Archive Tag: Energy

L.A. County gets C+ from UCLA on environmental issues

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

Improving customer access to energy data can cut costs, protect environment

Expanding customer access to energy data can bring cleaner, more efficient power to Californians, save money and boost emerging clean technologies, according to a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative, a partnership between UCLA and UC Berkeley schools of law. Ethan Elkind (UCLA School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law), Sean Hecht (UCLA School of Law and Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) and Cara Horowitz (UCLA School of Law and Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) contributed to the report which findings are relevant to meeting the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge goals.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom