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August 26, 2024

Wildfire Smoke Can Hurt You in Surprising Ways

Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-26/wildfire-smoke-can-increase-risk-of-dementia-and-premature-birth

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/

August 10, 2024

‘Left with nothing’: inside California’s wildfire home insurance crisis

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/10/home-insurance-park-wildfire-california-butte-county

August 10, 2024

Can Dirt Clean the Climate?

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/climate/climate-change-fungus-carbon-australia.html

August 08, 2024

California Regulators Roll Out Plan to Stabilize Home Insurance Market

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906641/california-regulators-roll-out-plan-to-stabilize-home-insurance-market

August 07, 2024

Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for Great Barrier Reef Within a Generation

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/climate/ocean-heat-great-barrier-reef.html

August 06, 2024

New climate and sustainability research efforts will focus on eight ‘Solution Areas’

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/new-climate-and-sustainability-research-efforts-will-focus-eight-solution-areas

August 05, 2024

Gavin Newsom has a plan to lower California electricity bills. Here’s what it would do

The Sacramento Bee

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article290690264.html

August 05, 2024

Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease

Stanford News Service

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/forecasting-climate-s-impact-on-a-debilitating-disease