Climate

Obama Said to Plan Suspension of New U.S. Coal Leases

Woods Consulting Professor David Hayes, also a visiting lecturer at Stanford Law School, explains why the current federal coal program is outdated.
January 14, 2016 - By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg

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Could Better Tech Prevent the Next Big Methane Leak?

Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses safety measures that could have reduced or eliminated the severity of the leak.
January 8, 2016 - By Keith Wagstaff, NBC

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Here’s What It’s Like To Live Next To California’s Gas Blowout Catastrophe

Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses the size of the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
January 8, 2016 - By Matt Ferner and Lydia O'Connor, Huffington Post

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We've Never Seen an El Niño Quite Like This Before

Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow, discusses El Niño in the context of global warming.
January 7, 2016 - By Andrew Freedman, Mashable

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Hot and Violent

Features research by Center Fellow Marshall Burke (Earth System Science) on the connections between climate change and social conflict.
January 5, 2016 - By David Rotman, MIT Technology Review

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New Infrared Video Reveals Growing Environmental Disaster in L.A. Gas Leak

Woods Affiliate Adam Brandt (energy resources engineering) says substantial leaks can sometimes go completely undetected, and that there is a need to design ways to quickly detect and fix large leaks soon after they happen.
December 24, 2015 - By Joby Warrick, Washington Post

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Op-Ed: Climate Change is Indeed A Cause of Social Conflict

Center Fellow Marshall Burke (Earth System Science) co-authors an op-ed on the connections between climate change and social conflict.
December 17, 2015 - By Solomon Hsiang and Marshall Burke, Los Angeles Times

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Virtual Reality Could Finally Get People to Care About Climate Change

Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (communication) discusses the ability of virtual reality can to encourage people care about climate change on an emotional level.
December 14, 2015 - By Chris Weller, Tech Insider

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The Paris Climate Agreement: The Real Work Starts Now

Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) co-authors a feature on the work that needs to be done after the Paris climate talks.
December 13, 2015 - By Rob Jackson and Pep Canadell, The Conversation

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Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure

Senior Fellow Chris Field (biology, earth system science), states "I think this Paris outcome is going to change the world. We didn’t solve the problem, but we laid the foundation.”
December 12, 2015 - By Justin Gillis, New York Times

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The Defining Challenge of the 21st Century

Dan Rather interviews Senior Fellow Chris Field (biology, earth system science) about the science behind climate change, and what makes it the defining challenge of the 21st century.
December 11, 2015 - By Dan Rather, Huffington Post

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COP21 Interview: Farming and Food at Risk from Climate Change

Senior Fellow Chris Field (biology, earth system science) and Katherine Mach of the Carnegie Institution discuss the future of agriculture in the age of climate change.
December 9, 2015 - By Daniel Grossman, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

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This Climate Policy Could Save the Planet

Quotes Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth System Science) on how the consequences of global warming are happening more quickly than anticipated.
December 9, 2015 - By Richard Martin, MIT Technology Review

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The Global Economic Costs from Climate Change May Be Worse than Expected

Center Fellow Marshall Burke (Earth System Science) discusses how addressing climate change may be even more important than previously thought from an economic perspective.
December 9, 2015 - By Marshall Burke, Brookings Institution Blog

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Global CO2 Emissions Decline in 2015 After Soaring for a Decade, Study Says

Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses the findings of a new paper he led, which found that carbon emissions from human activity in 2015 are on track to decline slightly from 2014 emissions.
December 7, 2015 - By Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Dip in 2015, Study Finds

Discusses research co-authored by Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (Earth System Science) showing that plunge in Chinese emissions may lead to global dip.
December 7, 2015 - By Seth Borenstein, AP via Time

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Scientists Just Undermined a Key Idea Behind the Paris Climate Talks

Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) discusses a recent paper he co-authored, commenting on the massive amount of land that would be needed for bioenergy combined with carbon capture and sequestration, or BECCS.
December 7, 2015 - By Chris Mooney, Washington Post

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Climate Change: Why Indonesia's Forests are Crucial to Emission Curbs

Senior Woods Fellow Lisa Curran (Environmental Anthropoligy) states that there's no quick fix to illegal fires being set in Indonesia.
December 3, 2015 - By Michael Holtz, Christian Science Monitor

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Meet Jerry Brown's Team of Science Advisors

Names Woods Senior Fellow Elizabeth Hadly (Biology) as one of Governor Brown's scientist confidantes.
December 2, 2015 - By Chris Megerian, LA Times

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A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris

Quotes Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson (Civil and Environmental Engineering) on the feasibility of converting the world to 100 percent renewable power by 2050
December 1, 2015 - By Justin Gillis, New York Times

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