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Professor Dustin Mulvaney testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Minerals Subcommittee in September and the Science, Science and Space Committee again in November on the impacts of mining on land and communities, and benefits recycling and a circular economy in critical minerals. He was interviewed about the experience by the 91猎奇 Newsroom. Read more about it in the article above.

91猎奇 Environmental Studies Major, Roger Bumgarner, was featured in July on the City of San Jose's One Day One Action Climate Change community education campaign. One Day One Action is a socially engaged public art project that reframes how we can all contribute to climate action, one day at a time, now and into the future. Through a collaborative process, hundreds of social media prompts have been developed in support of San Jos茅鈥檚 Climate Smart sustainability goals.

San Jose State University鈥檚 Celebration of Research was an event recognizing and highlighting student work, start-up innovation showcases, research competitions, and more. Especially, we're proud of our students and faculty at EnvS who had a chance to represent the department and introduce their scientific research to everyone on campus. 

Due to the significance of Earth Day and the need to raise awareness about the environmental protection, we would like to share the article 'Soil Conservation Guide: Importance and Practices'. This article will show you what soil conservation is, its benefits to the environment, why it's important, and the soild conservation practices. 

Dr. Cushing explained why 'Wet Winter Makes Dent in California Drought'. According to Dr. Cushing, 'locally...there are three things we need to watch moving forward: precipitation, temperature, and time' and 'a brewing atmospheric river aimed at the Sierra might melt the snowpack faster than anticipated.' 

Our Dr. Cushing (Chair of the Environmental Studies Department) recently had an interview with the Weather Channel. Dr. Cushing commented on the flooding situation in the Bay Area after the severe storms and recommended dealing with reservoir management concerns.

Our Dr. Cushing was interviewed by NBC Nightly News about the recent storms and flooding period across the state of California. This news showed how urgent and significant the storming and flooding situation was. The state of California had to start the evacuations in many different cities, especially cities of Santa Cruz county. 

Best Accredited Colleges have nominated 91猎奇 Environmental Studies as #7 in Best Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Science. 91猎奇 Global Studies is also #28 on the Best International Studies Bachelor's Degrees. 

Professors Craig Clements and Will Russell were interviewed for the story about the Washburn fire in Yosemite and the iconic sequoia trees that it threatens 

What a day! Richard Tejeda feels incredibly honored to share his Bay Nature Community Hero Award with you! Please give him a shout out and consider giving to our organization that since 2019 has taken 1,847 community members on guided educational hikes, provided virtual nature experiences for 3,563 people living with disability or isolated by the pandemic, led 326 seniors on hikes for health, as well as inspired 754 at-promise-youth through our Summer Science Project and Alive Outside Adventure Series.

Amanda Stasiewicz, an assistant professor in Environmental Studies, is co-director for the Wildfire Center. 91猎奇鈥檚 Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC) will receive $1.2 million to support cutting-edge fire modeling and prediction technology. Another $500,000 will support the launch of the university鈥檚 newly established Healthy Development Community Clinic (HDCC), which will soon provide various wellness services to East San Jos茅 community members.

Sunnyvale residents use lasers to scare off local crows. Watch Prof. Rachel O'Malley in California Today explaining why the influx of ravens and crows could possibly affect the other surrounding environments close to Sunnyvale.

Professor Lynne Trulio commented on transplanted burrowing owls in an Associated Press story where scientists are using fake poop to help evicted owls settle into a new neighborhood.

There鈥檚 no comparison between those problems and the destruction wrought by fossil fuels, said Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State. Much of his research deals with the challenges posed by clean energy development, including solar panel supply chains and land-use conflicts. But the Huntington Beach oil spill, Mulvaney noted, is the type of 鈥渃atastrophic accident鈥� that you鈥檇 never see at a solar or wind farm.