The Global Energy Challenge
Lewis Hall, RGL 308 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CAKenneth Medlock, Senior Director Center for Energy Studies, Rice University The challenge of meeting existing and emerging energy demands around the world with dual goals of economic and environmental sustainability is daunting. To be sure, markets, policy and technology will … Continue reading
Life after death on a remote Pacific reef: Lessons in resilience
Doheny Library, DML 240 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CAKim Cobb, Professor & Chair Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology The global-scale coral bleaching and mortality event that took place in 2016 brought into sharp relief the near-term impacts of continued ocean warming on global reefs. In … Continue reading
Greenwashing Culture and Sport
The Sheindlein Forum, ANN 106 3630 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CAWe often think of the culture industries as green, certainly in comparison with the extractive or manufacturing sectors. But culture is integral to what Toby Miller has termed "greenwashing" and to ecological destruction through both the sponsorship of culture by … Continue reading
Paying for Pollution: Why a Carbon Tax is Good for America
Lewis Hall, RGL 100 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CAGilbert Metcalf Tufts University The threats posed by global climate change are widely recognized and carbon emissions are the major source of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere. Metcalf discusses his new book, Paying for Pollution: Why a Carbon Tax is … Continue reading