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‘It is going to be terrible’: a senior in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ prepares for Trump’s dismantling of hard-won environmental progress theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int… @guardian #publichealth

The International Sociological Association @isa_sociology invites the global community of sociologists to an online tribute to the life of Michael Burawoy, Saturday, Feb. 8, noon Eastern. Follow the YouTube live transmission bit.ly/414VbLC.

BREAKING: We are suing @HHSGov for the removal of critical health info and data from websites. The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health. The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.

“Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), which seeks to preserve federal data, has noted the White House’s council on environmental quality has taken down a sustainability plan aimed at cutting pollution from federal activities.” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

My new article on “calculative futures between climate and finance” for @TheSocReview is online! It analyzes the problem of stranded assets as a tragedy of multiple horizons and asks what kind of futures get foreclosed when financial horizons open. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Ahead of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiation #INC5 @GreenpeaceEAsia held a creative parade today in the Linyuan Petrochemical Industrial Zone in #Kaohsiung to challenge #petrochemical expansion in #Taiwan, centered around Mazu, a popular folk deity: greenpeace.org/eastasia/press…

HAPPENING NOW: Organizers estimated over 170,000 people gathered in downtown Taipei to join the annual Taiwan Pride event and march for LGBTQ+ rights.

Join us in Bern for a workshop on the role of digital tech in social learning for environmental justice & inclusive knowledge-making. 250-word abstracts due Oct 21. More info and CfP: 🔗sagw.ch/seg/aktuell/ne…

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The US is poised for a massive #petrochemical buildout that could add annual emissions equivalent to nearly 40 coal power plants, undermining climate targets and locking in fossil fuel emissions for decades to come. 👇 Read the report. ciel.org/reports/emissi…

Our department is now accepting applications for a full-time faculty position starting Aug 2025. All ranks and specializations welcome. Application deadline: Dec 15, 2024. Please help spread the word! 🔗 More info: sociology.ntu.edu.tw/info-on-home-p…

Sincere thanks to @kim_fortun and the UC Irvine @ecogovlab team for a marvelous international exchange, the exciting insights into the lab and current projects and for giving me the opportunity to present the @legacies_resear project and their cordial hospitality.

Happening now: a pipeline explosion reported this morning in La Porte. A shelter in place has been issued for San Jacinto College&surrounding neighborhood. Several schools impacted, roads shut off. Unknown how nearby facilities impacted #EnvironmentalJustice #PipelineExplosion

What ever happened to the Bielefeld school of STS?

Thrilled to start as Southeast Asia correspondent for @AFP based in Bangkok, covering one of the most exciting & dynamic regions on the planet. Tips, connections, fun things to do -- please reach out!

#PubDay for my first book, Access Is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality, where I argue the push to ameliorate racial inequality via data-intensive #edtech extracts resources from working-class communities of color here in California. ucpress.edu/books/access-i…

For @newbloommag, we wrote about the Indigenous-led struggle to save Hualien's Fengping river. It also became a story abt one of Taiwan's most powerful business dynasties, "Green AI" & a billionaire-led energy transition.

Diane Wilson who grew up in Calhoun County, one of the most polluted counties in the US thanks to Formosa Plastics, has locked her neck to Formosa's corporate entrance. Formosa illegally dumped billions of plastic pellets into the Lavaca Bay, poisoning Diane's community.

My new book titled “Civic Monitoring for Environmental Law Enforcement” is out! Stemming from the Sensing for Justice project, this book demonstrates how civic environmental monitoring can support law enforcement. @innovatearth @MSCActions @LabGov. Dedicated to @unreasonabledw!🍀

I study the global shift from traditional IT to cloud IT and I am doing everything in my power to not be annoying today.