News

Green Standards & Economic Development - an interview with Matthew Kahn

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Forefront Magazine talks to IoE Professor Matthew Kahn.
Posted: 12/18/2009

Hilary Godwin elected AAAS Fellow

Professor Hilary Godwin has been selected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow.
Posted: 12/17/2009

Satellites beam in biomass estimates

Institute of the Environment Researcher Sassan Saatchi is featured in a Nature News article about assessing carbon levels in the world's tropical forests.
Posted: 12/16/2009

UCLA researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Recent advances suggest that cyanobacteria may be able to produce a replacement for fossil fuels - and help combat climate change in the process.
Posted: 12/16/2009

Hot Cities - Surviving Climate Change?

IoE Director Glen MacDonald featured in BBC World News Documentary Series
Posted: 12/14/2009

Climate Change Strategy Session

Mayor Villaraigosa organized a special assembly to determine the key issues to bring to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Posted: 12/9/2009

Misreading Climategate - an LA Times Op-Ed by IoE Director Glen MacDonald

Institute of the Environment Director and Professor Glen MacDonald comments on "Climategate" - the illegal interception of e-mails from scientists at Britain's University of East Anglia.
Posted: 12/9/2009

Students to have front-seat view at world climate talks

Six UCLA Law students will serve as delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Posted: 12/4/2009

UCLA - UC Berkeley study shows how to increase local renewable energy, slow climate change

Report recommends harnessing energy potential of rooftops, roads, aqueducts.
Posted: 12/4/2009

Working to restore a historic campus creek

Students and community members come together to restore the ecology of a campus sanctuary.
Posted: 11/24/2009

Opportunity Green Business Conference held to promote eco-friendly practices

Corporations, non-profits, local government, and the UCLA community converge on Covel Commons to discuss business solutions to environmental problems.
Posted: 11/12/2009

UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan

The (LARC) Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability hopes to transform the Los Angeles region.
Posted: 11/6/2009

Architect Thom Mayne, UCLA students create floating house for New Orleans residents

Responding to the past devastation in New Orleans and future predictions of sea level rise, UCLA architects find a new design.
Posted: 10/9/2009

Army of Bruin volunteers clean up city

An army of 4,300 UCLA students volunteered September 22, 2009, at sites across Los Angeles, possibly the nation's largest university-organized volunteer day.
Posted: 10/9/2009

UCLA Researcher Finds CO2 at Highest Levels in 15 Million Years

You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, UCLA chemist Aradhna Tripati and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science.
Posted: 10/9/2009

Its Easy to be Green! UCLA Event Sustainability Volunteer Program

UCLA program to green campus events receives recognition from collegiate events planning association.
Posted: 9/15/2009

Screen Scene: No Impact Man

A new film by UCLA alumna Laura Gabbert documents a year in the life of the Beavan family as they puruse a commitment to having zero environmental impact.
Posted: 9/10/2009