greenwood

This latest professional credit adds to Dr. Greenwood’s venerable record of involvement with the University.
Posted: 3/10/2011

Why investors can view the same company as a leader and a laggard

Institute professor and management researcher Dr. Magali Delmas presents an alternative method for assessing corporate social performance—a method that favors peer-to-peer comparisons over generalized, universal scores.
Posted: 3/8/2011

UCLA engineers demonstrate use of proteins as raw material for biofuels, biorefining

Two types of raw materials are currently used for biorefining and biofuel production: carbohydrates and lipids. Biofuels like ethanol are derived from carbohydrate raw materials such as sugars and lignocellulose, while biodiesels are derived from another
Posted: 3/7/2011

An evolutionary tale about dogs and humans

Institute Professors Bob Wayne and Blaire Van Valkenburgh participated in a symposium about the genesis of dogs and the complex relationship between humans and "man's best friend."
Posted: 3/4/2011

California Energy Commission awards $1 million for Institute of the Environment and Sustainability initiated research project

The Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program will create a comprehensive tool that evaluates and analyzes regional energy use and its environmental and socioeconomic impacts.
Posted: 3/2/2011

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