Bob Kopp
Climate and sea-level scientist, climate policy wonk | @RutgersU Earth Sciences prof & director @RutgersEOAS | Co-director @impact_lab
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Comparing public perceptions of sea level rise with scientific projections across five states of the U.S. Gulf Coast region
Sea level rise (SLR) in the twenty-first century poses fundamental risks to coastal residents. The US Gulf of Mexico Coast (Gulf Coast) is among the regions experiencing the most rapid relative SLR. Beyond its increasing exposure to SLR and related...
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
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Bob Kopp
If Trump is re-elected, there will be a frontal assault on US scientific capacity
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It's time to hand-deliver your ballot.
At this point, neither Brett Kavanaugh nor the Postal Service can be trusted.
See the Corrupt Court for What It Is
If you needed to know anything more about Amy Coney Barrett – I didn’t, but if you did – she...
How to Accommodate a Massive Surge in Absentee Voting
A surge in absentee voting is inevitable. Here are five steps to make sure the election still works.
The candidate with the most support should win, right? Here’s how to make that happen in N.J., lawmaker says
Ranked-choice voting means the person who won the election has a majority of support from voters.
Bob Kopp
But Ranked Choice Voting is a pretty good fit for the American political system. @fairvote has lots of info, and @AndrewZwicker has a bill to implement it in New Jersey.
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To stabilize the climate, we must fix democracy first | Opinion
To address climate change, voters must give the Democrats a decisive and unambiguous victory on Election Day.
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Bob Kopp
Solid discussion of climate with @JoeBiden on @PodSaveAmerica here @jonlovett @danpfeiffer
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Twitter Wants You to Think Before You Retweet | The Motley Fool
It's temporarily changing how users engage with the platform to slow retweets down.
Charles Koch’s Big Bet on Barrett
For almost 50 years, the multibillionaire has been pushing for a court unfriendly to regulation of the market. He may be on the brink of victory.
WATCH: Amy Coney Barrett deflects Sen. Harris’s questions on climate change
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.
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Bob Kopp
ACB to the contrary, whether human activity causes climate change is not a controversial policy question. It’s established scientific fact. The policy question is what to do about it.
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There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Term Limit the Supreme Court
In the midst of another confirmation circus, Representative Ro Khanna proposes to stop the madness by limiting justices to single 18-year terms.
Oceans and Climate Conference - Climate Change Initiative
This entirely student-led conference aims to bring together students, practitioners, and faculty to collectively explore the links, trade-offs, and tensions at the nexus of climate change, oceans, ...
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