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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

2018 Research Awards

New Woods research awards will fund 10 projects tackling wildfire, health and environmental risks through the EVP and REIP grants.

Interdisciplinary research teams from across Stanford will work to develop innovations ranging from tracking parasitic disease transmission to a hydrogel that can be sprayed on trees to prevent the spread of wildfire.

Stanford, CA

Net-Zero Emissions

Stanford experts comment on a new review of paths and technologies that could get the world to net-zero carbon emissions energy systems.

Demand for air travel, one of the hardest parts of the economy to decarbonize, is only expected to increase in the coming decades.

Stanford, CA

Conservation Collaboration

What can global leaders and influencers from business, civil society and the public sector do to conserve the ocean?

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Co-Director discusses involvement with a global initiative to help conserve and sustainably use the world’s oceans.

Pacific Ocean

California Utilities

Given looming wildfire lawsuits, can California utilities afford a new plan to spend $768 million on electric vehicle infrastructure?

Energy policy expert Michael Wara comments on CPUC decision to approve transportation electrification projects and how it could affect utilities, the environment and ratepayers.

California

Carbon Capture

New financial incentives create opportunity for carbon capture and sequestration from U.S. biofuel production.

Stanford experts discussed carbon removal technologies and opportunities at a Washington, D.C. forum.

United States

Water Wars

Splitting California into three different states would mean endless water wars explains Stanford's Buzz Thompson in an op-ed in the LA Times.

Stanford Woods Institute News

Public support for climate policy remains strong

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