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Ken Cousins, PhD
@kencousins.bsky.social
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Ecological Economist, valuing nature-based solutions. I believe that sustainability—broadly realized—is a necessity for healthy, just, and vibrant societies. I have been active in the sustainability movement for over 35 years. My views are my own.
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Your support could help to document the life of ecological economist Herman Daly.
Econoclast — Filmmakers Collaborative SF
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November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The Social Cost of Plastic to the United States
Plastic products are everywhere in daily life in the United States. Yet the economic, environmental and health costs of plastic to society reach up to $1.1 trillion per year—and that’s likely an under...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author
The Trump administration's censorship directive has reportedly targeted Obi Kaufmann.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🚨Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate actions

In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵

🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
Title page of the paper "Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate action"
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Crossing the Line: How the Border Lands Conservation Act Threatens Parks and Refuges Nationwide
At Big Bend National Park in Texas, the Rio Grande cuts through canyons where black bears, bats, and migratory birds move between river a
defenders.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The natural environment is the foundation of human existence, and its quality is a strong influence on our individual and collective wellbeing. The idea that "the environment" or "climate change" should only be taught as stand-alone courses is absurd on its face.
Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees
University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Looks like science, lies like propaganda. Inside a new wave of climate misinformation
An AI analysis shows that climate deniers increasingly use charts, data visuals, and academic design to appear trustworthy. Researchers warn that fact-checking alone can’t counter the power of these d...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Oh no! Not our beloved fossil fuel company doing something shitty.
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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When architecture becomes carbon accounting
Researchers calculated how much carbon is locked up in city buildings—and then started thinking about how to keep it there
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Oof.
Smoke screen: the growing PHEV emissions scandal
New analysis finds long-range plug-in hybrids and extended-range electric vehicles are a diversion on the road to zero emissions.
www.transportenvironment.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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‘Flight shame is dead’: concern grows over climate impact of tourism boom
Post-Covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say experts
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hope and the Life Course: Results From a Longitudinal Study of 25,000 Adults
This paper reports the first large-scale longitudinal links between one of the least known dimensions of wellbeing—hope—and long-term outcomes in a range of life arenas. Hope has agentic properties w...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Nueva Esperanza Municipality Establishes Río Negro, a New Protected Area in the Northern Bolivian Amazon - Andes Amazon Fund
The area encompasses over 517,156 acres (209,286 hectares) of tropical forests, seasonally flooded savannas, alluvial plains, the meandering Negro River, and ancient geological formations of the Preca...
www.andesamazonfund.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Out-of-state senators vote on forest ‘fix’ for places like Lane County
A U.S. Senate committee has advanced the Fix Our Forests Act — a sweeping forest-management bill that could reshape logging and wildfire policy in heavily forested areas like Lane County.
lookouteugene-springfield.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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“Government by the people for the people.” They don’t believe in that, they don’t care about us.

They can only win when they cheat.

#SaveOurDemocracy
#Pinks
#NCPolitics
#Congress
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Climate change’s effect on local areas | Climate Central
Get information, data, and shareable graphics about how climate change is affecting over 200 U.S. cities and all 50 U.S. states, by location.
www.climatecentral.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
grist.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Memorialize the federal datasets that have been terminated or removed
This Halloween season, we're remembering the federal datasets that have met an untimely end — the ones that were terminated or removed. Help us memorialize these Dearly Departed Datasets so we can all...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Negative Electric Vehicle Emissions: Vehicle-to-Grid Can Incentivize Enough Wind and Solar Investment to Reverse EV Charging Emissions
Consequential emission analyses of power system interventions typically overlook induced structural changes. We estimate the consequential power system emission effects of plug-in electric vehicle (PE...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM