California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. announced yesterday that he has appointed Meredith Fowlie to the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, which serves the California Environmental Protection Agency.
By Getting Serious About Limiting Global Warming, The World Could Save Itself More Than $20 Trillion
ARE Professor Max Auffhammer's and ARE Alumnus Wolfram Schlenker's comments are included in a Los Angeles Times article regarding a new Stanford study proposing that more than $20 trillion could be saved worldwide if global warming were kept a half-degree below the Paris climate agreement's 2 degree Celsius target.
Regulation Has Helped, Not Hindered California’s Green Economy
Earlier this year, California raked in $2.7 trillion gross state product, overtaking the UK as the world's fifth largest economy -- only Germany, Japan, China and the US itself produce more annually.
Are California’s Global Carbon Emissions Declining?
ARE Associate Professor Meredith Fowlie authored this blog post for the Energy Institute at Haas on California's greenhouse gas (GHG) emission consumption.
Fuel Economy Standards Are Supersizing Our Vehicles And Ford Scrapping Small Cars Is An Alarm Bell
A new study co-authored by ARE Assistant Professor James Sallee seeks to explore whether such size-based regulations were actually effective.
Congratulations ARE Graduates of 2018!
ARE proudly celebrated its 2018 graduates and their families on Saturday, May 12th during an intimate and sunny pre-commencement reception at the home of Professor Elisabeth Sadoulet.
ARE Professor Peter Berck Receives College of Natural Resources' 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Berck has had life changing effect on a number of undergraduates during his 41 years of teaching, and his efforts have gone well beyond merely teaching undergraduate courses.
CNR Dean J. Keith Gilless Recipient Of 2018 Berkeley Faculty Service Award
The Berkeley Faculty Service Award (BFSA) honors a member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate for their outstanding and dedicated service to the campus.
Rebates For Electric Clunkers?
ARE Professor Max Auffhammer discusses the logic behind a program subsidizing used electric vehicles in this Energy Institute blog post.
2018 Sidney Hoos Award For Best Second-Year Econometrics Paper
The ARE Department is pleased to announce Wei Lin as the recipient of the 2018 Sidney Hoos Award for Best Second-Year Econometrics Paper.
Carbon Markets, Waterbeds, And You
Can reducing your carbon footprint make any difference when you’re carbon capped?
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro's Research On Retail Globalization Appears In The JPE
ARE Assistant Professor Marco Gonzalez-Navarro’s paper on the impact of foreign retail chains’ entry into developing countries has been selected as the lead article in the latest issue of the Journal of Political Economy. The paper is co-authored with David Akin of MIT and Ben Faber of UC Berkeley.
Report From Professor Sunding Supports Delta Tunnel Plan
A study by Professor David Sunding commissioned by the California Department of Water Resources says that Governor Brown’s delta tunnels plan would pay off for both farmers and cities.
J. Keith Gilless Honored For Exemplary Service To The Campus
The award, conferred by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to the campus. Winners are selected based on activities that have “significantly enhanced the quality of the campus as an educational institution and community of scholars” — including Senate service.
How Much Do Residential Consumers Respond To The Price Of Natural Gas?
ARE Professor Max Auffhammer and ARE PhD candidate Ed Rubin coauthored this Energy Institute at Haas blog post on deciphering natural gas consumption in the event of pricing changes.
Student Spotlight: Kevin Bai
The Environmental Economics and Policy major tells us how he tackled learning all six official UN languages, how studying history helped him develop his passion for environmental science, and more.
ARE Alumna Adela De La Torre Appointed President Of San Diego State University
Adela de la Torre becomes the ninth permanent president of SDSU and the first woman to serve in that role.
2006 ARE Alumnus Chris Busch OP-ED Contributer In The New York Times
ARE Alumnus and Director of the San Francisco think tank Energy Innovation Research, Chris Busch, contributes article "Landmark California Climate Program Is in Jeopardy," (with J. Gillis) in the December 12, 2017 New York Times opinion page.
More UC Berkeley Students Using Food Stamps Than Ever Before
ARE Professor Jeff Perloff featured in an article in the Daily Californian.