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Kammen Resigns State Department Science Envoy post, Adds Plug for Impeachment

August 23, 2017

ERG Professor Dan Kammen resigned as US State Department Science Envoy on Wednesday morning, August 23. His letter is attached below. Read more about his resignation at the following links: … Continue Reading »

Dan Kammen Discusses Climate Change Initiative Being Developed by California Universities

August 20, 2017

In a recent Nature article, ERG Professor Dan Kammen comments on the potential establishment of a California-based climate change research institute. The proposal is backed by all University of California … Continue Reading »

ERG Professor Emeritus John Holdren and Alum Nicky Sundt Comment on the EPA’s Proposed Red-Team/Blue-Team Exercise

August 18, 2017

In a Climate Science & Policy Article co-authored by Nicky Sundt, an ERG alum (MA ’79), former ERG chair John Holdren criticizes the “red-team/blue-team” exercise proposed by EPA Administrator Scott … Continue Reading »

Dan Kammen Featured in Recent WIRED Article

August 17, 2017

ERG Professor Dan Kammen was quoted in a recent WIRED article addressing the effective withdrawal of US funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Paper Authored by PhD Candidate Noah Kittner and Professor Dan Kammen Published in Nature Energy

August 16, 2017

Noah Kittner and Dan Kammen’s new paper, “Energy stor­age deploy­ment and inno­va­tion for the clean energy tran­si­tion,” was published in Nature Energy on July 31, 2017

ERG Student Valeri Vasquez Awarded Prestigious Fellowship

August 11, 2017

We would like to congratulate ERG PhD student Valerie Vasquez on receiving a 2017 ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowship.

ERG Faculty Margaret Torn Honored in the American Geophysical Union’s 2017 Class of Fellows

July 31, 2017

We are pleased to announce that ERG faculty member Margaret Torn has been selected in the 2017 class of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows. From the official announcement: “AGU Fellows … Continue Reading »

New ERG Chair Daniel M. Kammen

July 25, 2017

We are pleased to announce the appointment of the new Energy and Resources Group Chair, Professor Daniel M. Kammen. His appointment began July 1, 2017. Daniel Kam­men is a Pro­fes­sor of Energy with … Continue Reading »

Environmental Science Journal for Kids Gets Impact Assessment from ERG’s Siegner and Dimitrova

July 12, 2017

A foundational assumption is that if young readers are exposed to original scientific research presented in accessible manner, they will develop a better understanding of the scientific method and process.

ERG Faculty Lara Kueppers Finds Critical Sierra Meadows Being Overtaken by Forest

July 7, 2017

“meadows are being increasingly overrun by forest as changing conditions allow the offspring of nearby trees to take hold in meadow environments”

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