California’s programs to subsidize rooftop solar and plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles are disproportionately benefiting the wealthiest communities in Los Angeles County, a new study from UCLA’s California Center for Sustainable Communities (CCSC) has found.
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The risk of severe wildfires in California will continue to grow as the climate warms, according to a new study from Daniel Swain (researcher with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) and colleagues.
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Jisung Park (assistant professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs) was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss his research on the effects of climate change on student learning.
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A UCLA study published in Toxicological Science has found evidence of a link between air pollution and the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain. The study found that chemicals in diesel exhaust can damage brain cells in zebrafish and potentially contribute to Parkinson’s disease.
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With the assistance of a street-smart robot named MaRTy, V. Kelly Turner (associate director of urban environment research at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs) and Ariane Middel (researcher at Arizona State University) completed the first on-site evaluation of Los Angeles’s Cool Streets program.
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