Jason Islas
@jasonislas.bsky.social
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Join us for Policymaking Under Uncertainty: Zone 0 and Vegetation Management on Friday December 12, 2025 at 12 p.m. PT
👉 Register today: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@edithdeguzman.bsky.social | @travislongcore.bsky.social | Max Moritz | Alessandro Ossola | Nurit Katz
👉 Register today: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@edithdeguzman.bsky.social | @travislongcore.bsky.social | Max Moritz | Alessandro Ossola | Nurit Katz
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Join us for Policymaking Under Uncertainty: Zone 0 and Vegetation Management on Friday December 12, 2025 at 12 p.m. PT
👉 Register today: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@edithdeguzman.bsky.social | @travislongcore.bsky.social | Max Moritz | Alessandro Ossola | Nurit Katz
👉 Register today: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@edithdeguzman.bsky.social | @travislongcore.bsky.social | Max Moritz | Alessandro Ossola | Nurit Katz
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CCSC leveraged their expertise to project future electricity use and assess impacts of solar reqs. on planning for rebuilding energy infrastructure post-fire.
This report builds off @ccscatucla.bsky.social team's recent work for the Blue Ribbon Commission.
Report: www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/esti...
This report builds off @ccscatucla.bsky.social team's recent work for the Blue Ribbon Commission.
Report: www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/esti...
August 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
CCSC leveraged their expertise to project future electricity use and assess impacts of solar reqs. on planning for rebuilding energy infrastructure post-fire.
This report builds off @ccscatucla.bsky.social team's recent work for the Blue Ribbon Commission.
Report: www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/esti...
This report builds off @ccscatucla.bsky.social team's recent work for the Blue Ribbon Commission.
Report: www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/esti...
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From the start of UCLA's partnership with the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery in Feb '25, a critical part of our work was to spearhead a robust community engagement effort.
📰 Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/news/amplify...
📰 Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/news/amplify...
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
From the start of UCLA's partnership with the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery in Feb '25, a critical part of our work was to spearhead a robust community engagement effort.
📰 Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/news/amplify...
📰 Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/news/amplify...
I had a small part in a big thing. More: sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLA
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I had a small part in a big thing. More: sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLA
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🎉 SLAGC is proud to have played a key role in this critical partnership, connecting @ladwp.bsky.social to UCLA's experts, helping set research agendas, and facilitating the ongoing relationship b/w UCLA and the nation's largest municipal utility.
Background: sustainablela.ucla.edu/la100-equity...
Background: sustainablela.ucla.edu/la100-equity...
Our short @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Energy piece led by @ioes.ucla.edu's Rachel Sheinberg is out reflecting on lessons learned from the first few years of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's unique 100 Equity Strategies effort.
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🎉 SLAGC is proud to have played a key role in this critical partnership, connecting @ladwp.bsky.social to UCLA's experts, helping set research agendas, and facilitating the ongoing relationship b/w UCLA and the nation's largest municipal utility.
Background: sustainablela.ucla.edu/la100-equity...
Background: sustainablela.ucla.edu/la100-equity...
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Important work on the pressing issue of planning for #extremeheat in #urban environments. #climateadaptation #publicpolicy
New article in Local Environment out from me, @cjgabbe.bsky.social @laurendunlap.bsky.social + several Santa Clara and UCLA students.
Planning for heat beyond the big city: comparing smaller cities’ heat activities, opportunities, and constraints in California www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Planning for heat beyond the big city: comparing smaller cities’ heat activities, opportunities, and constraints in California www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Planning for heat beyond the big city: comparing smaller cities’ heat activities, opportunities, and constraints in California
Addressing extreme heat has emerged as a key frontier of urban climate adaptation planning. However, most studies have focused on large cities, whereas most of the existing urban population lives a...
www.tandfonline.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Important work on the pressing issue of planning for #extremeheat in #urban environments. #climateadaptation #publicpolicy
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ICYMI: watch SLAGC and @uclaioes.bsky.social dir. Alex Hall, @gregspierce.bsky.social (co-exec. dir., @luskininnovation.bsky.social) and Yifang Zhu, assoc. dir., UCLA's Center for Clean Air.
