By combining never-before–released data from energy utilities with public data, a database has been created that provides an unprecedented look at the energy-use landscape, This will serve as an incredible source for the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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The UCLA Center for World Health and the LA5 Rotary Club brought together a panel of experts to talk about how large cities like Los Angeles can help halt the degradation of the Earth’s air, water and land that has altered biodiversity, resulting in the introduction of tropical diseases like dengue fever into the southern United States.
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Under the leadership of Mark Gold (Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability), Felicia Federico (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) and Stephanie Pincetl (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) UCLA today issued the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County. The county’s overall performance marks it as an unimpressive C+ student. This report card provides critical baseline information for the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
Source: L.A. County gets C+ from UCLA on environmental issues UCLA Newsroom, 7 Apr. 2015
Additional coverage on the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County:
A look inside the study: UCLA gives L.A. County a C+ on the environment UCLA Newsroom, 7 Apr. 2015
Ann Carlson (UCLA School of Law, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) and Alex Wang (UCLA School of Law) evaluate the potential impact of President Obama’s carbon emissions agreement with China.
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A team of seven UCLA environmental science students supervised by Magali Delmas (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and UCLA Anderson School of Management) and Travis Longcore (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) have created a website that shows how emissions from local factories are impacting air quality in Los Angeles County.
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