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Several large organizations that fund UC Berkeley research closed as a result of the shutdown, including the National Science Foundation, or NSF, NASA, the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture.
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For the second year in a row, the United States Environmental Protection Agency awarded the university a Green Power Leadership Award to recognize its commitment to renewable energy.
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UC Berkeley students can play a most immediate and hugely impactful nationwide role by reaching out to fellow students, parents and friends both across California and across the country to highlight how doubling down on equitable clean energy projects offers a rare and genuine win-win at a time when the country is more divided than ever.
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A study from UC Berkeley economists showed that environmental regulations were the primary driver of a 60 percent pollution decrease in the United States from 1990 to 2008, despite growth in industrial production.
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The reform plan also proposed consolidating parts of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture into the Environmental Protection Agency, and merging the National Marine Fisheries Service with the Fish and Wildlife Service, to improve federal wildlife and fisheries policies.
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Berkeley continues to have healthy air quality, despite the County Fire spreading ashes and smoke in the Bay Area throughout the weekend.
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The nail industry is expected to grow and employ more people. However, the health of manicurists and other nail technicians is at stake. Manicurists are exposed to heavy fumes from the chemicals used in the salons for long periods of time.
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Campus students, from undergraduates to doctoral students, won first place in the Master Plan category of the Environmental Protection Agency’s, or EPA’s, sixth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for developing a plan that could restore the Strawberry Creek watershed’s water quality.
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The sewage release is in violation of a “consent decree” that Berkeley and neighboring communities signed in 2014 when the Environmental Protection Agency found them in violation of the Clean Water Act.
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The UC system needs to provide resources for students to find affordable housing. The city of Berkeley needs to regulate the quality of its infrastructure.
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