http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/bie/rss Recent eScholarship items from Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:16:22 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4k19r6z7 This study developed a consumption-based emissions inventory (CBEI) for the City and County of San Francisco, California from 1990 to 2015. CBEIs allocate all greenhouse gas emissions throughout product and service supply chains to final demand, namely households and governments. We find that average household carbon footprints in San Francisco decreased by 17% over the 25-year study period, and were 21% lower than the national average by 2015. Low rates of motor vehicle usage, small home (building) size, small household size, high prevalence of renters, population density, moderate climate, and relatively lowcarbon electricity all contributed to lower consumption-based emissions. These factors outweighed the countervailing effects of income and education, which tend to increase consumption and associated carbon footprints. Despite progress at reducing emissions on a per household basis, on aggregate, the total city-wide CBEI was only 2% lower in 2015 compared to 1990 levels.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4k19r6z7 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Jones, Christopher M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9wz448sf Potential Toxicity of Synthetic Chemicals: What You Should Know About Endocrine- Disrupting Chemicals https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9wz448sf Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n37z87c A Direct, Biomass-Based Synthesis of Benzoic Acid: Formic Acid-Mediated Deoxygenation of the Glucose-Derived Materials Quinic Acid and Shikimic Acid https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n37z87c Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74m8h53f New Science for Chemicals Policy https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74m8h53f Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4wj3n5kf Toward a New U.S. Chemicals Policy: Rebuilding the Foundation to Advance New Science, Green Chemistry, and Environmental Health https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4wj3n5kf Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16v2j3ph An efficient didehydroxylation method for the biomass-derived polyols glycerol and erythritol. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16v2j3ph Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/03j7p0c9 Catalytic C-O Bond Cleavage of 2-Aryloxy-1-arylethanols and Its Application to the Depolymerization of Lignin-Related Polymers https://escholarship.org/uc/item/03j7p0c9 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/035529ns Green Chemistry and Workers https://escholarship.org/uc/item/035529ns Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01r3j6q5 Rhenium-Catalyzed Didehydroxylation of Vicinal Diols to Alkenes Using a Simple Alcohol as a Reducing Agent https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01r3j6q5 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92c281c3 <p>In 1994, the City of Chicago’s Department of Environment made a significant investment to improve the North Park Village Nature Center, one of the City’s few accessible natural sites located on the Chicago’s north side. A previous on-site travel-cost survey of visitors to the North Park Village Nature Center (McGrath, 2006) showed that, on average, this nature center generates significant annual consumer surplus (the recreational use value) to users of the nature center – about $1,500 per user per year, or nearly $322 per visit. These welfare estimates imply the net present value of the sites recreational value to be on the order of $100 million in 2005 dollars, or about $2.1 million per acre.</p><p>A survey that is limited to users of the center understates the benefits of the investment by neglecting to take into account the benefits enjoyed by neighbors who value the existence of the center without directly using it (the non-use value). Thus, an important question that... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92c281c3 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 McGrath, Daniel T, PhD MCMILLEN, DANIEL P https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55b3r1qj <p>Life cycle assessment is a powerful framework for economic, social, and environmental cost pricing of consumer goods and services. We have extended the capacity of input-output life cycle assessment to approximate cradle-to-consumer environmental impacts from the manufacturing, transport and trade of &gt;600 categories of consumer products and services. On average, 23 tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases are embodied in the food, goods and services consumed by U.S. households. Particularly promising opportunities exist to provide environmental information directly to consumers for products at the point of sale. At a cost of $10/tCO₂, we estimate that incorporating the mitigation cost of carbon would add only about 0.5% to the price of goods and services, and 1% to the price of food. This information can lead to the creation of market-based incentives for more sustainable consumption and production.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55b3r1qj Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Jones, Christopher M Kammen, Daniel M McGrath, Daniel T