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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 5d

Our short paper on the development and use of a tool for teaching about drinking water justice in New Jersey was just published open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

An Online Interactive Tool for Exploring Water Justice with Undergraduate Students - Eric Nost, Marianne Sullivan, Kelsey Breseman, Lilian Milanés, Nicole Davi, 2025

It is vital that the next generation of public health practitioners understand the importance of ensuring affordable and equitable access to safe drinking water...

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · 9d

3. bullshit - both gain from "flooding the zone" without care (theconversation.com/chatgpt-kill...; theconversation.com/why-donald-t...) (3/3)

ChatGPT killed the student essay? Philosophers call bullshit

We ought to want student essays to reflect understanding, judgment and caring, something beyond ChatGPT.

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · 9d

2. racism - attacks on EJ and DEI are justified in the name of "colorblind merit" (www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...) while AI tools are developed and sold as race-neutral (www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...). Both reproduce racist outcomes. (2/3)

As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · 9d

Three ways Trump and Big Tech's interests intersect:

1. fossil fuels - natural gas gets a huge new market and data centers get cheapened energy (www.iea.org/reports/ener...) (1/3)

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Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 11d

New article out in Geo: Geography and Environment with an interdisciplinary dream team of coauthors: “From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources.”
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... (open access)

How does stakeholder participation in natural resource management change when conservation rules are grounded in near real-time data? Recent technological advances have increased the feasibility of the ‘dynamic management’ of natural resources, which promises to align the spatiotemporal scales of management with ecological variability and resource use. Drawing on Kelty's (2020) concept of ‘contributory autonomy’, this article offers a critical comparison of how participation is conceived of in the more established context of static conservation areas and planning versus the emergent field of dynamic management. A systematic review of the dynamic ocean management literature reveals a varied, but shallow engagement with the topic of stakeholder participation in that context. Whereas static management regimes are governed by relatively intuitive and contestable maps, dynamic management is governed by models and data flows. Overall, the decision-making stakeholder of participatory mapping processes under static management is displaced by the stakeholder conceived as an ‘end-user’ of a dynamic management product and consultant in its design. Yet, these shifts also open up potential points of contestation, which may pattern the future theory and practice of participation in dynamic management: counterdata, countermodelling and data chokepoints. Beyond the empirical focus on oceans, this article contributes to broader conversations about the political stakes of environmental data, and algorithmic and artificial intelligence-driven natural resource conservation by considering how possibilities for participation are foreclosed, enabled and reconstituted by new spatiotemporal and technological conditions.

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · 22d

tsk tsk, this should've been a Q survey :)

seriously, it'd be interesting to know more about the "probably not" / "probably yes" folks. I would guess you have the "Never AI" students, but also the "I don't like AI, but I sometimes use it to get by in the broken system" students, et al.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 27d

In a new report, EDGI shows the costs of terminating EPA’s environmental justice grants. Economically, cutting these grants removes over $6 billion in benefits, including 65,000 jobs.

Read to learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants highlights the benefits of environmental justice grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

envirodatagov.org

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Alejandro Alvarado Rojas @alx-alvarado.bsky.social · Sep 5

So excited to see this article out! Thank you for the opportunity contribute EEW and EDGI!

Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Sep 2

New paper alert! A new article in @sthv.bsky.social reflects on how EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch program uses computational civic notebooks to intervene in environmental data regimes that otherwise sustain a harmful permission-to-pollute system.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Aug 6

In a new report, EDGI documents the second Trump administration’s control of federal environmental information in its first 6 months. We found that environmental justice & climate change information have been broadly rewritten & deleted. Learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

The report Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration examines management of federal websites related to environmental regulation in the first six months o...

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Aug 5

w/ @rohawkins.bsky.social @jjsilvs.bsky.social

Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Aug 5

We are trying to examine its effectiveness as a pedagogical tool that teaches about the ethical dimensions of “digital conservation”.

Many thanks in advance if you are able to take the time to play Ethemblage and for any perspectives you can offer!

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please considering playing the game, reviewing the teaching guides we developed around it, and sharing your feedback with us!

