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Sustainability

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment —

Tracking a potent climate threat

Stanford researchers are working across disciplines to create low-cost sensors that can measure methane emissions in humid tropical environments.

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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy —

TomKat Center grants empower sustainability ventures

The center’s Innovation Transfer Program helps Stanford teams commercialize their energy and sustainability solutions.

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Stanford News —

Can alternative meat compete?

A new study reveals how lobbying by the meat and dairy industry has influenced government regulations and funding to stifle competition from alternative products with smaller climate and environmental impacts.

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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Going from gas to electric has immediate benefits for climate and health

An analysis of a household electrification program in Ecuador suggests switching from gas to induction stoves reduces climate emissions and hospitalization rates faster than previously thought.

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Stanford Medicine magazine —

Inside Stanford Medicine’s effort to green the OR

More than 8% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the health care industry. Stanford Medicine leaders are working to shift the trend.

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Stanford Earth Matters magazine —

The future of phytoplankton at the top of the world

Since late June, the research vessel Sikuliaq has been churning through ice in the Chukchi Sea, carrying 20 scientists and students on a mission to understand how a warming Arctic will transform the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon.

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Stanford News —

Reusing plastic waste in infrastructure

Stanford engineers Zhiye Li and Michael Lepech discuss the potential for reusing discarded plastic to build roads and buildings.

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Stanford Law School —

How to help forests fight climate change

A report from Stanford Law School Policy Lab and Bezos Earth Fund recommends climate-smart forestry practices as well as better data collection to quantify and incentivize forest carbon removals.

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Stanford Energy —

Stanford Energy welcomes inaugural cohort of fellows

A new postdoc program brings the world’s brightest minds in sustainable energy to campus, to pursue new avenues of discovery.

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Stanford hosts Pac-12 Sustainability Conference

The annual event, which made its first appearance at Stanford this year, convened Pac-12 universities to discuss sustainability efforts on college campuses and athletic departments.

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