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Week of August 1st, 2011
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Warming climate could give exotic grasses edge over natives |
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July 29 2011 | UC Berkeley News Center
A news study by UC Berkeley biologists finds that California’s native grasses, already under pressure from invasive exotic grasses, are likely to be pushed aside even more as the climate warms.
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Article by Professor Alastair Iles published in Public Understanding of Science |
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July 25 2011 | Public Understanding of Science
A new article by Professor Alastair Iles, BCGC Associate Director of Policy & Law, is published in Public Understanding of Science. The article is called "Greening chemistry: emerging epistemic political tensions in California and the United States," and is available through SAGE Journals Online.
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California suction dredging moratorium extended |
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July 27 2011 | The Legal Planet
Professor Holly Doremus discusses the environmental effects of suction dredge gold mining in regards to Governor Jerry Brown recently signing into law an extension of the existing moratorium on suction dredge gold mining.
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White House science advisors call for better ecosystem information |
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July 24 2011 | The Legal Planet
Professor Doremus discusses a new report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, “Sustaining Environmental Capital: Protecting Society and the Economy.” This report defends the role of government in protecting the nation’s environmental capital, explaining why private actions alone cannot be expected to adequately protect public goods, and calls for better use of existing knowledge and better generation of new knowledge in support of that governmental role
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