ESPM adjunct professor and Cooperative Extension specialist Matteo Garbelotto was quoted in this Daily Californian article on the lingering effects of California's recent widespread tree dieoff. “Lack of water makes trees more combustible and at the same time more susceptible to what we call secondary insects and diseases,” stated Garbelotto. “These secondary agents are the ones that really predispose trees to be affected by catastrophic fires.”
Democracy Now | November 15, 2016
ERG professor Dan Kammen is highlighted in this Democracy Now interview segment on Kosovo and its coal-firing plant. Kammen noted that Kosovo is "a country where the wind and geothermal resources are enough, and yet—study after study from the outside has said go with the clean energy, and yet we’ve seen no switch in position from the World Bank. We haven’t seen a pullback from the U.S. position. It’s the kind of testbed where you want to see clean energy lead, not lag."
Democracy Now | November 15, 2016
ERG professor Dan Kammen was featured in this Democracy Now video segment on the Pentagon's climate change analysis. Kammen noted that not only were "researchers around the planet were really pleased to see the analysis by the Pentagon’s internal experts and external deliberations," but that the analysis highlighted "clean energy is one of our best defenses against that, because we can build energy resources for poor communities more rapidly with clean energy than with dirty energy—with none of the downside."
East Bay Times | November 14, 2016
ESPM postdoc researcher Joan Casey coauthored this commentary for the East Bay Times on the critical role of antibiotics and the increasing dangers posed by antibiotic research. Casey notes that California's newly passed regulation of antibiotic overuse, if successful, could serve as a model for other states.
KQED | November 07, 2016
ESPM professor Scott Stephens is featured in this KQED Science audio segment on changing attidudes towards fire management and the Forest Service's updated fire suppression policy in three national forests in the Sierra Nevada.
Dot Earth - NY Times | October 31, 2016
ERG professor Dan Kammen and his 1997 paper on "the virtues of mundane science" are highlighted in this New York Times Dot Earth blog on networked knowledge. The author noted that this essay was an early iteration of the present-day call to shift priorities toward helping developing communities seek science-based solutions to a variety of challenges.