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Mark Lubell
@envpolicycenter.bsky.social
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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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Daniel Siegel @dcgull.bsky.social · 21h
Called the sheriff on someone taking a photo on a public road. “This was sabotage. This was a hit.”

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SJV WATER: Subsidence photo op stirs bad feelings in already bitter groundwater clash
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Already heated tensions flared Friday when a southern Tulare County dairy farmer noticed what appeared to be signs illustrating subsidence levels being affixed to a telephone...
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Lesley Henderson @lesleyhenders.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows
Research comparing Adirondack mountain lakes in New York suggests foot traffic is significant source of pollution
www.theguardian.com
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Sheila Foster @sheilarose.bsky.social · 1d
Worth a read. Why you should blame the current administration when your energy bills go up.

"You do not have to care about climate change to believe that clean energy is an important and strategic resource."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up
www.nytimes.com
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 1d
If you haven't already completed this year's survey, please consider doing so soon (especially if you are a journalist or elected/appointed government official (or staff thereof) with whom I've engaged on weather, climate, wildfire, or etc.). Thanks again! ucanr.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions
Help the University of California and Daniel Swain understanding the effectiveness and reach of weather and climate communication efforts!
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
"Vermont's Climate Superfund Law...is modeled after the federal Superfund program, which has required companies to pay for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites since the 1980s. A refrain of the law’s supporters: “If you make a mess, you clean it up.” #PolluterPays www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/13/s...
In Vermont, courts weigh who should pay for the cost of climate change - The Boston Globe
Amid the Trump administration's rollback of climate protections, Vermont has become a key battleground for climate fights in the courts.
www.bostonglobe.com
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 2d
“it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter.”
theconversation.com/for-the-firs...
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
theconversation.com
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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · 2d
Join us in welcoming Grace Molino @gdmolino.bsky.social, our new Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral Fellow! Grace will collaborate with management partners to examine coastal squeeze of priority ecosystems and species in response to sea level rise in the PNW ▶️ bit.ly/48uwrR4
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Gabriel Filippelli @gabefilippelli.bsky.social · 2d
Indy researchers join effort to fill gaps in climate science mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Science organizations working to collect climate science after Trump budget cuts
Local governments use predictions about heat and weather to plan things like mosquito control and where to build levees.
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Barbara Ryan @disasterbarb.bsky.social · 2d
Scientists can now quantify the climate effects of specific projects. The data should be incorporated into every development application.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Scientists calculate the cost on climate and human lives of gas project emissions
Fossil fuel companies and governments have argued it’s not possible to link climate impacts to specific projects, but Australian researchers have done the numbers.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d
"Local Florida Governments Sue DeSantis Over Laws That Block Climate Action" | Article in @cleantechnica.bsky.social by Carolyn Fortuna:

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Local Florida Governments Sue DeSantis Over Laws That Block Climate Action - CleanTechnica
Litigants counter that they're trying to protect their communities, but DeSantis government’s actions are stripping away those safeguards.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

#ClimateEmergency
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...
news.exeter.ac.uk
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 2d
This is very sad, but also not surprising. The science has warned for a long time, including in IPCC reports, that even modest levels of global warming will devastate virtually all coral reefs.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 3d
Support clean energy by eating American lamb:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Farmers urge Americans to embrace previously overlooked type of meat: 'There's really a huge, huge potential'
"Great way to support those family farmers."
www.yahoo.com
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 3d
In an era of climate disruption, the central task of government must evolve. In addition to defending fundamental freedoms, a core purpose of government must be to restore balance between humanity, our societies, and fragile Earth systems.

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 3d
Need a little inspiration? Here are five things I learned from touring a house in California that generates more energy than it uses. @npr.org audio is up now too!

www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
5 lessons from a house that generates more energy than it uses
With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In Southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade: the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa...
www.npr.org
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d
An assault on the livability of the planet, the vitality of local economies, and the livelihood of workers because Trump wants to further enrich fossil fuel barons

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy
Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes
www.theguardian.com
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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 5d
Awesome! Thank you!
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 5d
I.U.C.N. Updates Its Red List on the Global Status of Wildlife
I.U.C.N. Updates Its Red List on the Global Status of Wildlife
Sea turtles are making a surprising comeback, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The news was not so good for Arctic seals.
www.nytimes.com
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 5d
BBC News - Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win' - BBC News
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Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 5d
Excited to return as a mentor in the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior’s Mentorship Program! I’m thrilled to be paired with two outstanding undergraduate mentees and look forward to learning and growing together over the coming months.
🌐 environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/mentors
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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 5d
The adverse effects just keep spreading and spreading...

www.science.org/content/arti...
Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void
www.science.org
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 5d
Physician-scientist @smahalingaiahmd.bsky.social was studying how air pollution affects reproductive health when her federal funding was cut. When vital research like this is halted, we miss opportunities to dig deeper and find the solutions we urgently need.

"...a loss for us all." #LostScience
She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility
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Imogen Herrick @imogenherrick.bsky.social · 5d
Science belongs to the public. That’s why it was so special to share our Community Science Data Talks project on public radio!

When climate science and public media are under pressure, I’m reminded that informed, empathetic conversation is a form of civic action.
A Kansas professor is getting students to lead the climate change conversation
Dr. Imogen Herrick, assistant professor of STEM Education at the University of Kansas, is changing the way climate change is discussed in K-12 classrooms. Her Community Science Data Talks shift the fo...
www.kcur.org
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Ted Stankowich @tedstankowich.bsky.social · 5d
Eclipses fool birds into thinking it's morning!
Congrats to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for this amazing work!

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 6d
Over concerns that its findings were 'too negative', Downing Street has censored a government-backed report which found British food prices will increase because of the deforestation of tropical rainforests. A shocking and dangerous will to ignorance. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
www.thetimes.com
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d
The New York Post has been honest brokered.

The IPCC is lucky to have @frediotto.bsky.social as a coordinating lead author.
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
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Catie Haunted Haus-man 👻👻👻 @catiehausman.bsky.social · 7d
Job posting!

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Global Environmental Policy

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: School for Environment and Sustainability

Come be a Wolverine! In Tree Town! In the Mitten!
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 7d
Kristina Douglass, one of the new MacArthur Geniuses, is an incredible archaeologist and a lovely person. Read about her and her work on how ancient communities in Madagascar adapted to environmental change:

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A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash
Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.
www.npr.org
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Kat Kerlin @katkerlin.bsky.social · 7d
"Resilience shows up in sediment cores and microbial communities, in carbon storage and stress responses, and also in career pivots, broken funding pipelines, and the uncertainty that shadows early-career science today." Great ✍️by @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/69cd...
Resilience from the Ground Up
What Early-Career Scientists Are Learning from Seagrass, Sediment, and Oysters
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Desert Research Institute @driscience.bsky.social · 7d
In 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. These wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather, and climate. bit.ly/firethunder #ScienceThatMattersNow #Wildfire
Scientists Successfully Recreate Wildfire-Induced Thunderstorms in Earth System Models for the First Time
The breakthrough enhances scientific understanding of the dangerous storms and their long-term impacts on the climate. The research, published September 25th in Geophysical Research Letters, represents the first successful simulation of these wildfire-i...
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