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2019 Pritzker Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Mentioned in The Humanist — Davos: Another “WEF” of Promise
This year’s World Economic Forum brought together a diverse collection of individuals from various sectors—business, government, nonprofit—as well as young people, scientists, and others to discuss how the assembled billionaires…
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Deepak Rajagopal in Agricultural & Applied Economics Association: Why are Low Carbon Biofuels Needed to Decrease Greenhouse Gases?
In a new article in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy (AEPP), Deepak Rajagopal from the University of California, Los Angeles, and others examine why biofuels are needed to reduce…
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Alex Wang in the Daily Bruin: Panel Talks Hong Kong Protests, Changes in Asia’s Political Climate
The UCLA International Institute, which promotes global research and study, hosted an open panel with a reporter and professors of law, history and political science at the UCLA School of…
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Gregory Okin in SF Examiner: Reducing the Environmental Impact of Pet Food
In 2017, Gregory Okin at the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability published a study on the environmental impact of dogs’ and cats’ meat consumption…
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Emma Marris in Chanel 2 KUTV: Natural History Museum of Utah Kicks off Lecture Series Running Through March 25
The 14th annual lecture series starts Tuesday in honor of the Natural History Museum of Utah’s current special exhibit, Nature All Around Us. The series continues until March 25 and…
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Ann Carlson in The Desert Sun – We Asked Presidential Candidates: Should California Set its Own Emission standards?
The Desert Sun enlisted emission standards expert Ann Carlson, who teaches environmental law at UCLA, to ask each of the candidates running in the Democratic Party’s presidential primary election a…
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Richard Ambrose Mentioned in Daily Bruin — Opinion: As UCLA Construction Ramps Up, Runoff Management Policies Should Do So As ell
“We have some (elements of green infrastructure) on campus but not nearly as many as some of the other (University of California) campuses,” said Richard Ambrose, a professor emeritus in…
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Charles Corbett in The Daily Bruin: UCLA Prepares to Change Heating System to Comply with New Federal Regulations
HCFCs, including R-22, have high global warming potential compared with other greenhouse gases, said UCLA fellow in environmental law Charles Corbett. “For R-22 … the global warming potential is a…
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PhD Fellow Holly Jean Buck in MIT Technology Review: Here’s How We Could Go Carbon Neutral in 25 Years
Holly Buck, a fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, who focuses on carbon removal issues, agrees with the broad conclusions of the report. But she says it will…
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Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in Business Day: What Africa needs to know from WEF Davos
For the world’s most vulnerable, climate change is not a distant existential threat: it is killing people right now. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and…
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The Pritzkers, IoES & Victoria Sork in UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Psychology Department Receives $30 Million from Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation
UCLA has received a $30 million commitment from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation to support a major renovation of the Psychology Tower on the UCLA campus. In recognition…
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Ann Carlson in Forbes: Sacramento And Washington Face Renewed Conflict As They Crack Down On Truck Pollution
Killing the proposed zero-emission requirement would not only damage California’s ability to limit greenhouse gases (where the EPA believes the state has overstepped its bounds). It would cripple the state’s…
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Richard Ambrose in NewsWire: UCLA Expert Available for Comment on Planned Trump Administration Revisions of Federal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
Richard F. Ambrose, a UCLA biologist and marine ecologist with more than four decades in the field, is available for comment on planned Trump Administration revisions of federal protections for…
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Pritzker Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in OpIndia: Why are comedy ideologues abusing Sadhguru and what is at stake for us all
People, for example, who have taken up the objective to plant one trillion trees on the planet like Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim are the ones who are doing things that go…
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Jon Christensen in The Daily Bruin: Opinion — UCLA Needs to Better Publicize its Sustainability Plans to Improve Progress
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor of environmental humanities and senior researcher at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, said a lack of awareness translates to a missed opportunity…
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IoES Director Peter Kareiva Quoted in USA Today: Republican and Democratic Voters Actually Agree on Many Climate Change Fixes. So Why No Action?
A new Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos survey finds a preponderance of Americans – Republicans, Democrats and independents – support climate change fixes. IoES director Peter Kareiva finds the poll very encouraging.
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Ann Carlson Quoted in Bloomberg Environment: Youth Climate Plaintiffs Face Continued Legal Risks After Defeat
Serious legal risks lie ahead for the 21 young plaintiffs who are pushing forward in court after losing their ambitious climate change lawsuit against the federal government. A three-judge panel…
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Environmental Science Practicum Director Noah Garrison Interviewed for KCRW’s ‘Press Play:’ Trump Rolls Back Obama-Era Water Protections. How Will That Affect California?
This week, Trump rolled back Obama-era water protections. How will that affect California? In an interview with KCRW’s Press Play, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Environmental Science Practicum Director Noah…
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Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Featured in Channel4: ‘It’s becoming an issue of survival – people are dying because of climate change’
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 2019 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award winner who’s been invited to Davos to talk about her work campaigning on behalf of the indigenous Mbororo people of Chad…
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Alex Wang Quoted in Bloomberg Environment: China Wants Activists to Stay Out of Its War on Pollution
The China model of environmental protection “has been cautious about too much organized society participation,” said Alex Wang, a law professor at UCLA who used to work with green NGOs…
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Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in The National — Davos 2020: Governments and Companies back 1 Trillion Tree Initiative
The World Economic Forum on Wednesday said an initiative it is leading to plant 1 trillion trees by 2030 to reduce harmful carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere is being backed…
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Ursula Heise Mentioned in The Daily Bruin: UCLA Should require Students to Take class on Climate Change
Professor Ursula Heise, chair of the English department and a professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, pointed out that UCLA is making progress at educating the student…
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2019 Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Mentioned in World Economic Forum: ‘In my region people are dying because of climate change’: One woman’s urgent message to Davos
Greta Thunberg and 2019 Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim are among powerful voices calling for urgent climate action at Davos 2020.
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Ann Carlson in E&E News: ‘Kids’ Climate Case’ was Dismissed. What’s Next?
The decision last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to “reluctantly” dismiss Juliana v. United States demonstrated the limits of fighting climate change through the court system, observers…
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Pritzker Award Winner Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim in Spear’s WMS — Davos Diary: Day 2
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad and 2019 Pritzker award winner spoke at a panel discussion entitled ‘Averting a Climate Apocalypse’ during the…