IPU's Grid School is a great way for early- and mid-career professionals in the electric utility sector to elevate their skills. Grid School 1: Engineering, Economics, and Modeling Fundamentals starts on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Seats are still available, register at the link below. #EnergySky 🔌💡
A new paper looking at assessment processes is now available online open access.
Bennett, E. et al. 2026. “The Future of Global Environmental Assessments: 20 Years after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.” Current Opinion in Env Sust 79:101618.
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The history of data visualization is filled with clever ideas that when tested empirically, turn out to be ineffective ways to communicate. How much of this is based on empirical evidence about how people perceive the visualizations.
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
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The Ecuadorian Amazon taken from a canopy tower at the top of a Ceiba pentandra tree. CREDIT: Mark Bush
The Amazon Rainforest was shaped by people. Analysis of 262 trees species across 1,521 forest plots reveals that both pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples and European colonists enduringly influenced the forest’s relative abundance of trees. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/VAqY50XuP38
The University of Vermont seeks to fill an Endowed Professorship focused on interdisciplinary research on renewable energy systems.
For details, please see www.uvmjobs.com/postings/84073.
Oh no, not online survey experiments
🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
Have you been wanting to learn more about Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom's ideas for collaborative governance?
Now is your chance to get that copy of The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom for half price!
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A very important lecture tomorrow. www.nationalacademies.org/event/45948_...
November 7 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Webinar. AI, Automation, and the Future of Work: Reskilling, Upskilling, and the Evolving Workforce. The background image shows two colleagues in a conference room, working on a laptop.
As the nature of work continues to evolve, so do the skills required to thrive in an era shaped by artificial intelligence, automation, and rapid technological change. Join us on November 7 for a webinar that will address this transformation in the workforce: https://ow.ly/oMH050XlbrN
Cover of Life mag in 1970, showing John Cleary gasping for breath.
John Cleary, shot in the chest by National Guardsmen on May 4, has passed away at age 74.
He was a 19-year-old architecture student in 1970 when he was shot and critically wounded.
Thanks for posting this. Our numbers are dwindling.
Lots of great research on the global soybean trade: Silva, R Felipe Bicudo da, E F. Moran, J D. A. Millington, A Viña, and J Liu. 2023. “Complex Relationships between Soybean Trade Destination and Tropical Deforestation.” Scientific Reports 13 (1): 11254. doi.org/10.1038/s415....
I'm honored to be giving the Stan & Kobla Kapowitz Distinguished Lecture at MSU in November. It is in person only. Registration link is: tinyurl.com/Kaplowitz25
Dumb question. What pen do you use for book signings? I'm doing some academic talks at two universities and the hosts have arranged book signings for my "Decisions for Sustainability" and wondering what the pros use.
New report from the US National Academies on risks from greenhouse gas emissions: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...
"...to my mind a discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty." Mark Twain, "The American Press" 1888
Important new webinar by the National Research Council Board on Environmental Change and Society. Please share widely. mailchi.mp/nationalacad...
New short paper that might be of interest to some.
Thomas Dietz and Michael Vandenbergh. 2025. From Explosion to Implosion: The New Population Challenge. SSRN: Https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5404682
The US NAS is conducting a fasttrack study on anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Submission of papers for consideration is welcome. survey.alchemer.com/s3/8416653/R...
📄 A new paper reveals how the US animal #agriculture industry fought against campaigns promoting individual dietary shifts — like Meatless Monday 🥦 and Beyond Beef 🌱
This just underscores that Big Industry hates high-impact individual #climate action 🔥🌍
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This new paper highlights a major issue in measuring and predicting individual #carbon footprints: Many studies use the same factors to calculate and explain CFPs, leading to tautological conclusions. This overlap risks misleading conclusions about the real drivers.
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A pregnant woman looks at her belly while sitting on a couch at home.
While the U.S. spends more on #childbirth than any other country in the world, it has worse outcomes than other high-resource nations. Our report identifies ways to improve childbirth services in hospitals, in birth centers, and for home births: buff.ly/U7Y47Zf
Yep, I'm in there too, they've got academic books and papers as well.
Once new a former inmate of The Rock who knew those folks and was a consultant to the Clint Eastwood movie.
Nice statement from NAS President Marcia McNutt on the need for science based analysis for policy decisions. www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/03...
