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September 04, 2024

Lower-carbon concrete floors could pave the way to a health solution

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

September 03, 2024

How Stanford engineers are developing a new fire-protecting gel

KRON4

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/how-stanford-engineers-are-developing-a-new-fire-protecting-gel/

August 29, 2024

Extra Time: Floating pool plan on East River inches forward, AI helping climate change research

ABC 7 News

https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/boars-head-deadly-outbreak-product-recall-nyc-schools/15245152/

August 29, 2024

Meet students who spent their summer pursuing sustainability research

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/meet-students-who-spent-their-summer-pursuing-sustainability-research

August 29, 2024

Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance

SLAC

https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-08-29-researchers-discover-surprising-way-jump-start-battery-performance

August 28, 2024

For Lower Electricity Prices, Invest More in Renewables

Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/for-lower-electricity-prices-invest-more-in-renewables-3b4b4e4e

August 28, 2024

How Wildfire Smoke Threatens Health

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/28/well/wildfire-smoke-health.html

August 27, 2024

Creating more resilient power grids requires just 2 simple tricks

Notebook Check

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Creating-more-resilient-power-grids-requires-just-2-simple-tricks.880267.0.html

August 22, 2024

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

Associated Press

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-price-hike-policies-emissions-1d211ff66f7ab768a69466b9af281c79

August 21, 2024

New technology extracts lithium from brines inexpensively and sustainably

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/new-technology-extracts-lithium-from-brines-inexpensively-and-sustainably

August 21, 2024

New AI-powered tool could help predict heat waves, link them to climate change

The Hill

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4839321-artificial-intelligence-heat-waves-climate-change/

August 21, 2024

New gels could protect buildings during wildfires

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/new-gels-could-protect-buildings-during-wildfires

August 21, 2024

Using AI to link heat waves to global warming

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/using-ai-to-link-heat-waves-to-global-warming

August 20, 2024

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/sharing-risk-to-avoid-power-outages

August 20, 2024

People&Planet | July - August 2024

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

https://mailchi.mp/stanford.edu/peopleplanet-july-august-2024-1823940?e=df116abe39

August 19, 2024

‘A game changer’: How giant batteries are making California’s power grid stronger, and reducing the risk of blackouts during heat waves

Mercury News

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/18/a-gamechanger-how-giant-batteries-are-making-californias-power-grid-stronger-and-reducing-the-risk-of-blackouts-during-heat-waves/

August 19, 2024

California hits milestones toward 100% clean energy — but has a long way to go

CalMatters

https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/08/california-clean-power-progress-grid/

August 16, 2024

Farm to Table Camp cultivates kids’ love for veggies

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/stanford-researchers-and-local-educators-help-kids-learn-to-love-veggies

August 12, 2024

US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/12/air-force-epa-water-pfas-tucson

August 12, 2024

Q&A: A climate scientist’s evolution on carbon removal

E&E News

https://www.eenews.net/articles/qa-a-climate-scientists-evolution-on-carbon-removal/