Jonathan J. Buonocore

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

I mean, what do you say any more?

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

www.nytimes.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 1d

I agree!! This is like the public health version of saying the social cost of carbon is $0 @jonlevybu.bsky.social 🛟. 🔌💡

Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 1d

This move is consistent with EPA’s draft regulatory impact analyses of vehicle greenhouse gas rules, which do not value the benefits of avoided greenhouse gases or air pollution, as @jjbuonocore.bsky.social and I and others detail here:

Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States Comment on EPA's Proposed Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding

zenodo.org

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

nyti.ms

Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 1d

This move is consistent with EPA’s draft regulatory impact analyses of vehicle greenhouse gas rules, which do not value the benefits of avoided greenhouse gases or air pollution, as @jjbuonocore.bsky.social and I and others detail here:

Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States Comment on EPA's Proposed Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding

zenodo.org

Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is proposing to value the cost of air pollution deaths at $0.

It’s no wonder that Trump’s EPA would take this step: avoided premature mortality is regularly the largest category of monetized benefits used to justify Clean Air Act regulation.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

www.nytimes.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 4d

I’d be really curious to hear what role he thinks the reactionary centrists have in the Bruno Latour realignment of politics idea. medium.com/bigger-pictu... Honestly I’d be curious about yours as well…

Out-of-This-World vs. Terrestrial: The New Political Divide

How climate change is already at the very core of the political divisions

medium.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 6d

It looks like they have a whole series planned…

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 8d

I know it’s overwhelming to look squarely at the moment we’re living in, knowing that we have to start phasing out fossil fuels now, but reality bites.

In any case, it is TRAGIC that so many supposed climate people are producing discourse that encourages more delay instead of strategizing to win.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 14d

Listened to this while doing weatherization work (the irony, I know) but it looks like I’ll have to revamp a lecture or two, again, thanks to this episode. I think this will now make three @volts.wtf episodes in my class this spring…

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25d

Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.

The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers

Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.

www.volts.wtf

Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 22d

New preprint up assessing the air quality and health benefits that could have been possible under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Huge effort here with Erin Mayfield, Jamil Farbes, @jessedjenkins.com, Ryan Jones, Tracey Holloway, and @jonathanpatz.bsky.social.

Air quality and health effects of U.S. energy transitions

Transitioning the U.S. energy system has the potential to improve public health by reducing ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure. We develop an integrated modeling framework, coupling ener...

zenodo.org

Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 22d

Thank goodness there are no national security issues or geopolitical challenges related to oil or gas…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25d

Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.

The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers

Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.

www.volts.wtf

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 28d

Anyone else at #AGU25 notice that there’s way less GeoHealth than last year, and I think a lot more geoengineering (both SRM/SAI and GHG reduction type)? @doctorvive.bsky.social ? @costasamaras.com ? Am I hallucinating?

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Dec 14

Of course it’s in Pennsylvania…

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Dec 12

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.

I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.

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Timothy Ciesielski @timcies.bsky.social · Dec 11

MPH students in Health Care Finance 101 learn in the first 5 minutes of the first class, that the cheapest, most efficient, & fairest possible finance model is a single payer system. Then the professor says: we will spend the next 3 months discussing why this will not be allowed to happen in the US.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Dec 10

tl;dr can we turn this into Loss and Damage financing?

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Dec 10

I'm sure there's about 68419489 ways this could go poorly, but can we use this to hold misinformation factories accountable? If people are making false predictions, can someone else make an evidence-based one, and then either win the bet or shame the purveyor if they don't put money down?

Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · Dec 9

@jjbuonocore.bsky.social talks to cbsnews.com about his #NewStudy revealing that nearly 47 million Americans live within about a mile of #FossilFuel infrastructure. The study is a key first step toward better understanding potential associated #health effects:

Nearly 47 million Americans at risk of health hazards from fossil fuel infrastructure, study finds

Researchers with Boston University have found that 46.6 million people in the U.S. live within a mile of fossil fuel infrastructure. So what does that mean for their health? Jonathan Buonocore, assist...

www.cbsnews.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Dec 4

lol I feel like it did like 6 times today

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Dec 4

Praise Shai Hulud

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 28

We fixed climate change everybody!

A small park covered in snow, with a lot of snow actively falling. There is a black pickup truck stopped at an intersection in the background with a prominent stop sign

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania @psrpennsylvania.bsky.social · Nov 19

NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors: @jjbuonocore.bsky.social & @marydwillis.bsky.social. @bostonu.bsky.social

Nearly 47 Million Americans Are at High Risk of Potential Health Hazards from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure | Institute for Global Sustainability

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

With @anorisarma.bsky.social @patriciafabian.bsky.social @erincampbell234.bsky.social and a bunch of other lovely people who are not on here. Study supported by @bu-igs.bsky.social and @busph.bsky.social

Thread inspired by @mattmotta.bsky.social

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

This study highlights both a major environmental justice issue, and a major major gap in the research! This infrastructure could be a major driver of health impacts in these communities, a major driver of environmental justice issues, and yet another benefit of transitioning away from fossil fuels

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

But we do know that there are known hazards – carcinogenic compounds including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene (BTEX) among many others have been found throughout the oil & gas supply chain, so communities all along the supply chain could be exposed.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

What exactly are people exposed to? And what type of health impacts might these communities be experiencing? We don't know! There's very little research on health impacts around these types of infrastructure, so we don't know what people are exposed or what's going on there..

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

Second, there are also some populations that are very highly exposed, with 28.5 million people exposed to more than one element of infrastructure and 9.38 million people exposed to more than one type of fossil fuel energy infrastructure. These populations are exposed to a higher variety of hazards..

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Nov 18

First, it's a major environmental justice issue! We found major disparities, with census blocks with high proportions of Black, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous American, or Asian populations more likely to have fossil fuel energy infrastructure located in it.

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