]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/uc-berkeley Blog Articles Tagged with 'uc-berkeley' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/153184?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley by Adam Stern If you need any more evidence that President-elect Obama is serious about dealing with climate change, take a look at his latest appointments. During his radio address tomorrow, the president-elect is expected to name Dr. Jane Lubchenc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/153184?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:25:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153400?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Earlier this week, President-elect Barack Obama announced his picks for his energy team, with Dr. Steven Chu to head up the Department of Energy.Dr. Chu is not the happy holiday gift the clean coal folks were hoping for. The blogosphere has been ab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153400?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:36:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/153208?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley In case you are just venturing out of your cave for the first time in a week, you are probably aware that President-elect Obama has announced his new energy team:Obama names energy teamThe team includes Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Chu as Sec... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/153208?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/152267?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley I learned a new term in conversation last night with a former GBN'er now involved in voting access work: knock and drag....if volunteers find a [registered voter] who hasn't voted, the volunteer is not to leave the doorstep until that person is off t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/152267?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:15:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/152261?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley So how is Steven Chu playing as the purported candidate for Department of Energy secretary? Before we look at the developing narrative, let's remember the lesson of John Ford's movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Here's the question: Did Senat... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/152261?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:28:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/152174?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley The apparent selection of Steven Chu, the Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to be the new Secretary of Energy looks like a good choice. Since he is already employed by the Department of Energy, he understands the organization he w... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/152174?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/151571?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley n-butanol production by the different strains. Click to enlarge.Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Dr. Jay Keasling at UC Berkeley, have engineered the common industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with an n-butanol biosyn... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/151571?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:08:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/151770?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Plant researchers from McGill University and the University of California, Berkeley, have announced a major breakthrough in a developmental process called epigenetics. They have demonstrated for the first time the reversal of what is called epigeneti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/151770?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/153844?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Plant researchers from McGill University and the University of California, Berkeley, have announced a major breakthrough in a developmental process called epigenetics. They have demonstrated for the first time the reversal of what is called epigeneti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/153844?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/149766?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley USGS Coastal Vulnerability Index for sea level rise for California. Click to enlarge.Stating that the longer California delays planning and adapting to coming sea level rise the more expensive and difficult adaptation will be, California Governor Arn... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/149766?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:44:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/149603?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley $2.5 trillion of real estate assets in California are at risk from extreme weather events, sea level rise and wildfires expected to result from climate change over the course of a century, according to a new assessment from UC Berkeley researchers.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/149603?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/148772?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/148772?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/148859?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/148859?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148725?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Solix calculations on the theoretical maximum production of algal oil. (See below.) Click to enlarge. Source: Kristina Weyer, Solix BiofuelsSolix Biofuels, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based early-stage company focused on algae-based intermediates for fuel ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148725?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:03:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/148577?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk - a list of principles that I believe characterize muc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/148577?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:44:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/148400?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley By Adam BrowningA. According to this UC Berkeley Energy Institute study [PDF], DST does not save energy. Usage goes up about 1 percent, mostly due to people calling other people to tell them to change their clocks.A better solution would be to just h... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/148400?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:15:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/147524?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Buses and trains can be a good deal for the climate -- especially if they're full!The typical Seattle-area bus has 42 seats. One of the big, articulated buses has as many as 64 seats. But on a commute the other day, I counted at least 92 passengers... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/147524?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:25:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/147312?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley By Brad JohnsonOriginally posted at the Wonk Room. ----- Dan Kammen, the director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley and a top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, has told E&E News ($ub. req'd) that Obama may c... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/147312?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:48:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/145044?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley For the past decade or so, there's been a movement to bring computers, telephones and other information and communication technology into developing nations to increase economic development and eliminate poverty. Those of us involved with this ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/145044?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:28:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/144274?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley The new rap on the clean energy revolution needed to drive the American economy to the next level is that it will fall victim to one (or both) of two factors: the credit crunch or falling fuel prices.But that analysis ignores the fact that that there... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/144274?rsstype=tag&tag=uc-berkeley Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:03:46 -0400