http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:20:39 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28826 Using inexpensive detectors that can fit inside a shoebox, UC Berkeley chemists are installing carbon dioxide and other air pollution sensors in 40 sites around Oakland to explore how detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood information can help communities monitor greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/12/stanley-hall-reopens-after-diesel-fuel-spill/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/12/stanley-hall-reopens-after-diesel-fuel-spill/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:00:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22135 Finals exams are underway at Stanley Hall, which reopened today following a weekend diesel fuel spill inside the building. A multi-agency crew is assessing cleanup efforts along Strawberrry Creek and at the Berkeley Marina, where some fuel traveled following the spill. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/12/stanley-hall-reopens-after-diesel-fuel-spill/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/11/diesal-fuel-spill-closes-stanley-hall/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/11/diesal-fuel-spill-closes-stanley-hall/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:54:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22022 Emergency crews by Sunday afternoon had removed hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel from Stanley Hall, where equipment failure on Saturday caused a diesel tank to overflow. The building was closed as the clean-up continued, but campus officials expected it to reopen by Monday morning, in time for the beginning of final exams.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/11/diesal-fuel-spill-closes-stanley-hall/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/16/globalwarming_messaging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/16/globalwarming_messaging/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:41:25 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://ucbnews.org/newsdb/?p=1014 Dire or emotionally charged warnings about the consequences of global warming can backfire if presented too negatively, making people less amenable to reducing their carbon footprint.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/16/globalwarming_messaging/feed/ 0