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Open Position at CPUC

The Safety and Enforcement Division of the California Public Utilities Commission is looking to fill a Senior Utilities Engineer (Specialist) position. The jobs are located in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento branches.

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March 2023: Earth’s 2nd-warmest March on Record

As the 2023 spring season goes into full swing, you may be noticing the warmer than average weather we are having this year. In fact, 

March 2023 was Earth’s second-warmest March since global record-keeping began in 1850."

The only March that was warmer was from recent years, specifically in 2016 near the conclusion of the El Niño event. New research allows us to compare global temperature records back to 1850, showing how March 2023's report is one of the hottest since then.

The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program

The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) program provides funding at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to support  government activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health impacts in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms.

The EJG2G program goals are to:

Climate Change is the New Normal, says Dr. Michele Barbato

As California broils under triple-digit temperatures, Dr. Michele Barbato, Co-director of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center and faculty director of the CITRIS Climate Initiative, says climate change is to blame.

“Putting AC everywhere can seem like a solution, but it’s not a long-term solution,” he tells the Sacramento Bee. “We are using more energy and that is increasing climate change. We are making the moving target further away from us.”

2nd Wildfire Induced Air Pollution Assessment & Mitigation Symposium

On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022, Dr. Michele Barbato, Co-Director of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center and Director of the CITRIS Climate Initiative at UC Davis, hosted the 2nd  Wildfire Induced Air Pollution Assessment & Mitigation Symposium.

The Symposium provided insights on recent research advancements in the assessment and mitigation of wildfire effects on human health, with presentations by accomplished researchers from a multidisciplinary team supported by the University of California Office of the President, through the UCOP Lab Fees program.