Berkeleyside: EcoBlock co-PI and UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen, alongside Charles Koven of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discuss the synergy of housing and climate action in the city of Berkeley. The authors push back against the argument that new housing is detrimental to the climate and share why maximizing housing density near transit hubs would be a win for the climate and for the community in this Berkeleyside op-ed published May 31, 2022,
Getting Off Gas, Block by Block
Despite its complexities, block-level decommissioning is likely more effective than an individual, house-by-house approach, offering untapped economies of scale that can be replicated across California. Dr. Therese Peffer provides insight into the challenges of pruning gas at the neighborhood block scale and its implications for the Oakland EcoBlock project.