Andrea M. Ketchum
@envirolib.bsky.social
Medical research librarian following Environmental Health issues for Michigan & Great Lakes region. For 2025, I'm definitely straying into other issues, due to the direction of our current federal government.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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We all pay for natural disasters.
Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.
Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.
Californian fires cost everyone.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.
Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.
Californian fires cost everyone.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk
A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices
thepoint.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We all pay for natural disasters.
Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.
Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.
Californian fires cost everyone.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.
Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.
Californian fires cost everyone.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
Global climate risks recognized by banking.
Australian housing built in high risk areas costs everyone when natural disasters hit.
Time for planning to avoid development in high risk areas.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
#Auspol
Australian housing built in high risk areas costs everyone when natural disasters hit.
Time for planning to avoid development in high risk areas.
#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
#Auspol
"Banks need to further strengthen their management of climate and nature-related risks, given the growing frequency of natural disasters and slow progress towards the net-zero goals", warns the @ecb.europa.eu
If your assets aren't hit by transition risk, they will be by physical risk...
If your assets aren't hit by transition risk, they will be by physical risk...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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"The Article finds that in jurisdictions across the US, fossil fuel companies could be prosecuted for every type of homicide short of first degree murder... It also concludes that prosecutions could offer highly effective remedies and that prosecutors should be motivated to seek them."
Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil For Climate Deaths
Prosecutors regularly bring homicide charges against individuals and corporations whose reckless or negligent acts or omissions cause unintentional deaths. Foss
papers.ssrn.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"The Article finds that in jurisdictions across the US, fossil fuel companies could be prosecuted for every type of homicide short of first degree murder... It also concludes that prosecutions could offer highly effective remedies and that prosecutors should be motivated to seek them."
Republicans and Democrats call for #Trump’s real estate buddy Steve #Witkoff to be fired as #US #peace_negotiator with #Putin.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Traitor’: US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call
Republicans and Democrats warn Witkoff ‘cannot be trusted’ after reportedly advising officials on peace plan
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Republicans and Democrats call for #Trump’s real estate buddy Steve #Witkoff to be fired as #US #peace_negotiator with #Putin.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Opinion | The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia’s Ruler
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
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This ⬇️ is a exceptional perspective on #resilience #regeneration and #sustainability
Well worth a read
Well worth a read
New Publication:
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis - Ambio
Both resilience and regeneration are relevant concepts in sustainability science. Resilience thinking has led to improved understanding of cross-scale cycles of growth and renewal, regime shifts, and ...
link.springer.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This ⬇️ is a exceptional perspective on #resilience #regeneration and #sustainability
Well worth a read
Well worth a read
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Vance has been out sweet-talking renewable energy companies. T1 Energy, for example.
The White House is easily seduced by profits & big growth numbers.
Follow the money.
The White House is easily seduced by profits & big growth numbers.
Follow the money.
Despite worries about solar under Trump, the sector has not collapsed & prospects look good - hence surge in solar share prices
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Vance has been out sweet-talking renewable energy companies. T1 Energy, for example.
The White House is easily seduced by profits & big growth numbers.
Follow the money.
The White House is easily seduced by profits & big growth numbers.
Follow the money.
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Basically dreaming of my book Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Basically dreaming of my book Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
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Article 3: @wombatscholar.bsky.social, "Gathering Dust: Perceivability, Breathability, and Grievability in Modern Atmospheres" on the 9/11 World Trade Center dust & ashes as both valued as remains of loved ones and feared as toxic residue
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Article 3: @wombatscholar.bsky.social, "Gathering Dust: Perceivability, Breathability, and Grievability in Modern Atmospheres" on the 9/11 World Trade Center dust & ashes as both valued as remains of loved ones and feared as toxic residue
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
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Article 1: Rebecca Oh, "Apocalyptic Realism: Death and Life Amid Nuclear Infrastructures" which reads Idrissou Mora-Kpai’s documentary "Arlit, deuxième Paris" and Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s poem “Anointed” as examples of apocalyptic realism
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Article 1: Rebecca Oh, "Apocalyptic Realism: Death and Life Amid Nuclear Infrastructures" which reads Idrissou Mora-Kpai’s documentary "Arlit, deuxième Paris" and Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s poem “Anointed” as examples of apocalyptic realism
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Fascinating new area of expanding scholarship.
