UC Newsroom |

Will cars of the future run on poop?

Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels.

UC Santa Barbara |

How your diet affects climate change

You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. Healthier people mean not only less disease but also reduced greenhouse gas emissions from health care.

UC Newsroom |

What’s the best electric car for you? Take this app for a test drive

If you’re thinking of buying a new car, there’s a decent chance you’re considering trying something greener. There’s also a decent chance that some concern, big or small, has you hitting the brakes when it comes to buying an electric car.

UC Newsroom |

Your home is an energy hog — here’s how to put it on a diet

Even when you’re not at home, your house is a power glutton. Yes, yours. And it needs to go on a serious energy diet.

UC Merced |

Research shows global photosynthesis on the rise

Researchers document a ‘fundamental shift’ in Earth’s plants over the past two centuries.

UC Irvine |

UC Irvine to save 50 million gallons in drinkable water annually

Once completed, the project will mark a 42 percent decrease in consumption in a decade.

UCLA |

Student entrepreneur brings light to South African school children

New business donates 300 lanterns to electricity-deprived sections of the country.

UC Berkeley |

Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa

With electricity demands expected to triple by 2030, a new study maps a path to sustainable growth.

UC Davis |

A collective push on climate change

New 'OneClimate' initiative brings together climate science researchers from across campus.

UC Davis |

The future car is driverless, shared and electric

Top transportation experts say creative policies are needed now to avoid pitfalls.

UC Davis |

Light the way you were meant to see it

The campus tests out energy-efficient lighting the way humans were meant to see it — in living color.

UCLA |

Oroville Dam crisis could be sign of things to come

California's system of dams and reservoirs isn't ready for climate change, UCLA professor warns.