| Prof. Dan Kammen, one of the authors of the Copenhagen Synthesis Report |
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Dec 14 2009 - University of Copenhagen: Synthesis Report, Climate Change. Global Risks Challenges and Decisions. Copenhagen 2009, 10-12 March. Authors: Katherine Richardson; Will Steffen; Hans Joachim Schellnhuber; Joseph Alcamo; Terry Barker; Daniel M. Kammen; Rik Leemans; Diana Liverman; Mohan Munasinghe; Balgis Osman-Elasha; Nicholas Stern; Ole Wæver. |
| Prof. Dan Kammen reports in from Copenhagen Week 1 at COP-15. |
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Dec 14 2009 - Copenhagen: Windows of hope and blistering battles over climate targets. Editor’s note: Prof. Dan Kammen reports in from Copenhagen talking about "In counterpoint to the constant refrain of ‘no we can’t". Week 1 at COP-15: The first week comes to a close about where one might expect. |
| The White House Convenes Young Green Leaders |
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Dec 4 2009 - As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill. In the crowd, Jenn Engstrom listened intently. A 22-year-old senior at the University of California, Berkeley, she serves on the executive board of CalPIRG, a student-run public interest group. |
| Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson publish paper in Science: New Science for Chemicals Policy |
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Nov 30 2009 - Over the last century, industrial chemicals have become ubiquitous in materials, products, and manufacturing processes used throughout society. In 2006, more than 34 million metric tons of chemical substances were produced in, or imported into, the United States every day...Long-standing public policies governing chemical design, production, and use need deep restructuring in light of new science on the health and environmental effects of anthropogenic chemicals. |
| Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error |
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Oct 23 2009 - A team of 13 prominent scientists, including Prof. Dan Kammen and land-use experts has identified an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules for bioenergy that could, if uncorrected, undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gases by encouraging deforestation. |
| Mercury News Interview: A chat with UC-Berkeley energy expert Dan Kammen |
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Jul 14 2009 - UC-Berkeley professor of energy Dan Kammen is well-known around the country and throughout the world for his work in renewable energy science and policy.
Recently, he and a team of academics, entrepreneurs, business leaders and policymakers released a 141-page report, 18 months in the making, called "The Gigaton Throwdown'' that outlines a path for a dramatic expansion in the development and deployment of renewable and low-carbon energy. |
| BIE Co-Director Inez Fung quoted on the Washington Post |
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Jul 13 2009 - Nations Agree To Curb Emissions -Rift Remains Between Poor, Rich Countries. "The climate will hit two degrees, no matter what," said Inez Fung, co-director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment at the University of California. Drastic action may slow the rise in temperatures, she said, but most likely "we will be there by the end of the century." |
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