The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Fascinating new area of expanding scholarship.
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We start with announcement of Environmental Humanities 2025 Best Article Prize which goes to (drumroll):
@susanneferwerda.bsky.social for "Blue Humanities and the Color of Colonialism" read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Read the citation for the award:
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
@susanneferwerda.bsky.social for "Blue Humanities and the Color of Colonialism" read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Read the citation for the award:
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We start with announcement of Environmental Humanities 2025 Best Article Prize which goes to (drumroll):
@susanneferwerda.bsky.social for "Blue Humanities and the Color of Colonialism" read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Read the citation for the award:
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
@susanneferwerda.bsky.social for "Blue Humanities and the Color of Colonialism" read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Read the citation for the award:
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
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Article 4: Patrick Anthony Barbosa Brock, "Synchronization and Spectacle as a Community Response to Forever Chemicals" proposes speculative communities address the deep entanglement of fluorosurfactants with ants, humans, transnational capital, international treaties, and temporality.
Synchronization and Spectacle as a Community Response to Forever Chemicals | Environmental Humanities | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Article 4: Patrick Anthony Barbosa Brock, "Synchronization and Spectacle as a Community Response to Forever Chemicals" proposes speculative communities address the deep entanglement of fluorosurfactants with ants, humans, transnational capital, international treaties, and temporality.
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The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes. Millions are dying every year.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
Breathless: The Toll of Fossil Fuels and a Changing Planet
The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes.
drtomharris.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes. Millions are dying every year.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
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It is not just water but also land use. Data Center drive up the cost of land as well as take it out of production. Taking it out of production may or not be a good thing, but rewilding or other conservation measures are better uses.
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It is not just water but also land use. Data Center drive up the cost of land as well as take it out of production. Taking it out of production may or not be a good thing, but rewilding or other conservation measures are better uses.
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This is quite blatant doublespeak: Agree to mealy mouthed texts (which were already being used as diplomatic cover to *continue expansion* of fossil fuel production) and call it compromise, while doing what you planned to do all along.
Can we call it out? Aren't we past "inching towards" anything?
Can we call it out? Aren't we past "inching towards" anything?
I’d be more convinced that this was actually true had fossil fuel giants not spent the last decade since the Paris Agreement and 2 years since COP28 aggressively building out production infrastructure that will see a glut of oil and gas for at least 15 years more
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is quite blatant doublespeak: Agree to mealy mouthed texts (which were already being used as diplomatic cover to *continue expansion* of fossil fuel production) and call it compromise, while doing what you planned to do all along.
Can we call it out? Aren't we past "inching towards" anything?
Can we call it out? Aren't we past "inching towards" anything?
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Our ED Dr Kate Wylie has written a timely article for @croakeynews.bsky.social urging the senate to include human health in their proposed EPBC reforms.
“Clean air, clean water…and a stable climate are fundamental to human health, yet health considerations are nowhere to be seen in the ‘reforms’”
“Clean air, clean water…and a stable climate are fundamental to human health, yet health considerations are nowhere to be seen in the ‘reforms’”
Senate urged to consider health focus in proposed environmental reforms
Amid intense politicking around national environmental law reforms that the Albanese Government appears determined to finalise this week, ahead of
www.croakey.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our ED Dr Kate Wylie has written a timely article for @croakeynews.bsky.social urging the senate to include human health in their proposed EPBC reforms.
“Clean air, clean water…and a stable climate are fundamental to human health, yet health considerations are nowhere to be seen in the ‘reforms’”
“Clean air, clean water…and a stable climate are fundamental to human health, yet health considerations are nowhere to be seen in the ‘reforms’”