This 2022 news piece "Climate haven: More people moving to Asheville to escape more severe climate change impact" may show up in a lot of climate adaptation talks. Hopefully with sensitivity for the everyone impacted by Helene. wlos.com/news/local/c...
When it comes to climate, the mountains have always been an attractive place to live. Now -- even more so -- as climate change makes severe weather events even worse elsewhere. "Weather events are bec...
VERY EXCITED to see the green bank funds starting to flow in the US, especially to a public university (in Arkansas!). There are a lot of schools out there that would do more on climate if they could clear the capital/financing barriers. 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
An Inflation Reduction Act program meant to expand climate investment in underserved markets has its first target — a $31 million commercial solar effort…
Your regular reminder that four years ago Trump declared that stocks would crash if he lost the election
Mountain Day is my favorite Smith College tradition. Sometimes you just need to take a break from work and all the hard things in the world and enjoy a Fall day.
GIS nerds of bsky! If you had some undergraduate students who wanted to identify stormwater runoff hotspots that might be good candidates for green infrastructure, is there a paper you would point them to?
If you are moved watching the disaster in western North Carolina and yet you are outside of it all, somewhere (for now) that is safe, what can you do? I think about it (not surprisingly if you know me) as a fractal. How can you embody care & connection at multiple levels at once?
Today, the UK becomes the first G7 country to phase out coal power Since opening world's 1st coal plant in 1882, UK coal fleet burned through 4.6bn tonnes of coal, emitting 10.4GtCO2 – more than most countries have ever released Here's how it all ended: interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseou...
Want to check how historic the flooding in Asheville NC was? You can’t, because the NOAA data center is in Ashevllie NC and can’t operate due to a lack of water for cooling due to the flooding.
This is one of my favorite good-government climate bills: A revenue-neutral tax policy where taxes on gas guzzlers are offset against rebates on efficient vehicles, indexed around the median. casten.house.gov/media/press-...
The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congressman Sean Casten
