Bending the curve on climate change for California and the world
October 19, 2015
UC’s top climate experts are convening to create a practical blueprint for tackling climate change in advance of the Paris United Nations Climate Summit.
UC launches Cool Campus Challenge in a push toward carbon neutrality
October 6, 2015
'We’re on our way to becoming the very first university system to wipe out our carbon footprint for good.'
UC president’s whirlwind Merced visit covers many bases
October 2, 2015
Third campus visit touches on affordability, sustainability and outreach to local high-schoolers.
West Village marches toward zero net energy
September 30, 2015
Nation’s largest planned zero net energy community is 82 percent on the way to its goal.
Making batteries with portobello mushrooms
September 29, 2015
Can mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Engineering researchers at UC Riverside think so.
To the rescue: Berkeley names Faculty Climate Action Champion
September 29, 2015
Whendee Silver's work in soils and carbon earned her recognition as part of UC's Carbon Neutrality Initiative.
Sun and salt: how solar tech can help California’s drought
September 11, 2015
Researchers at UC Merced are turning to an unlikely ally to help solve the problem of water availability for California’s farmlands: the sun.
Got a big idea? Save the world and win prizes
September 8, 2015
This year’s Big Ideas student innovation contest features nine categories, including the newly extended Energy & Resource Alternatives category, sponsored by the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative.