What a Leading Climate Scientist Has to Say
Fung.jpg   Dec 18 2009 - Interview on Copenhagen Climate Summit 2009 with Prof. Inez Fung by Erik Vance
Prof. Dan Kammen quoted in article by Christopher Mims in Dec 2009 issue of Scientific Magazine
Dan Kamment.jpg   Dec 16 2009 - Prof. Dan Kammen quoted in article by Christopher Mims: A new wave of start-ups wants to install rooftop solar panels on your house.Upfront cost: nothing. Scientific American, Dec. 2009, pg 50-52.
Prof. Dan Kammen, one of the authors of the Copenhagen Synthesis Report
cop.jpg   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.
kammen.jpg   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
whitehouse.jpg   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
covermed.jpg   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
science.gif   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
Kammen.jpg   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
inez.jpg   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."
Three UC Berkeley faculty members chosen for state advisory committee to help devise cap-and-trade program
Kammen07.jpg   Jun 2 2009 - Three scholars, including Dan Kammen, from the University of California, Berkeley, have been appointed to the state's new Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee, a group charged with helping California implement the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32).

Berkeley Institute of the Environment