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Stanford researchers point the way to avoiding blackouts with clean, renewable energy
December 7, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
For some, visions of a future powered by clean, renewable energy are clouded by fears of blackouts driven by intermittent electricity supplies. Those... Read More
Want to Kickstart Climate Action? Make Companies Report Their Carbon Footprints.
December 2, 2021 | Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Graduate School of Business accounting professor emeritus Stefan Reichelstein and a group of colleagues have been arguing that we should... Read More
Car batteries are the goal. Lithium is the quickest way to make them. Does a global good require local sacrifice in the Southwest?
November 29, 2021 | Bill Lane Center for the American West
Decarbonizing global transportation requires building a huge quantity of batteries so fleets can convert to electric power. This will mean more... Read More
Law student combines activism and policy development to fight climate change
November 24, 2021 | Stanford Law School
Rayne Sullivan, a second-year student at Stanford Law School, served as a delegate to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow,... Read More
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Stanford researchers reveal how to turn a global warming liability into a profitable food security solution
November 22, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Like a mirage on the horizon, an innovative process for converting a potent greenhouse gas into a food security solution has been stalled by economic... Read More
Groundwater in California’s Central Valley may be unable to recover from past and future droughts
November 18, 2021 | AGU
Water resources could be pushed beyond recovery in a region that provides about a quarter of the U.S. food supply.
Together For Our Planet: Americans are More Aligned on Taking Action on Climate Change than Expected
November 17, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
A quick look on the internet and social media seems to confirm that America’s political divide is alive and well when it comes to talking about... Read More
5 Questions: Michele Barry on how climate threatens our health
November 16, 2021 | Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
The director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health explains how the medical community is at the center of the climate change debate.
Trees on the Move: Stanford researchers reveal how wildfire accelerates forest changes
November 15, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Refugees are on the move in forests across the western U.S. As climate conditions change, the ranges of tree species are shifting, especially toward... Read More

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