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UCI ranks among nation’s top 10 greenest schools

Written on August 17, 2010.

Sierra Club’s Cool Schools list examines eco-friendly programs at 900 colleges and universities. Casey Gomez, OC Metro UC Irvine ranked sixth out of 900 colleges and universities on Sierra Club’s fourth annual Cool Schools list of the nation’s greenest institutions. Its alternative transportation options, such as ZotWheels bike-sharing program, Zipcar rentals and Zimride carpooling, are credited for the distinction. “This is right where UCI should be – in the top 10,” said...

UCI ranks sixth on Sierra Club’s list of greenest U.S. campuses

Written on August 16, 2010.

Alternative transportation options cited for its designation as a ‘Cool School’ Laura Rico, University Communications Irvine, Calif., Aug. 16, 2010 – Let’s hear it for ZotWheels, Zipcars and Zimrides. Partly on the strength of these alternative transportation options, UC Irvine ranked sixth among 900 colleges and universities nationwide considered for the Sierra Club’s fourth annual Cool Schools list of the greenest institutions. “Incentives for alternative...

Scientist: Huge Greenland iceberg a sign of warming

Written on August 13, 2010.

Pat Brennan, The Orange County Register When a massive ice island broke off Greenland last week, it looked quite familiar to UC Irvine climate researcher Eric Rignot. Rignot, who has attracted global attention for research showing rapid melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica in response to global warming, was heading to Greenland from Europe this week for more climate research. Rignot, also a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, will be taking...

Sunshine and tap water? Finding a fuel for the future

Written on August 6, 2010.

Susan Carpenter, Brand X Daily “When I was a kid, they told us in the 21st century we’d have cars that fly. I don’t have a car that flies, but this is good enough for me.” –Jack Cusick, Clarity driver Imagine a world where all it took to power a car was sunshine and tap water. That isn’t a pipe dream but, rather, the reality of emerging technology that someday could turn your house into a personal, zero-emission gas station. It’s called a...

UC researchers lend expertise in Gulf crisis

Written on July 15, 2010.

Donna Hemmila, UC Office of the President Integrated Communications UC Davis veterinarian Michael Ziccardi has led animal rescue efforts in more than 65 oil spills, but the April 20 blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is like no other disaster he’s seen. “This spill is different,” Ziccardi said. “We have new challenges occurring daily.” The latest challenge is trucking 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the Florida Panhandle to the Kennedy Space Station on the Atlantic...

UCI students win ‘Crazy Green Idea’ contest

Written on February 18, 2009.

UC Irvine students Kyle Good and Bryan Le win the $25,000 X PRIZE Foundation’s “What’s Your Crazy Green Idea?” video contest. Inventors and entrepreneurs worldwide could soon be hard at work trying to answer Kyle Good and Bryan Le’s challenge: build an environmentally friendly device to replace batteries in products ranging from personal electronic devices to cars. The UC Irvine students recently won the $25,000 X PRIZE Foundation’s “What’s Your Crazy Green Idea?”...

Driving innovation

Written on November 7, 2008.

A number of initiatives under way at UC Irvine that aim to lessen dependency on individual cars and uncertain oil supplies directly benefit the environment and consumer budgets. Jason Mednick, University Communications Drill, baby, drill? Or go electric … downsize … carpool … think sustainability? The debate ensues and the issues are not as simple as recent election rhetoric would imply. A number of initiatives under way at UC Irvine that aim to lessen dependency on individual...

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