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| November 22, 2006 |
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Geography is the relationship between the what, the why and the where, says geographer Karen Seto It is the crucial integration of the human and the physical - how one thinks, not what one thinks.
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| November 16, 2006 |
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Climate expert Stephen Schneider leads communication seminar on climate change This November marked the launch of the Woods Institute for the Environment's Inter-University Scholars Training Program. CESP research associate Michael Mastrandrea is one of fifteen university scholars participating in the program to improve understanding and communication between university researchers and California policymakers working on climate change.
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| November 14, 2006 |
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Gretchen Daily launches new Natural Capital Project The Natural Capital Project is an interdisciplinary research effort that seeks to recognize natural systems for their intrinsic and economic values and contributions to human well-being, and where ecosystems are viewed as assets.
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| October 31, 2006 |
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"We must look for 'fingerprints' to determine if humans are the cause of climate change," says climate scientist Stephen Schneider "Fingerprints" refer to consistent temperature-related shifts in patterns and traits in species, ecosystems, and the atmosphere. One "fingerprint," for example, is the observation that the lower atmosphere is warming while the upper atmosphere is cooling. If nature (the sun) were responsible, the sun would warm all levels of the atmosphere equally.
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| October 24, 2006 |
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Stephen Schneider keynote speaker at FOCUS PALO ALTO 2006/Palo Alto Business Goes Green The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerice hosted a luncheon to celebrate the launch of Palo Alto Business Goes Green geared at creating a partnership among government, business and the public in support of continuous environmental improvement.
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| October 19, 2006 |
FSE is co-sponsoring the Conradin von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment delivered by Patagonia founder and owner, Yvon ChouinardThe lecture begins at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, in Bishop Auditorium at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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| October 18, 2006 |
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The Chronicle of Higher Education spotlights CESP's Yaqui Valley Sustainability project as a case study sprung from the new field of 'sustainability science' Over the past decade, CESP researchers, along with over 50 collaborators from other U.S. and Mexican institutions, have been studying the complex relationships among environment, agriculture, and policy decisions in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico.
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Climate scientist Stephen Schneider sees PG&E CEO's newfound leadership on global warming 'big, big progress'Schneider was among the experts PG&E CEO Darbee met with to discuss how the utility company should act on the issue of global warming.
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| October 6, 2006 |
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FSI panel "Global Security: New Dilemmas, New Solutions" for Reunion Homecoming Weekend As part of Classes Without Quizzes, a unique academic highlight of Reunion Homecoming Weekend, Rosamond Naylor, Stephen Stedman, and Mark H. Hayes describe the security challenges emerging nations face, including food and energy shortages, and discuss ways we might meet these increasing needs without depleting natural resources and damaging the environment. Friday, October 13, 3:15-4:15 p.m., Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall
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| August 2, 2006 |
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Mastrandrea welcomes move by the Clinton Foundation to address climate issues The Clinton Foundation is forming a partnership with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, led by the mayor of London, to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in cities, which generate roughly 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gases.
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| July 27, 2006 |
Donald Kennedy is selected as the third Clark Kerr LecturerThe lecture series provides an important venue for leading scholars and practitioners to come to the University of California to reflect upon and consider major policy issues facing higher education, broadly defined.
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Donald Kennedy receives the 2006 ANDP Education AwardThe ANDP Education Award is given to individuals in recognition of a distinguised career and outstanding contributions to research and education in neuroscience.
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| July 18, 2006 |
Senate testimony on Indian nuclear power, proliferation, and climate changePESD director David Victor testifies to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that the U.S.-India nuclear deal currently being debated by Congress could have a large impact on greenhouse gas emissions and be a major step towards engaging developing countries in the fight against climate change. 
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| July 5, 2006 |
Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040 book releasedThe anticipated title from Cambridge University Press has been released in hard-cover and is available for purchase. Edited by PESD director, David Victor, Rice professor Amy Jaffe, and PESD fellow Mark Hayes, the book sheds light on the political challenges which may accompany a shift to a natural gas-fed world.
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| June 21, 2006 |
Land conservation efforts offer financial rewards for cattle ranchers, study findsWriting in the June 12 weekly online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from Stanford University and the University of Hawaii-Manoa conclude that long-term reforestation of pastureland can be good for the environment and the pocketbook by offering landowners the potential of earning nearly nine times more income than they would from traditional cattle ranching.
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Fish farming does not create a net food gain for the world, says aquaculture specialist Rosamond Naylor Rosamond Naylor claims that around two pounds of wild prey fish are required to create one pound of farmed fish.
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| June 5, 2006 |
Woods Institute awards senior fellow Karen Seto with Environmental Venture Program grantSeto awarded one of five research grants for project entitled, "From Bangalore to the Bay Area: Comparative Urban Growth Patterns Across the Pacific Rim." Established in 2004, the grant program is designed to provide seed money to interdisciplinary projects.
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| May 9, 2006 |
PESD Director David Victor addresses chaotic world of energy policyThe world's energy system seems to have come unhinged. Oil is trading at record high prices because demand keeps rising even as supplies become unreliable. Oil exporters from Iran to Russia and Venezuela are using their petrocash to pursue agendas that undercut western security and interests. Supplies of natural gas also seem less secure than ever.
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| April 17, 2006 |
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PESD director David G. Victor advises how to manage our oil addiction The Brazilian government is declaring victory in its decades-long struggle to become self-sufficient in the supply of oil. The milestone is cause for celebration in a country that has long paid a high price for imported energy.
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| April 12, 2006 |
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There are plenty of opportunities for TV weather forecasters to raise public awareness on the issue of climate change, says Stephen Schneider Many television meteorologists say they are interested in playing a more active reporting role on climate change issues. But in a newsroom dominated by ratings and tightly scripted formats, breaking the mold can be an overwhelming challenge.
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| April 10, 2006 |
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Rainy years important for sustainability says senior fellow David Freyberg With the aquifers at capacity, creeks will run far into summer this year, providing an abundant food and water supply for wildlife and plants.
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| April 6, 2006 |
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Recent price increases in the former Soviet Union republics are not political, but reflect worrisome economic and geological facts about Russian gas fields, says PESD research fellow Nadejda Victor. Victor's opinion piece in the Washington Post highlights the difficult choices the Russian energy giant Gazprom must make in the future to meet the upcoming gas crunch in Russia.
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| April 5, 2006 |
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Human well-being purchased at the expense of the environment, says Millenium Ecosystem Assessment author and CESP senior fellow Harold Mooney But because those gains in well-being have come at increasing costs to the environment, the ecologists predict that the natural world will one day be incapable of providing the resources people need.
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CESP co-director Steve Schneider puts striking odds on the probability of major climate change disasters, but urges not to give up The best we can hope for is to prevent the worst - world-altering disasters like catastrophic climate change and a drastic rise in sea levels, say 10 leading climate scientists interviewed by The Associated Press.
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| April 4, 2006 |
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A looser patchwork of international agreements that puts more emphasis on research and development is what is needed to address the escalating problem of climate change, says David Victor Senior fellows David Victor and Stephen Schneider provide comment on the impacts of the Kyoto protocol on climate change.
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