Bob Kopp
Climate and sea-level scientist, geobiologist, climate policy wonk | @RutgersU Earth Sciences prof & director @RutgersEOAS | Co-director @impact_lab
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Fact Squad
Fight back against the lies, smears, and wacky conspiracy theories making the rounds about Elizabeth and this grassroots team
Endorsement: Elizabeth Warren will push an unequal America in the right direction
America's middle class is hurting. She brings the passion and expertise needed at this moment.
Rutgers Advances Work on Climate Action Plan
Bob Kopp
Pleased to help @RutgersU move forward toward carbon neutrality and as a catalyst of climate-positive economic development throughout @NJGov!
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Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy | Elizabeth Warren
Climate change is an existential threat. It’s real, it’s man-made, and we’re running out of time to address it. Our government needs to take bold action and use all the tools available to combat climate change before it’s too late.
Bob Kopp
Warren's #ClimateRiskDisclosure plan requires more transparency from private-sector actors, which is a crucial step in leveraging the power of the market system to tackle the climate crisis
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At Davos, Trump rejects climate crisis, lauds U.S. economy and fossil fuels
President Trump bragged about the U.S. economy but rejected warnings of environmental crisis in his speech at the World Economic Forum.
Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.)
A Trump administration program to help states prepare for natural disasters has become a window into the tortured political language of talking about climate change.
Maureen E. Raymo Receives 2019 Maurice Ewing Medal
Maureen E. Raymo was awarded the 2019 Maurice Ewing Medal at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019 Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “significant original contributions to the ocean sciences.”
The climate is changing dating - HEATED
"Could there be anything less sexy than buying into fossil fuel propaganda?"
How Amy Klobuchar Treats Her Staff
Interviews with more than two dozen former staff members and internal emails reviewed by The Times reveal demeaning and unusual behavior by Ms. Klobuchar toward her subordinates.
Postdoctoral Researcher – Low Carbon Transitions of Energy Systems - Environmental Studies
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
Rutgers to Name Its First Black President, School Official Says
Jonathan Holloway, the provost at Northwestern University, is expected to be introduced by the school on Tuesday.
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Bob Kopp
Holloway seems like he’s a great choice, but does anybody else think the press coverage identifying one of his key traits as “former Stanford football player” (30+ yrs ago) a bit odd? “Distinguished scholar of A-A history” seems more relevant? nytimes.com/2020/01/19/nyr… via @NYTimes
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Rutgers will name first black president, a Northwestern provost and former football player
The university picked Jonathan Holloway to replace retiring president Robert Barchi, according to multiple sources.
So much for making N.J. politics less bro-ish | Editorial
Two of the most powerful men in New Jersey have their hobnobbing events, ladies, and you have yours.
Marine Labs on the Water’s Edge Are Threatened by Climate Change
A marine lab built to withstand hurricanes faces a slower menace: climate change. Problems arising wherever science operates at the shifting border of soil and sea.
18 progressive groups sign unity pledge amid Sanders-Warren feud
Eighteen progressive groups have signed a unity pledge vowing to keep their fire trained on the “corporate wing” of the Democratic Party amid a burgeoning feud between Sens.
The case for Elizabeth Warren
The second article in a Vox series making the best case for the leading Democratic candidates.
We Need Sanders and Warren to Cooperate in the Primary
The real fight is for progressive power in the Democratic Party.
My Plan to Create 10.6 Million Green Jobs | Elizabeth Warren
Climate change presents an urgent threat, but it also presents the greatest opportunity of our time: the chance to rebuild our economy with 100% clean energy and to create 10.6 million good, union jobs in the process.
'It’s About Taking Back What’s Ours': Native Women Reclaim Land, Plot By Plot
Fighting against colonization and now gentrification in the Bay Area.