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Category Archives: UC Irvine
Keys to Climate Action
Keys to Climate Action This is a talk that I gave to OLLI on National, State, Cities, and Businesses involved in Climate Action. It also covers utilities, and individual actions. It emphasizes California, wildfires, and sea level rise predictions and … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Election, California Power Mixes, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Coal, Coastal Flooding, Donald Trump, Electric Power, Fire Risks, Fossil Fuel Energy, Green Rate Plans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Los Angeles Congested Traffic, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, Paris Climate Agreement, Power Content Labels, Renewable Energy, Smog worldwide, Solar Energy, Summary of Climate Topics for Southern California, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, UC Irvine, US Climate Mayors, World Smog
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Trump’s Bias Towards Elite Law Schools
Trump’s Bias Towards Elite Law Schools Yesterday, Trump was on TV News telling has core that they are the Elite. Or at least Trump, because he is rich and has a bigger yacht. We know Trump feeds the conservative rural … Continue reading
Our 700th Energy Blog Article
Our 700th Energy Blog Article It’s time to celebrate our 700th blog article. I call it our, because my writing is largely a reflection of my community and information sources. I like to look beyond the news publications, which avoid … Continue reading
Posted in About This Blog, Big Data, California Water, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Communications, Donald Trump, Education, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Irvine Water, Laguna Beach Energy Savings, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Science Funding, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, UC Federal Funding, UC Irvine
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Summary of Posts Relevant to Climate Action Plans for Southern California
Summary of Posts Relevant to Climate Action Plans for Southern California By Dennis Silverman UCI Physics and Astronomy My Blog is at: sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/ The Long-Term Outlook for Climate Sustainability An optimistic long-term outlook to 2100 to help survive the present … Continue reading
Posted in Autos, Bonn Climate Conference, California Power Mixes, California Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California Water, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coal, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Conservation, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuel Energy, Green Rate Plans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gun Control, Hydropower, King Tides, Laguna Beach Energy Savings, Laguna Beach Flood Levels, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Power Content Labels, Renewable Energy, SC Edison, SDG&E, Sea Level Rise, Solar Energy, Summary of Climate Topics for Southern California, Transportation, Trump on Climate Change, UC Irvine, Uranium, US Climate Mayors, Wind Energy
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International College Students in the US
A major increase in American education is the influx of college and high school students from other countries. They help our financing of colleges since they pay tuition at private colleges or a high out-of-state tuition at public universities. They … Continue reading
UC Irvine in US News and World Report 2018 Rankings
UC Irvine has scored a 9th (tie) ranking nationally among Public Universities in the 2018 US News & World Report rankings. It is 42nd (tie) among National Universities. UC Irvine has 27,331 undergraduates, and 32,754 total students. Its in-state tuition … Continue reading
Posted in UC Irvine, University Rankings
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California Universities in the Times Higher Education World Rankings, 2018
We cite the California Universities in the Times Higher Education World Rankings for 2018. An = in the rankings mean a tie for that rank. We also list the student/staff ratio for that University. I assume staff means teaching staff. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, University Rankings
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UC Irvine Gives Reprieves to Late Transcript Applicants
UC Irvine, in meeting a situation where 800 more students than expected had enrolled, decided to rescind enrollment for about 500 students who had not met senior requirements, or a transcript deadline. After much criticism in the local and national … Continue reading
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Several Budget and Legislative Restraints on Freshman Admissions to the UC System
Several Budget and Legislative Restrictions that Restrain Freshmen Admissions to the UC System There are too many, and numerically arbitrary, conditions on UC admissions imposed by the legislature, which act to constrain UC freshman and transfer admissions, and UC budgets. … Continue reading
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