Megan Amaral, manager of ERG, has been honored as an “unsung heroine” by the Berkeley News as part of their “150 Years of Women at Berkeley” series. Nominated for being an inspiring staff leader in Women in Management, Amaral was also interviewed in a series of Q&As on the robust recognition of staff women.
ERG Professor Dan Kammen was featured on a recent Al Jazeera article, discussing America’s progress towards building a greener economy.
“The 2020 election in the United States is absolutely critical, because we know on the climate side that we have very few years left to get on an innovative green energy path,” Kammen stated.
In a recent article for The Guardian, ERG Alumnus Zeke Hausfather speaks on climate predictions and adjusting forecasts for global warming — including the best and worst case scenarios.
ERG Alumna Sasha Harris-Lovett was recently featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article reporting traces of COVID-19 being found in the Yosemite National Park’s sewage. As the pandemic continues to spread, the article states that more and more communities are keeping watch for the virus in the wastewater.
ERG Alumnus Christopher Jones was recently featured on a New York Times article depicting communities facing a “double spikes of risk” from the Coronavirus and heat waves.
ERG Alumnus Zeke Hausfather recently published “Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages”, explaining the powerful influence CO2 levels had on the ice ages as well as the present age.
ERG PhD student Seigi Karaski co-authored a recently published research paper on the discovery of novel fungal species and pathogens on bat carcasses. The research focuses on the new fungal disease, explaining how it could potentially affect human and animal health. The research focuses on the scientific testing and analysis of the new fungus.
ERG PhD Student Adam Hanbury-Brown was recently awarded funding through NASA’s Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program, which is designed to support graduate student-designed and performed research projects that advance NASA’s science, technology, and exploration goals.
Following a recent UC Berkeley study showing how the United States can achieve 90% clean electricity by 2035, ERG Professor Lara Kuepper commented on the importance of reducing harmful emissions. This report, featured on The Daily Californian, found that by “prioritizing energy generated from wind, solar and battery storage, decarbonizing electricity at a rapid rate is possible.”
ERG Professor Dan Kammen recently published an article on the San Francisco Chronicle titled “How electric vehicles can help advance social justice”. He praises Lyft’s recent promise of its transition to 100% electric vehicles (EV) on its platform by 2030. Kammen ties the climate victory in with California Public Utilities Commission’s move to protect the often vulnerable employees of the gig economy by considering drivers for ride-hailing companies to be employees in accordance with the state’s AB5 law.