A research team from the UCLA Samuel School of Engineering and Caltech has published new findings in Nature Catalyst about the development of a promising method to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethylene, a chemical used in the production of cosmetics, plastics, solvents and a myriad of other products used globally.
Read more →Julia Stein (project director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law) was quoted in CalMatters about the finalization of a deal between five automakers and California’s clean air enforcers to curb car emissions. The car companies agreed to meet California’s requirements for car and pickup truck emissions nationwide, rather than follow the looser federal standards.
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A UCLA research team led by Gaurav Sant (professor in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering) received a two-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance their development of a process that can convert carbon dioxide emissions into construction materials.
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UCLA researchers have outlined a pathway to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California by 2050. In a study published in Nature Sustainability, they found that these actions could prevent about 14,000 premature deaths from air pollution-related illnesses each year.
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A team from UCLA will work alongside researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UC Irvine on a landmark study to identify strategies for achieving carbon neutrality in California’s transportation sector by 2045. Transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California.
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