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On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Bill Lane Center Director Bruce Cain appeared at the Commonwealth Club of California to discuss his new book, "Under Fire and Under Water: Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West." The event recording is available here.

This year has seen wildfires wreaking devastation in Maui, Canada, and Europe, with 60 million acres burned and 335...

In a recent shift, population growth in California has stalled. The state is currently hemorrhaging residents to neighboring states like Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. This new report is part of collaborative polling project by researchers at Stanford University, Arizona State University, and the University of Houston.

A three-state survey conducted by the Bill Lane Center and other academic institutions explores citizens' attitudes and...

This report examines the attitudes and opinions of Arizona, California and Texas residents regarding restrictive...

Bill Lane Center Director Bruce Cain joins Michael Krasny on his "Grey Matter" podcast for an episode called, "Back to...

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, the rules governing abortion in the United States have gone from...

Bruce Cain, professor of Political Science at Stanford and Director of the University's Bill Lane Center for the American West, joins Francis Fukuyama to talk about the new book he is writing on the political challenges of adapting to a changing climate in California and other western states.

In recent years, intensifying wildfires in California and the West have prompted renewed calls to enhance fire...

Today’s health prevention and health care model was the future 20 years ago. Now it’s time to create a new future, based...

Abstract: Climate change impacts such as disasters and higher temperatures can disrupt academic learning and reduce...

This article by our partners at A Healthier We (AHW) looks at the shrinking rural health workforce, a problem that will...

A Healthier WE, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical issues in rural health, has...

This article by our partners at A Healthier We (AHW) identifies five distinct programmatic areas -
 along with potential...

Rural communities operate, process, live, understand, and feel things differently than larger urban communities. In this...

A Healthier WE, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical issues in rural health, has...

A paper examining the spatial distribution of EPA violations for water, air and hazardous waste datasets.

In recent years, wildfires have ravaged the landscape in many Western American states, especially California. But will...

Local governments are responsible for a large share of infrastructure spending in the United States, but leaders at the...

Iris Hui talks about the Lane Center's data-driven wildfire research initiatives.