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Department Spotlight: College of Environmental Design The CED offers four tracks that allow students to explore topics around sustainability and the built environment.READ MORE -
Chancellor Celebrates Sustainability at CAL Chancellor Birgeneau announced a series of campus sustainability milestones and student initiatives at the 9th Annual Sustainability Summit.READ MORE -
Message from the Co-Presidents BERC has had a fabulous spring semester. Co-presidents Josh and Alex comment on what BERC has been up to this year and what lies ahead in the Summer and Fall.READ MORE
From the blog
New Graduate Course - Greener Solutions Program
Students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to tackle a research question posed by an outside organization working to promote safer chemicals in products and operations.
The Lester Center announces Spring 2012 cohort
Included in this Spring's cohort is Berkeley Energy Sciences Corporation (BESC). Reid Spolek (BERC VP of Events) is BESC's first full-time employee and will head up business development for the company.
Electric cars on a dirty grid: clean or not?
While reducing the use of gasoline by buying an electric vehicle is a great way to cut one’s carbon footprint in the short-term, a report finds, simply replacing that gasoline with electricity from a coal-fired power plant may not cause a net decrease in carbon output.
Kammen: Controversial coal project in Kosovo may proceed with U.S. support
Kosovo’s growing economy has experienced a surge in energy demand, and many at the World Bank contend that yet another new large coal-fired power plant will be the “least cost” option to meet this demand. UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen disagrees.
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