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Mercury News Interview: A chat with UC-Berkeley energy expert Dan Kammen   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   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   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). News Feature, Nature journal of science - Atmospheric chemistry: The man who smells forests   May 28 2009 - NATURE - International weekly journal of science,News Feature - Chemist Allen Goldstein has spent his career tracking elusive compounds emitted by trees. Erik Vance joined him for a tour of the woods. U.S. Can Curb Global Warming and Lower Energy Costs with Carbon Cap and Smart Energy, Transportation Policies, New Study Finds   May 26 2009 - Union of Concerned Scientists, WASHINGTON (May 19, 2009) - With the right policies in place, the United States could dramatically cut the heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming and, at the same time, lower energy costs in every region of the country, according to the findings of a two-year, peer-reviewed study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). "Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy," which used a modified version of the Department of Energy's National Energy Modeling System, concluded that the United States could meet an emissions-reduction cap of 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 56 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Green Chemistry Chemists clean up their act   May 7 2009 - Article by Lee Bishop and Mitch Anstey featured in Issue 16 of the Berkeley Science Review. Click on title to read full article. Also check out BIE's Green Chemistry Roundtable, visit http://bie.berkeley.edu/greenchem BIE Co-Director Inez Fung Wins 2009 Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Award   Apr 22 2009 - The Graduate Division and the Graduate Assembly have honored the recipients of the Graduate Division’s Sarlo Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Awards and the Graduate Assembly's Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Awards. Inez Fung, Co-Director of the BIE, was one of three faculty to win the award. UC Berkeley News - In face of global warming, can wilderness remain natural? by Robert Sanders   Apr 15 2009 - UC Berkeley News - In face of global warming, can wilderness remain natural? by Robert Sanders. "For those who think of nature as a wild, unspoiled Eden that preserves the natural flora and fauna free from human interference, global warming has a nasty surprise in store, according to University of California, Berkeley, biologist Anthony Barnosky." To read full article click on link. SF Gate- Invest pollution trading dividends in clean energy industry by Phil Angelides and Dan Kammen   Apr 2 2009 - SF Gate - "A March 24 decision by the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gases are dangerous moves the global warming discussion from assessment to action. Here is a line of action: Use proceeds from pollution-credit trading to invest in new energy sources..."click on link to read full op ed. Dr. James E. Hansen event, is now available to view online   Feb 25 2009 - On December 17, 2008 we brought you: Dr. James E. Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies "Threat to the Planet: Implications for a Intergenerational Justice and Energy Policies" This event is now available to view online, if you missed this event or would like to see it again please click link. more Berkeley Institute of the Environment