UC Merced |

The first public research university achieves carbon neutrality

A landmark accomplishment for the campus, two years ahead of its goal.

UC Merced |

New engineering research center to focus on agriculture technology

UC Merced joins three other campuses to sustainably meet the challenge of boosting global food production by 70 percent by 2050.

UC Newsroom |

UC is now the No. 1 university in the country for renewable electricity

UC leads universities across the country in the EPA's Green Power Partnership rankings.

UC Newsroom |

Are you part of the ‘Coolest UC Campus’?

Help your school win the title of ‘coolest’ by signing up for the April 1-26 Cool Campus Challenge.

UC Newsroom |

How we can recycle CO2 to make eco-friendly concrete

UCLA researchers take aim at a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gas emissions: concrete.

UC Newsroom |

UC’s #MyLastTrash campaign asks you to help push campuses toward zero waste

A new effort strives to transform habits and meet an ambitious 2020 goal.

UC Newsroom |

New reports detail how to limit global warming, warn of ‘existential’ risk from not acting soon

Two new reports find that cutting CO2 emissions will not be enough to stop catastrophic global warming, but we have more tools at our disposal.

UC Berkeley |

Cyborg bacteria turn into tiny, zero-waste solar panels

Chemists create a more efficient photosynthesis that can help produce green fuel.

UC Newsroom |

How a (nearly) zero-carbon conference can be a better conference

Borrowing a page from Netflix can help slash university emissions by as much as a third.

UC Newsroom |

UC sustainability: Students and solar light the way forward

The 2016 UC Sustainability Report highlights the university's big steps in the right direction as well as the hurdles ahead.

UC Newsroom |

Climate change hits the classroom

Hundreds of new sections on climate change in courses from music to medicine are coming to UC classrooms.

UC Newsroom |

UC earns Green Power Leadership Award from EPA

The University of California received a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award today for accelerating the transition to clean energy.