ERG alumna Laura Moreno was recently featured on the California Magazine for her research on understanding food waste in the United States.

ERG assistant professor David Anthoff and alumnus Frank Errickson recently published a report on Nature finding that “by accounting for economic inequalities between countries and regions, the social cost of methane drops by almost a factor of 10 in sub-Saharan Africa and jumps by almost a factor of 10 for industrialized countries, such as the United States.”

Congratulations to ERG Master’s student Jess Kersey and PhD student Annelise Gill-Wiehl for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP).

Electrified vehicles are just simply much cheaper to own and operate

ERG alumni Ranjit Deshmukh, Amol Phadke and associate professor Duncan Callaway recently had their research, “Least-cost targets and avoided fossil fuel capacity in India’s pursuit of renewable energy” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their analysis on India’s power usage, weather patterns and energy infrastructure was featured in the The Current, and suggests that the country is “well positioned to take advantage of green energy sources”.

Congratulations to ERG student Jessica Katz for being recently awarded as an Outstanding GSI by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division after being unanimously nominated by the ERG faculty! Learn more about the award here.

ERG professor Dan Kammen presents his talk, “Climate Justice and Global Decarbonization”, featured on the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative. Watch his full presentation with the link here.

NBC’s new series, titled “Bay Area Climate Change Hotspots”, features ERG alumni Heather Cooley, Zeke Hausfather, and ERG adjunct professor Margaret Torn. Watch the full series with the link here.

In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article, titled “Why the massive power outages in Texas are so much worse than California’s summer blackouts,” features ERG professor Dan Kammen discussing how such energy outages have highlighted a similarity between California and Texas.

“What is so interesting here is that like in California — extreme weather (for us, fires) — has stressed an old, outdated and ‘not smart’ grid,” Kammen stated. “Without well-integrated solar, wind, AND energy storage our grids are vulnerable.”