| A Reality Check on High-Speed Rail for California |
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Nov 17 2009 | Berkeley Engineering |
| Symposium urges cautious approach, citing concerns over ridership, cost and environmental benefits.CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: State high-speed rail planners hope to receive $4.7 billion in federal stimulus funding and break ground as early as 2011 on a system that will move trains at speeds of 200+ mph. |
| Haas Faculty to Headline Green Building Symposium, Dec. 2-3 |
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Nov 16 2009 | Haas School of Business |
| A two-day international symposium on “Green Building, The Economy, and Public Policy” will highlight the Haas School's leadership in the growing convergence of sustainability and energy efficiency with the real estate industry. |
| Clean Energy and Climate Policy for U.S. Growth and Job Creation |
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Oct 27 2009 | Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Sustainability |
| UC Berkeley researchers, David Roland-Holst and Fredrich Kahrl, have been working on a new study that shows that with strong implementation of energy efficiency measures the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) act, which passed the House in June, could possibly generate as many as 1.9 million jobs between the years of 2010 and 2020. Click link to read executive summary. |
| Guide To Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Financing Districts For Local Governments |
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Sep 21 2009 | Energy and Resources Group |
| This report is designed for local government officials, local government decision-makers, state policymakers, and civil society groups interested in getting an EFD program established in their region.Prepared by RENEWABLE AND APPROPRIATE ENERGY LABORATORY (RAEL;
University of California, Berkeley, Merrian C. Fuller; Cathy Kunkel; and Daniel M. Kammen for the City of Berkeley, CA. |
| New study charts green course to reducing CO2 |
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Jun 28 2009 | UC Berkeley News Center |
| A new report by industry CEOs, venture capitalists and academics, including Berkeley's Dan Kammen, shows that tech innovations in seven industries could reduce the country's CO2 emissions by 5-7 billion tons AND create 5 million new jobs. Their message to Congress: Don't stand in the way! |
| Global warming costs IIlinois farmers millions |
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Jun 22 2009 | San Francisco Examiner Online |
| Despite conventional wisdom that global warming is good for agriculture in the United States, research from LBNL and the Carnegie Institution shows that temperature changes associated with global warming are already harming corn production worldwide. |
| Why Greening the Economy is also Good for Business |
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Apr 27 2009 | Breakthroughs |
| In direct contrast to warnings that green policies will harm the economy, researchers at CNR find that such practices will actually create jobs and generate income. Economists also show that reducing waste and pollution saves businesses money, which means higher profit margins for them and better, greener products for consumers. |
| Green Subsidies a Double-Edged Sword in Impoverished Countries |
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Apr 27 2009 | Breakthroughs Magazine |
| In Kenya’s Ambolesi National Park, vegetable growers are paid to allow elephants access to food sources on their farms. Programs such as this seem like a win-win for the environment and for farmers who want to earn a living. But David Zilberman, professor of agricultural and resources economics, has shown that increasingly popular policies that offer “payments for environmental services,” or PES, are a double-edged sword. |
| The Economics of Oil and Water |
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Apr 27 2009 | Breakthroughs Magazine |
| Over the past few months, newspapers, blogs, and television screens have been filled with stories of two precious liquids — oil and water. Although the stories seem similar (demand outstripping supply), they report fundamentally different means and success in coping with “shortage.” |
| Fighting Global Poverty is Fastest-Growing Minor |
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Mar 10 2009 | UCB News Center |
| Students majoring in everything from engineering to English are signing up at the UC Berkeley, for the campus's fastest-growing minor - "Global Poverty & Practice" - a veritable magnet for a "Yes We Can" generation eager to get out of the virtual world and into the real one. |
| Restoring Public Trust in the Public Lands: An Agenda for the New Administration |
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Feb 13 2009 | Ecology Law Quarterly |
| Federally-owned and managed public lands occupy about 30% of the land area of the United States, and anywhere from 45-85% of the land area of many of the states of the West, including California. Those federal lands are significant sources of economically important natural resources for the United States, in particular, they are an important source of energy resources for the United States, both fossil fuel (oil, natural gas, and coal) and renewable (wind, solar, geothermal). |
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