Jon Christensen (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and department of History) appeals for the renewal of the Land Water Conservation Fund. This project is funded by oil and gas drilling royalties and provides great benefits for California.
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New findings released by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and Environmental Defense Fund were hilighted in a White House announcement. These findings indicate that achieving just 10 percent of L.A.’s rooftop solar potential could create 47,000 jobs and slash nearly 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
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A $500,000 gift from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will add a laboratory to the La Kretz Field Station located in Malibu. Much of the research conducted there, including that of Sustainable LA faculty member Brad Shaffer, will contribute to the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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UCLA will unveil plans on Nov. 15 designed to turn Los Angeles into a global model for urban sustainability. The project is the first of three in the UCLA Grand Challenge initiative that will unite the university’s resources to tackle some of society’s most pressing issues.
Source: UCLA announces plan to tackle ‘Grand Challenges,’ starting with urban sustainability UCLA Newsroom, 14 Nov. 2013
Additional coverage about the Grand Challenges announcement:
Sustainable LA: Now there’s a grand challenge LA Observed 19 Nov. 2013
By mid-century, snowfall on Los Angeles-area mountains will be 30 to 40 percent less than it was at the end of the 20th century, according to a UCLA study led by UCLA climate expert Alex Hall (department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences).
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