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UCLA’s Juan Matute explains hidden carbon footprint of electric scooters in Los Angeles Times article

Juan Matute, deputy director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about a North Carolina State University research project about the carbon footprint of electric scooters. The environmental cost of producing the scooters, their relatively short lifetimes, and the carbon generated while collecting the scooters for charging contribute to their surprisingly high carbon footprint, researchers found.

LA sets new sustainability goals informed by UCLA research in its 2019 Sustainable City pLAn

The City of Los Angeles revealed bold new sustainability goals in its 2019 Sustainable City pLAn, released April 29, 2019. Branded “LA’s Green New Deal”, the plan is a four-year update to the City’s first-ever sustainability plan, released in 2015.

LA County releases draft sustainability plan developed by UCLA and other partners

The LA County Chief Sustainability Office released a “Discussion Draft” of the first-ever county sustainability plan entitled “OurCounty” on Friday, April 5. The plan seeks to equitably address a range of sustainability challenges facing Los Angeles County including energy use, water sourcing, transportation infrastructure, workforce development, housing, and air quality.

UCLA researcher Paul Ong awarded $350,000 from California Air Resources Board to research access to clean transportation in disadvantaged communities

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) awarded Paul Ong, professor emeritus of urban planning, social welfare and Asian American studies and director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at UCLA, $350,000. The grant funding will support the development of a Read more →

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Op-ed by UCLA Law faculty focused on Environmental Protection Agency proposed repeal of stringent vehicle emissions published by the Washington Post

Patron filling up at the gas station. (Open source)

Ann Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law, and Cara Horowitz, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law, wrote an opinion piece published by the Washington Post tilted “Trump begins his biggest assault yet on the environment.” The opinion piece is focused Read more →

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