Dr. Kenneth A. Gould
@enviroprof.bsky.social
Environmental sociologist. Climate change. Environmental justice. Sustainable development. Treadmill of Production. Green gentrification.
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Imagined Futures - Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, NZ 10/10/24
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National strike
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
National strike
The consequences of public investments following coastal climate disasters: An
assessment of four strategies post-Superstorm Sandy
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assessment of four strategies post-Superstorm Sandy
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January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The consequences of public investments following coastal climate disasters: An
assessment of four strategies post-Superstorm Sandy
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assessment of four strategies post-Superstorm Sandy
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
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“Nearly half of all Americans now live in a state where it’s harder to protest than it was eight years ago."
When all protest is terrorism
The groundwork for Trump's free speech crackdown was laid by the War on Terror.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Nearly half of all Americans now live in a state where it’s harder to protest than it was eight years ago."
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Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...
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“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."
Read UCS Statement:
Read UCS Statement:
Trump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC and IPCC
President Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the UNFCCC and IPCC, as well as 64 other entities or U.N. organizations. Statements by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:33 AM
“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."
Read UCS Statement:
Read UCS Statement:
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Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks #Climate
Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks
Public Health Watch chronicles, in 13 scenes, a fossil-fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks #Climate
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As the calendar year begins, a reminder of the rapid acceleration of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, driving increasingly severe #climate changes. Shown are the past 2000 years of CO2 concentrations.
Stop burning fossil fuels.
Stop burning fossil fuels.
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
As the calendar year begins, a reminder of the rapid acceleration of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, driving increasingly severe #climate changes. Shown are the past 2000 years of CO2 concentrations.
Stop burning fossil fuels.
Stop burning fossil fuels.
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Time to update the list of US military interventions in Latin America.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Time to update the list of US military interventions in Latin America.
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
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Towards the middle of the century, ~4000 glaciers worldwide will disappear every year.
Towards the middle of the century, ~4000 glaciers worldwide will disappear every year.
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change
Many mountain glaciers will disappear with warming. Here the authors assess how many glaciers will disappear per year under different warming scenarios, finding that a peak in glacier loss will happen...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Towards the middle of the century, ~4000 glaciers worldwide will disappear every year.
Towards the middle of the century, ~4000 glaciers worldwide will disappear every year.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
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One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
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Threatening to dismantle NCAR, our premier weather and climate research institute (apparently) because Colorado refuses to pardon someone accused of tampering with voting machines is a sad example of our current kakistocracy in action… www.nytimes.com/2025...
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Threatening to dismantle NCAR, our premier weather and climate research institute (apparently) because Colorado refuses to pardon someone accused of tampering with voting machines is a sad example of our current kakistocracy in action… www.nytimes.com/2025...
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The 🇺🇸 American biographical drama film “SILKWOOD” directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher premiered in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1983 in a limited theatrical release showing at 257 theaters
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December 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The 🇺🇸 American biographical drama film “SILKWOOD” directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher premiered in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1983 in a limited theatrical release showing at 257 theaters
🎬 ABC Motion Pictures
🎞 20th Century-Fox
🎬 ABC Motion Pictures
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds #Climate
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds #Climate
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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On "The Green Scare." "On December 7, 2005, the Bush administration led the nation's largest roundup of environmental and animal rights activists. The sweeping FBI action and the ensuing fallout would change the arc of environmental movements in the US."
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Know Your History: Green Scare | Civil Liberties Defense Center
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December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
On "The Green Scare." "On December 7, 2005, the Bush administration led the nation's largest roundup of environmental and animal rights activists. The sweeping FBI action and the ensuing fallout would change the arc of environmental movements in the US."
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"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social
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‘Marine Protected Areas are Everybody’s Business’
Over the course of six months, Climate Spotlight spoke to representatives from 6 of 7 of Belize’s Marine Protected Area co-managers to learn more about their job and what they believe it will take …
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December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards reduce the amount of pollution cars emit & the amount of gas used per mile. By reducing these standards, Trump would increase pollution that harms public health & the climate & the amount of gas people must purchase for their cars.
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Trump proposal would weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution
President Donald Trump has announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards reduce the amount of pollution cars emit & the amount of gas used per mile. By reducing these standards, Trump would increase pollution that harms public health & the climate & the amount of gas people must purchase for their cars.
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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On Monday, EPA proposed to strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act. On Wed, agencies changed the Endangered Species Act to make it harder to rescue endangered species www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
On Monday, EPA proposed to strip federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands and streams, narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act. On Wed, agencies changed the Endangered Species Act to make it harder to rescue endangered species www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...