Game: leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage

Guides: natureculturepolitics.uoguelph.ca/ethemblage/

Feedback: uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ethemblage is an online game developed by @leahgovia.bsky.social leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage It's a story in which players interact with different scenarios where technologies such as acoustic monitors, drones, and GPS collars are applied by conservationists to monitor non-human species.

Ethemblage by leahgovia

Interactive story about more-than-human ethics

leahgovia.itch.io

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · Jul 31

📢Since our relaunch 2 years ago, we have been working hard to create a space for geographical & interdisciplinary research on climate change, the environment & sustainability which doesn't fit neatly in sub-disciplinary journals

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2054... 1/3

A screenshot of the Geo: Geography and Environment home page.

Geo: Geography and Environment is a fully open access journal that publishes papers from across and beyond the discipline of geography that focus on the environment, climate change, and sustainability. It is published on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

With a commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research and global perspectives, we welcome new, critical, and underrepresented ideas from leading scholars and emerging voices in pursuit of fresh viewpoints and solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems.

Journal Metrics:
CiteScore = 2.9
Journal Impact Factor = 3.8
Acceptance Rate = 43%
Submission to First Decision = 55 days

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Jul 22

Trump’s enviro agenda is based on 3 ideas:

1️⃣ We’ve made enough progress on 📉ing pollution
2️⃣ Indigenous & communities of color aren’t overburdened by pollution
3️⃣ Polluters can be trusted to comply w/ laws

Each is wrong & we draw on EPA’s data to show it: envirodatagov.org/a-new-wave-o... (🧵 1/3):

A New Wave of Air Toxics Demands Real Enforcement – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

This is the first installment of our State of Environmental Protection series. This series utilizes public data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the current state of our e...

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Jul 16

Canada is supposed to be developing a national strategy to address environmental racism and justice. These two bills obviously work against that. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Federal, provincial environmental bills have 'no respect' for Ontario First Nations, says chief | CBC News

Nine Ontario First Nations asking for an injunction against a pair of federal and provincial bills meant to fast-track infrastructure projects revealed more details about constitutional challenges aga...

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · May 30

Today the guardian is debuting our new calculations of climate damage caused by Israel's genocide in Gaza. Greenhouse gases are not the most important reason to demand a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, but this data shows yet another way that genocide harms us all.

Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries

Exclusive: The climate cost is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · May 23

Ontario's Bill 5 is more permission to pollute, from a government who doesn't have the right to give it
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

First Nations leaders in Ontario's Ring of Fire region demand Bill 5 be struck down | CBC News

First Nations leaders and environmental advocates are continuing to speak out against an Ontario bill aimed at speeding up development. In northern Ontario, home to the lucrative Ring of Fire mineral ...

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · May 14

😵‍💫 "It’s 2025 and the idea that some police department or some big employer can be sued because of statistics ... is unfair." - US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · May 9

🌎New #OA paper in Geo🌍

'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India' by @ritodhi.bsky.social & Aline Carrara

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ritodhi Chakraborty & Aline Carrara (2025) entitled 'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India'

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · May 6

As DOGE works to make it easier to track people, Trump’s EPA plans to make it harder to track polluters. 1/3 www.propublica.org/article/trum... #environmentaldatajustice

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

www.propublica.org

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Apr 28

🌱 EDGI is hiring for a Systems Administrator! Please share widely with your networks. Applications due May 6. multiplier-careers.pinpointhq.com/postings/190...

Systems Administrator - Environmental Data & Governance Initiative

Job Opening: Systems Administrator - Environmental Data & Governance Initiative at Multiplier in Remote.

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Apr 15

“xAI has essentially built a power plant in South Memphis with no oversight, no permitting, and no regard for families living in nearby communities”

Meanwhile, EPA says its mission is to "Make the United States the Artificial Intelligence Capital of the World"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk’s xAI powering its facility in Memphis with ‘illegal’ generators

Advocacy group says the firm has doubled the number of methane gas burning turbines it’s using without permits

www.theguardian.com

Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Apr 15

“The data validated their lived experience, the truth on the ground. They could point to the government data to prove what they were saying.”

insideclimatenews.org/news/1404202...

Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts - Inside Climate News

The removal of websites designed to help disadvantaged communities will hurt those communities the most, lawyers argue.

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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · Apr 15

“Removing government datasets is tantamount to theft”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice data

www.theguardian.com

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