IoES in the News
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Ann Carlson Weighs in for KPBS: Big Oil Will Answer Some Uncomfortable Questions In California Court
Imperial Beach’s attempt to hold the oil industry accountable for climate change will move forward in state court. AnnCarlson of UCLA Law and Institute of Environment and Sustainability says “I…
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Deepak Rajagopal in International Business Times — Climate Change News: University Of California Divests Entirely From Fossil Fuel Assets
The University of California, or UC, has divested the last of its $1 billion of fossil fuel assets, thereby becoming the largest U.S. educational institution to do so. Deepak Rajagopal, an…
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Ann Carlson in Common Dreams — ‘Accountability Is Coming’: Federal Judges Rule California Climate Suits Against Big Oil Must Go Forward in State Court
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday ruled that California climate lawsuits aiming to force major fossil fuel companies to pay for their role in causing the environmental crisis must…
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Tracy Johnson named dean of the UCLA Division of Life Sciences
Congratulations to Tracy Johnson, professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology and holder of the Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair, has been named dean of the division of…
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Deepak Rajagopal in The Daily Bruin: UC Regents Investments Committee announces full divestment from fossil fuels
The University of California Board of Regents Investments Committee announced Tuesday it has completely divested from fossil fuels. The massive decline in the cost of renewable energy from solar, wind,…
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Yifang Zhu Study Featured in NBC 4 Los Angeles: Traffic Reduction Impacts Southern California’s Air Quality
Experts say transitioning to cleaner technology for all things mobile including the larger contributors of emissions like ships and trucks will lead to more sustainable long-term changes. Dr. Yifang Zhu…
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Ann Carlson in Earth Institute — While No One Was Watching: Changing Environmental Regulations Under the Trump Administration
In a recent webinar, three environmental law experts including UCLA’s Ann Carlson discussed the current regulatory landscape. Carlson says that, once in office, the Trump administration quickly attempted to alter…
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Forward thinking graduate awarded for sustainable change-making at LA Metro
Cris Liban, who received his doctorate from UCLA IoES’ Environmental Science and Engineering program, was honored with the Award of Excellence by the Engineering News Record for his initiative and drive to make…
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Peter Daszak on 60 Minutes: Coronavirus research upended by politics
Peter Daszak, senior research fellow at Center for Tropical Research was featured on a 60 Minutes segment called Pandemic Politics. The Trump administration cut funding for Peter Daszak, a coronavirus…
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Mary Nichols and California Air Resources Board in Forbes: It’s ‘Damn The Torpedoes’ As California Eyes Electric Truck Mandate Despite COVID-19
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, and her staff at proposed the world’s first zero-emission sales mandate on commercial trucks, even as COVID-19 triggered the worst U.S.…
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Daniel Swain quoted in The Atlantic: What Happens If a ‘Big One’ Strikes During the Pandemic?
Hurricanes and wildfires, weather phenomena often associated with disasters, are seasonal and, therefore, inevitable. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, explains that both become possible in May, before usually becoming…
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Yifang Zhu and Suzanne Paulson in The Daily Bruin: UCLA experts show LA air quality has improved, but encourage thinking long-term
A decrease in Southern California traffic led to decreases in microscopic air pollutants known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5. This contributed to a 20% improvement in air quality…
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Yifang Zhu Research Featured in The Science Times: 14,000 Californian Lives Could be Saved Each Year if the State Remains Carbon-Neutral Similar to When on Lockdown
Yifang Zhu, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability, published a study that could serve as a guideline for the…
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Yifang Zhu Research Featured in ScienceBlog: Carbon Neutral California Could Save 14,000 Lives Per Year
Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality in the Golden State has visibly improved. In a peer-reviewed study published May 4 in the…
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Daniel Swain mentioned in The Los Angeles Times: After this week’s near-record heat, California will return to cooler weather in mid-May
After a summer-like pattern of high pressure and offshore flow prevailing through at least Thursday in Southern California, much cooler conditions and a thicker marine layer will begin to return Friday and over the weekend into early next week, the National Weather Service said. While this may be the last…
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Emily Lindsey Research Featured in Ancient Origens: Giant Sloth Death Pit Reveals Death By Feces Ingestion
The fossilized remains of 22 Ice Age, elephant-sized sloths have been found preserved in 20,000-year-old asphalt in Ecuador. The discovery of this giant sloth death pit is revealing a virtual…
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Emily Lindsey Research Featured in Express Co UK — Paleontologist shock: Experts unearth fossilised remains of 22 ELEPHANT-SIZED sloths
The fossilised remains of 22 elephant-sized sloths dating back to the Ice Age have been found. Palaeontologists made the grand discovery preserved in asphalt during a dig at the Tanque…
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UCLA students receive 1st place demonstration project award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A team of UCLA students won first place in the demonstration project category for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s eighth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college…
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Michael Stenstrom mentioned in Yahoo Finance: Moleaer launches Neo Nanobubble Generator to Improve Water Quality for Agriculture and Aquaculture
Nanobubbles increase productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture by increasing dissolved oxygen levels and oxygen utilization rates. Independent research was conducted by Professor Michael Stenstrom, UCLA’s Institue of Environment and…
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Yifang Zhu Research Featured in NBC News Southern California: Carbon-Neutral California Would Save 14,000 Lives a Year, UCLA Study Says
The air quality Californians are enjoying during the stay-at-home order could one day be the status quo, if the state follows the instructions of a UCLA study. The study, published…
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Yifang Zhu study featured in UCLA Newsroom: Will our clean air last after COVID-19? UCLA study says it’s possible
Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually — in every community — researchers say. “It doesn’t need to take a global pandemic to create…
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Yifang Zhu research featured in NewsWise: Will our clean air last after COVID-19? UCLA study says it’s possible
“It doesn’t need to take a global pandemic to create cleaner air and healthier lives,” said Yifang Zhu, one of the study’s lead authors and a professor of environmental health sciences at…
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Yifang Zhu Research Featured in CBS News Los Angeles: UCLA Researchers Chime In On Future Of Post-Pandemic Air Quality Actions In California
Amid rising death tolls and the slow down of lives that this pandemic has caused, the improvement of air quality is one clear positive thing that has resulted from coronavirus. …
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Former IoES Director Mary Nichols in the Los Angeles Times: How the coronavirus is hampering enforcement of California’s air pollution rules
The coronavirus is having another unintended effect on California’s environment, hindering the enforcement of clean-air rules that could help protect people’s lungs during the pandemic. “All of our enforcement people…
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Daniel Swain in Yahoo Lifestyle: Driver’s incredible video shows ‘tumbleweed tornado’ sweeping through the road: ‘What a wild scene’
A journalist in Washington is going viral after sharing a video of his experience getting stuck inside a “tumbleweed tornado.” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA’s Institute of the…