Our experts are frequently spotlighted in national/local news outlets and widely read blogs. The headlines and summaries below link to the original news articles and features.
June 25, 2025
“If we want to protect animals in general and give them a way to get across the highway, than almost all highways in California need attention,” said Dr. Fraser Shilling, the road ecology center director at UC Davis.
CBS News
June 24, 2025
Dan Sperling, a former CARB board member and director of the University of California, Davis’ Institute for Transportation Studies, said broadening the market to align with the fuel used in other Western states would bring down prices and reduce the impact of refinery closures, while having minimal impacts on emissions.
POLITICO
June 23, 2025
Longtime California air regulators say [Trump’s] efforts to fundamentally reshape the United States’ approach to auto industry policy through high tariffs on imported cars and parts, slashing EV tax incentives and rewriting federal fuel standards risk going too far and forcing car companies to find a more stable partner.
POLITICO
June 21, 2025
Professor Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, viewed the fee as a property tax hike – similar to taxes often used by cities to fund public services – meaning it would require a public vote.
The US Sun
June 16, 2025
The deal essentially helped Stellantis get a more favorable short-term compliance path in California for greenhouse gas emissions, similar to the five other automakers who had reached framework agreements several years earlier, said Dan Sperling, a professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy.
The Detroit News
June 12, 2025
The co-director of the Low Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies stated there’s virtually no chance of a price hike of 65 cents per gallon of gas when the state’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard goes into effect on July 1.
Porterville Recorder
June 11, 2025
“But change is coming. Nearly all 50 states now allow them,” said Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis. “On a recent trip to Florida, I saw them everywhere, and some cities are passing laws to encourage them. A wave of new designs is about to hit the market on two, three and four wheels — including one from a spin-off of Rivian, the electric truck maker.”
The Washington Post
June 3, 2025
“Batteries are an enormous new source of demand for lithium,” said Alissa Kendall, the Ray B. Krone endowed professor of Environmental Engineering at UC Davis and senior author on the paper.
EE Journal
May 30, 2025
“Batteries are an enormous new source of demand for lithium,” said Alissa Kendall, the Ray B. Krone endowed professor of Environmental Engineering at UC Davis and senior author on the paper.
UC Davis News
May 23, 2025
“We’re evaluating what wildlife habitat is available and is providing a service — in other words, providing us with wildlife populations,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the Road Ecology Center at University of California, Davis. “We’ll calculate this equivalent value.”
The Indipendent
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