More about UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
More about UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ICYMI: watch SLAGC and @uclaioes.bsky.social dir. Alex Hall, @gregspierce.bsky.social (co-exec. dir., @luskininnovation.bsky.social) and Yifang Zhu, assoc. dir., UCLA's Center for Clean Air.
More about UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
More about UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
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Great work from our Faculty Director and @uclaioes.bsky.social Director Alex Hall and team. Read the report and check out all the work of UCLA experts on wildfire issues: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
Climate change had made fire fuels 25% drier when SoCal's Palisades and Eaton fires began, says a new UCLA analysis exploring all facets of the climate connection. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/pal...
L.A. fires: Vegetation 25% drier due to climate change
UCLA climate scientists’ analysis links climate change to about a quarter of the extreme vegetation dryness when the Palisades and Eaton fires began.
newsroom.ucla.edu
January 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Great work from our Faculty Director and @uclaioes.bsky.social Director Alex Hall and team. Read the report and check out all the work of UCLA experts on wildfire issues: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri
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SLAGC faculty director Dr. Alex Hall: "The speed with which the #FranklinFire ballooned overnight... is especially alarming given its proximity to major population centers. The impact on people’s lives and livelihoods underscores the urgency of our work." Read more: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...
UCLA experts on Malibu’s Franklin Fire
UCLA experts on wildfires, climate change, Santa Ana winds and wildfire-smoke are available to add context to the Franklin Fire.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 10, 2024 at 11:51 PM
SLAGC faculty director Dr. Alex Hall: "The speed with which the #FranklinFire ballooned overnight... is especially alarming given its proximity to major population centers. The impact on people’s lives and livelihoods underscores the urgency of our work." Read more: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...
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‼️ Opportunity Alert ‼️
Our friends at the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new part-time virtual program for young (21-30 yrs) climate experts to learn how to navigate the policy world.
Deadline to apply is 12.15.2024
Learn more and apply today: aspenpolicyacademy.org/short-course...
Our friends at the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new part-time virtual program for young (21-30 yrs) climate experts to learn how to navigate the policy world.
Deadline to apply is 12.15.2024
Learn more and apply today: aspenpolicyacademy.org/short-course...
Short Courses - Aspen Policy Academy
Upcoming Short Courses __ Cyber Civil Defense Policy Training Series The Cyber Civil Defense Policy Training Series is a three-part Aspen Tech Policy Hub webinar series built for the cybersecurity com...
aspenpolicyacademy.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:01 PM
‼️ Opportunity Alert ‼️
Our friends at the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new part-time virtual program for young (21-30 yrs) climate experts to learn how to navigate the policy world.
Deadline to apply is 12.15.2024
Learn more and apply today: aspenpolicyacademy.org/short-course...
Our friends at the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new part-time virtual program for young (21-30 yrs) climate experts to learn how to navigate the policy world.
Deadline to apply is 12.15.2024
Learn more and apply today: aspenpolicyacademy.org/short-course...
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Breaking News: California will give rebates to eligible residents if President-elect Trump ends a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
Newsom Challenges Trump on Electric Vehicle Tax Credits
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California would fill the void for residents if the Trump administration killed a $7,500 E.V. tax credit.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Breaking News: California will give rebates to eligible residents if President-elect Trump ends a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
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Torrential rains in Valencia caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. Among residents, anger is seething as they ask whether such a calamity had to be so deadly and why they were not alerted in time.
Spain Flooding: Why Did It Take So Long to Warn Residents?
Torrential rains in Valencia, in eastern Spain, caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. The deluge started inland. It took the authorities hours to warn those downstream.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Torrential rains in Valencia caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. Among residents, anger is seething as they ask whether such a calamity had to be so deadly and why they were not alerted in time.
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Looking for smart, sharp, thoughtful expertise about climate change and the environment? Me too! So I made a thing: go.bsky.app/6AWBxnD #greensky #climatesky (I'm biased, but UCLA experts are the best.)
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Looking for smart, sharp, thoughtful expertise about climate change and the environment? Me too! So I made a thing: go.bsky.app/6AWBxnD #greensky #climatesky (I'm biased, but UCLA experts are the best.)