Ranjit Deshmukh will explore the opportunities and challenges posed by a large scale transition to renewable energy in developing economies — from the economic and environmental impacts of India’s ambitious renewable energy targets to the potential of . . .

"Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. is a writer, performer and cultural geographer. As a professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, she explores how issues of difference . . .

Humboldt State alumnus and wildlife disease ecologist Mourad Gabriel assesses the threats to wildlife and the food chain posed by the rodenticides and acutely toxic pesticides associated with illegal marijuana cultivation on our public and tribal land . . .

Nathan Donahoe of the Cannabis Consulting Group, a Silicon Beach-based think tank, will present an in-depth analysis of Los Angeles-area medical marijuana collectives and the role regulation plays in the city’s cannabis industry and entrepreneurship. . . .