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Mark Lubell
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Professor Mark Lubell co-directs the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior. Water, agriculture, climate, conservation, social science. Thinkology. Advocate for truth and evidence. https://environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/ .. more

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Michael Clark @smintheus.bsky.social · 2d
But this article from last August strongly suggests that great caution should be exercised with regard to all of them.
The Risky Business of Predicting Where Climate Disaster Will Hit
Climate tech companies can calculate the chances that a flood or wildfire will ravage your home. But what if their odds are all different?
www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 2d
Developing better models is a worthy endeavor. But if you don’t like their approach it is better to throw solutions than grenades. Who is doing better?

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 3d
Home insurance crisis hits New England:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
Your New England home insurance could vanish. Climate change explains why. - The Boston Globe
From Connecticut to Maine, coastal communities are feeling the pinch of higher home insurance rates and fewer options for coverage.
www.bostonglobe.com

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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 3d
Measuring and modeling climate risk accurately is important…and difficult. But erroneous models do not change the principle that climate risk should be integrated into economic decisions.

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Michael Clark @smintheus.bsky.social · 3d
The First Street climate risk "scores" are bogus. Their company exists to market fears generated by their bogus "scores". Indeed the crude bathtub flood model they use was exposed last year as worse than useless by Sanders, Wing & Bates in an article entitled "Flooding is Not Like Filling a Bath".

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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 3d
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c.... If home sales and prices decline in response to climate risk that is exactly what should happen. Consumers should know this info and the market should not ignore climate risks. The accuracy of risk models is another question
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d
"Climate breakdown can be seen in the data"

Large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
#water
#climate

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com

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Christoph Mergerson @mergerson.bsky.social · 3d
Should misleading or obscured information about a property's risk of damage or destruction from extreme weather be a feature of the housing market? And who's going to pay for what happens when homeowners are misled about their risk and experience loss? #climate

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 6d
While some states are getting cold feet on climate policy, Oregon is doubling down, seeking to reduce bottlenecks and speed deployment:
www.eenews.net/articles/ore...
Oregon governor orders sweeping review of clean energy bottlenecks
Democrat Tina Kotek is directing agencies to coordinate on everything from permitting to investment in a push to achieve net-zero electricity by 2040.
www.eenews.net

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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 8d
Very cool to see them using quantitative data journalism to conduct this type of analysis and support their advocacy. While inattention to agriculture is indeed troubling, I find this graphic even more troubling:

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 8d
Wow, the Center for Biological Diversity has been analyzing how the media remains nearly silent on the role of meat and animal agriculture in climate change.

"...it appears in just 1.2% of climate journalism..."

www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 9d
Fossil fuel companies argue that simply being required to disclose their pollution is violating their First Amendment rights (because, of course, corporations are people 🙄). #ClimateInTheCourts
www.eenews.net/articles/cha...
Chamber urges Supreme Court to block California climate laws
Business groups say the laws violate companies' First Amendment rights.
www.eenews.net

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9d
Shark Conservation Advances at International Atlantic Tuna Conference | Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process sharkleague.org/2025/11/24/s...
ICCAT 2025: New Protections for Sharks Agreed
Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process.
sharkleague.org

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 9d
Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 9d
While candidates *talk* about lowering electricity bills, unelected (appointed) commissioners in California may be on the verge of actually *doing* something about it. Other PUCs should consider trimming ROE as well, putting Main St. ahead of Wall St.
www.eenews.net/articles/cal...
California regulator recommends lowering utilities’ return on equity
The California Public Utilities Commission could vote next month on utilities' profit structure for 2026.
www.eenews.net

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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 9d
US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.

We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.

www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...

🔌💡
Infographic from The Big Green Machine showing clean energy manufacturing investments that have advanced and slowed since Trump 47 took office.

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 10d
Another COP ends in disappointment. They all will until we admit that decarbonization entails creating winners—and losers. It's economic conflict; some people will and must lose money.

From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 10d
"We know that to prevent extinctions and achieve net zero emissions, we need to keep the old high-carbon-stock forests standing up...No other rich country in the world destroys forests like Australia does.” 🌎 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests
www.theguardian.com

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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 11d
Can you imagine being the people of Vanuatu?

They are ALREADY experiencing saltwater intrusion into wells, coastal erosion, and have begun the early relocation of at-risk communities.

Yet many nations just don't care about their plight. They just want to keep burning fossil fuels.

Disgraceful.
democracynow.org Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12d
On the last official day of #COP30 climate talks, countries are divided on whether to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. Vanuatu's minister for climate change says big polluters like Saudi Arabia are obstructing action despite "scientific clarity" on the need to transition to clean energy.

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11d
Desert solar panels foster greening, animal husbandry efforts - China english.scio.gov.cn/m/chinavoice...
Desert solar panels foster greening, animal husbandry efforts
english.scio.gov.cn

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11d
University reputations and finances often hinge on their position in global ranking tables that prioritize narrow aspects of academic life. Elizabeth Gadd writes about three changes that would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. #Academicsky 🧪
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
go.nature.com

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 11d
U.S. Remains Leader in Interdisciplinary Science https://bit.ly/4ob4Fx9

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
A female scientist wearing protective clothing and eyewear while working in a lab.

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Julia Hammett @jehammett.bsky.social · 11d
It was naive to assume fossil fuel lobbyists wouldn't try to undermine the talks from day one of COP1. Every bit of it has been a farce with fossil fuels involved. It's nothing but a boondoggle for the rich and their sycophants www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says
Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more
www.theguardian.com

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Alan Stenhouse @basketmonkey.bsky.social · 11d
The importance of using multiple sources of data for biodiversity evaluations:

"On the NSW north coast in the Styx River State Forest, citizen scientists counted 338 glider dens, while FCNSW counted nine."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Absolute madness': Environment groups decry glider survey results
New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.
www.abc.net.au

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 12d
Science: Total NSF, NIH Funding Didn’t Plunge in Fiscal 2025 https://bit.ly/4oUcuIP

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
National Science Foundation building

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Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social · 12d
What is an academic and community partnership?

Dr. Shereen Naser, Associate Professor of Psychology joins me on The Social Academic podcast to talk about research in and with the community #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

www.youtube.com/live/kP76UoI...
Academic and Community Partnerships with Dr. Shereen Naser
YouTube video by The Social Academic from Jennifer van Alstyne
www.youtube.com

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 12d
IN NEW ISSUE: Which values distinguish supporters of radical right populist parties from their rivals? Arman Azedi finds political authoritarianism is a key ideological feature. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/9eIVm7h

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 12d
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?
Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?
Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs
www.theguardian.com

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pdx1realtor.bsky.social @pdx1realtor.bsky.social · 12d
Ian Bremmer is my favorite political scientist, no BS, although he has his opinions he does not let that get in the way of facts. Though over an hour, give him the first 5 minutes and dig what the man is saying.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpSg...
Has Trump Ruined America's Reputation Around The World? w/ Ian Bremmer
YouTube video by This is Gavin Newsom
www.youtube.com