BCCN Campus Climate News

1. Why We Do This Work:

— Open Letter from EPA Staff to Public

— Climate emotions survey - 30,000 people 30 countries

— Sea level rise accelerating faster than expected

2. Campuswide Climate Town Hall APR 14th 3pm 

Campus climate leaders will host a 90-minute Zoom town hall on how the new climate funding and policy world may affect students, faculty and staff. Lots of Q&A. Details coming soon. 

In the meantime, see this message from Chancellor Lyons, the fabulous running scorecard of Trump EO’s on research and education from Helen Glover (Lewis-Burke) or Dan Farber (Law) “Undermining Science in the Name of Ideology.” 

3. Tom Steyer Speaks APR 2nd 5 pm

On APR 2nd at 5 pm at Brower Center, Tom Steyer, will be in conversation with David Ackerly (RCNR) and David Wilson (Goldman) — “Climate Capitalism: A Way Forward in 2025.” Register here.

4. ASUC Passes UC Berkeley Green New Deal Resolution

Last week, the ASUC passed the UC Berkeley Green New Deal resolution detailing green goals and actions for the campus in 6 categories — accountability, governance, education, food, transportation and waste. Calls for an environmental justice major, divestment from fossil fuels, vegan meals in dorms and more.

5. State of Change: Make the Polluters Pay (new CA bill)

The latest from the Journalism School’s chocked-full climate newsletter features an interview with Assemblymember Dawn Addis and her AB 1243 (with companion SB 684 by Senator Caroline Menjivar) calling for polluters to pay for climate change damages. On a related note, check out the big 2025 Climate Policy Summit in Sacramento APR 22.

6. Electricity Affordability in CA — How to Solve This?

The once-arcane topic of electric power affordability is now the hottest topic of numerous CA meetings, studies and BlueSky messages. Our Andy Campbell (Energy Institute at Haas) now weighs in with one interesting approach — performance-based ratemaking — that aims to align public benefits with utility profit-making!

7. CLEE New Report on State-Based Aviation Climate Action

With prospects for federal action on aviation GHGs now at a low altitude, a number of states are looking at what THEY can do. See CLEE’s brand new report here.

8. Call for Climate Proposals: CITRIS SEED FUNDING $60K

Transformative solutions for public good! Climate Resilience is one of the topics with proposals due April 22. Proposals require two PI’s from different CITRIS campuses (UCB, UCM, UCSC, UCD). Get all the info here.

9. Bakar Climate Lab and BIDMaP AI and Climate Symposium APR 23/24

This event during SF Climate Week (here at Bakar) will highlight appropriate use of AI to enable new climate tech, showcasing applications from materials development to energy distribution. Get all the info here.

10. Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative POSITIONS

BERC is looking for Directors for a variety of activities — Alumni Gala, website, event marketing, social media and more. BERC is a great organization for climate action — email the new Co-Presidents, Jen Chan and Rose Strauss at copresidents-berc@berkeley.edu.

11.ONE MORE: Welcome to the Enemies List - Andrew Dessler, Texas A&M

“If you are not on it now, you will be soon.”

BCCN BITS

Ocean Stories Symposium J-School @ Brower Center TODAY 1:30 PM

Berkeley Water Day at Sutardja Dai Hall TODAY ALL DAY

Haas POWER CONFERENCE on Energy Research and Policy FRIDAY

San Francisco Climate Week April 19-27

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