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emLab September 2026 newsletter

City landscape

Climate change is a math problem. The solution is smart economics.

Christopher Costello

Environmental Defense Fund

Mapuche communities in Chile

Indigenous land back in Chile brings mixed bag of environmental outcomes: Study

Aimee Gabay

Mongabay

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emLab August 2026 newsletter

deforestation

Palm oil firms kept zero-deforestation pledges, but forests saw little extra benefit

Hans Nicholas Jong

Mongabay

The Mapuche are Chile’s largest Indigenous group, having retained independence form the Spanish empire for centuries.

Indigenous land restitution empowers communities, but environmental gains require extra support

Harrison Tasoff

The Current

Shark fin

California-led study finds shark-finning rules did little to curb global shark trade

James Nanzo

Yahoo!

rail station under development

Climate Funding Fight to Leave Lawmakers With Tough Spending Choices

Keith Mizuguchi

KQED

The construction site of RISE, an affordable housing development, across the street from the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station, in San Jose on July 16, 2026.

Inside the Fight for the Future of California’s Climate Dollars

Guy Marzorati

KQED

malaria in africa

Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa

Christa Lesté-Lasserre

New Scientist

shark

Combining fishing regulations and trade data reveals the complex global market for shark products

Harrison Tasoff

The Current

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Christopher Costello recognized for his pioneering work in environmental markets

Harrison Tasoff

The Current

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emLab July 2026 newsletter

The Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington, on Sept. 30, 2025. It recently halted operations. Photo by Stella Kalinina for CalMatters

Aging oil refineries don’t need more public dollars. California should let them retire

Ranjit Deshmukh

CalMatters

Two UC Santa Barbara graduates receive inaugural Lafayette Fellowship

Two UC Santa Barbara graduates receive inaugural Lafayette Fellowship

Debra Herrick

The Current

Communities lacked resources for sustainable management and restoration efforts. Future conservation funding should support ecological work and technical assistance. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons

Chile transferred 217,716 hectares to Mapuche communities, but the land returns did not automatically increase forest cover, study finds

TOI World Desk

Times of India