In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, ERG’s Dan Kammen pushes for California to set a more ambitious carbon neutrality goal, and suggests that this plan should mobilize … Continue Reading »

ERG masters student Nica Campbell has recently been published in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy with a paper examining evidence collected during COVID-19 to explore consumer preference for sustainability and … Continue Reading »

ERG’s Dan Kammen was featured in a recent Popular Science article discussing how more communities are beginning to generate their own power using renewable energy from microgrids. With the increased accessibility … Continue Reading »

After going on hiatus for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ERG Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment returned as a fully in-person event this year, with Damilola Ogunbiyi speaking at Sibley Auditorium about how to drive a more just and equitable global energy transition.

ERG’s Dan Kammen was featured in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times proposing that Russian aggression has hastened the need for America and other nations to transition away from relying on fossil fuels. (Photo by Karsten Würth)

ERG professor emeritus and founding faculty member John Holdren has been awarded the Public Welfare Medal by the National Academy of Sciences. This award recognizes his many years of scientific … Continue Reading »

ERG alumna Dr. Lara Cushing (MA ’10, PhD ’15) and ERG PhD student Nicholas Depsky contributed to a UC Berkeley, UCLA-led study recently published in the American Journal of Public … Continue Reading »

A new research paper exploring the potential for the innovative use of low-value wood was recently published in PNAS by Bodie Cabiyo, a PhD candidate at ERG, with corresponding author Daniel Sanchez (PhD ’15). Their research supports that the innovative use of low-value wood has the ability to reduce wildfire risk, and reduce California’s net emissions. (Photo by Olena Sergienko)

ERG PhD student Will Gorman (MS ’19) and Cristina Crespo Montanes (MS) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) were featured in a recent article in Utility Dive, sharing how … Continue Reading »

A new study from ERG’s Andy Jones and Julia Szinai at the Berkeley Lab considers how dwindling mountain snowpacks will implicate water management.