ERG PhD Student Taryn Fransen has recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science on the UNEP Emissions Gap Report.
ERG PhD Student Taryn Fransen Testifies on the UNEP Emissions Gap Report
ERG Alum Hausfather Reveals Hottest Decade Ever
ERG Alumnus Zeke Hausfather was recently cited on The Washing Post and KQED for analyzing new data revealing how “2019 capped world’s hottest decade in recorded history”.
Forbes cites ERG PHD Student Stephen Jarvis on Germany’s Nuclear Phase-Out
ERG MS/PHD student Stephen Jarvis, in collaboration with economists Olivier Deschenes and Akshaya Jha, had their research paper cited in the Forbes article titled “As The Costs Of Germany’s Nuclear Phase Out Mount, Little Appetite For A Rethink”.
ERG Alum Patrick Gonzalez Testifies to Congress on Global Warming Risks
ERG alumnus Patrick Gonzalez, despite being threatened with a “cease and desist” letter from supervisors, has recently testified to Congress on the risks global warming has on national parks.
ERG’s Lara and Kammen on Potential for Biomass Feedstock from Drought
ERG student José Daniel Lara and ERG professor Daniel Kammen, in collaboration with forest researchers in UC Berkeley’s department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, recently published “Characterization of the woody biomass feedstock potential resulting from California’s drought” in Nature, Scientific Reports.
Valeri Vasquez Returns with the All-Women Expedition from Antarctic Voyage
Valeri Vasquez, an ERG graduate student, has recently returned with the largest-ever delegation of 100 women from a month long expedition in Antarctica. Their journey to the frozen continent was part of an initiative to bring more women into STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math and medical fields), fighting climate change and women empowerment.
Dan Kammen and Researchers Urge More Aggressive Action Against Climate Change
In a new study done by ERG’s Dan Kammen and a team of researchers, analysis shows that global warming crisis is worse than previously thought. However, their research also shows how it is completely possible for countries to achieve an increased and sustainable rate of decarbonisation through more aggressive policies against climate change.
ERG Student Zeke Hausfather Leads Study on the Accuracy of Climate Models
Zeke Hausfather, a current ERG student, led a comprehensive study on the accuracy of past and present climate models; the results revealed that these older climate models were actually considerably … Continue Reading »
Remembering Jack Hollander, Distinguished Scientist and ERG Emeritus
ERG emeritus professor Jack M. Hollander passed away on November 10, 2019 at age 92.
Kammen and RAEL Address the Racial Inequalities in Solar Deployment on The Beam
ERG’s Dan Kammen and RAEL investigate how the benefits of solar energy is not distributed equally among individuals, and how there are racial disparities especially in rooftop solar PV deployment … Continue Reading »