@cplusc.bsky.social is hiring again! We're looking for someone to join our operations team. This role will be critical to implementing some big changes we're aiming to make that will allow us to be even more effective winning transformative climate+economic policy. climateandcommunity.org/careers/

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Happy to share a new report on Community Right-to-Know & the pressing need for transparency & accountability in lithium-ion battery recycling, by GAIA in collab with our research team! www.no-burn.org/resources/cr...

Sarah exemplified our belief that rigorous, creative social science research matters. She undertook that research with incredible flair. To keep her legacy alive, we have created the Sarah Knuth Junior Fellowship for Energy Research. climateandcommunity.org/bio/sarah-kn...

Sarah Knuth (In Memoriam) - Climate and Community Institute

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Oh this is devastating. Sarah was a brilliant, kind, funny, generous and extremely sharp colleague. It was always a privilege to spend time with her and think through ideas together. What an awful loss.

Climate and Community Institute@cplusc.bsky.social · last wk.

On Saturday, our community and the world lost Dr. Sarah Knuth, one of the foremost thinkers on energy, climate, and just transitions. She was the driving intellectual force behind so much of CCI’s research. We will miss her desperately.

Portland bike culture is the best. The cat ride went by my house and many participants had cat ears taped to their bike helmets. Shamefully, my own cat declined to make a showing.

Alyssa Harad@alyssaharad.bsky.social · last wk.

My husband has discovered PDX bike culture. Yesterday he went on a ride that ended at a festival for brass marching bands. Today he is on a ride to look for especially nice cats. There are cats marked on the map who look forward to the event.

Hm it's like NSF forgot they terminated my research funding on literally this topic a year ago because it "no longer met agency priorities" 🤔

I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards

Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · last mo.

USA v Belgium is a tough one for me because on the one hand I’m American and on the other hand…

What a great article not only on faculty workloads, but how little our salaries actually factor in to most university budgets. A few highlights. First, our salaries are falling:

NEW: @opb.org and ProPublica found that water from one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers, the Deschutes, is largely given away to wealthy landowners who are turning the high desert green with lush pastures and landscaping.

An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.

In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners — but a century-old water law entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume.

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My 🔥 controversial woke 🔥 take: Let kids - including trans kids - be kids. Let them do activities and sports they enjoy with their friends. Let them run around and thrive and exist.

Academics have all had this conference experience...

Dave Levinthal@davelevinthal.com · last mo.

The 11 a.m. Tuesday time slot is at the Great American State Fair is apparently not the most fruitful, as there are more musicians in the band than spectators. (The band, consisting of young musicians, including a heluva brass section, was quite good.)

Sorry for being such a radical woke leftist but I believe all women should be allowed to play sports and use public restrooms and go outside and stuff like that.

Using PCEF for AC units saves lives. For Moda renovations? Not so much. Also can we possibly use PCEF funds to get AC installed in our public schools so people aren't trying to learn/teach in buildings that are 90+ degrees??

Alex Zielinski@alexzee.bsky.social · last mo.

Reflecting on Portland's deadly heat wave of 2021. Also: Monica digs into how PCEF has paid for nearly 25,000 AC unit installs since then. An illustrative peek at ways this fund has historically been used in Portland, as electeds consider tapping the fund to pay for Moda renovations.

Tax the rich and corporations to pay for public services. Side note: If we’re gonna talk about how much preschool for all costs high earners in taxes, it’s pretty biased & incomplete to not mention what Portlanders save in child care costs. If Portland is unaffordable, P4A is one answer to that.

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · last mo.

City lawmakers have created new fees for streets, hiked the arts tax and increased utility rates while a 75% parks levy increase took effect earlier this year.

“While vehicle safety is critical, blaming larger vehicles for pedestrian deaths overlooks systemic issues.” No, you shill—it IS a systemic issue. We need to limit hood height and charge based on vehicle weight (as in Paris).

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

nytimes.com

This is what allyship looks like. My older daughter intercepted this coloring book that her little sister (who is trans) received as a birthday gift from a neighbor, and fixed it before my younger daughter even had a chance to react. Happy Pride, the kids are alright.

📊New data shows benefits of choosing geography at university. This includes high graduate employment rates, with geography graduates having a higher rate than average. Find out more: https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/new-data-shows-the-benefits-of-choosing-geography-at-university

Super pissed that Portland Public Schools just laid off 3 amazing teachers in our school - people who are teaching, among other stuff, innovative place based curriculum, climate justice, field studies - meanwhile investing in some bullshit AI partnership. People >>> AI.

The year is 2026. A series of powerful earthquakes from Charleston to Halifax, and subsequent collapse of the Greenland Ice Sheet, has radically transformed the coastlines of North America. Undeterred by the cataclysm, 48 teams from around the world gather to play "the beautiful game..."

Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This map shows where the 48 teams partaking in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be based. 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦 Pretty sure that Argentina, England, and the Netherlands have an unfair advantage by being based in Kansas: heaps fewer distractions than elsewhere 😉

I'm so sad about the loss of Raul Pacheco-Vega, an extremely good and kind person and a brilliant scholar. I enjoyed connecting with him at conferences. As a junior scholar he made me feel seen and valued. He was so supportive and positive. A gem of a person who I will miss very much.

Jo VanEvery@jovanevery.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was saddened to learn of the death of Raul Pacheco-Vega earlier this week. I’ve known Raul for a very long time. I’ve written something for my website. Read here: jovanevery.co.uk/in-memoriam-...

This is unbelievable. The AI boom is now piggybacking on green colonialism, eating up any contribution to emissions reduction while causing harm to Indigenous communities. The Yakama Tribe has been fighting this pumped storage project for years, only to learn it would primarily power…a data center.

Alex Baumhardt@alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Puget Sound Energy filed an interconnection request with BPA for a 958 MW data center at what appears to be the Goldendale site. If built, the data center could require ~80% of the 1,200 MW of energy the Goldendale pumped storage project could generate. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/25/g...

Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for “farms” in the below graphic is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay). The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...

Kelly Hereid@kellyhereid.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Love this figure describing Colorado River basin allocation

Painting a street mural with 50 kids and a bunch of awesome community members - 11/10 recommend, excellent antidote to all the horrors of the world.

Jennifer Dill, Ph.D.@jenniferdillpsu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Anything can happen on the Salmon Greenway” - overheard one day on my bike, and I have to agree. These lovely salmon appeared on my way home tonight, thanks, in part, to @alidacantor.bsky.social (yes, I saw you this morning!)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo ago

I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.

Demanding a transparent, public process where Portlanders know what they get for their money is not 'playing politics.' It's good governance and fiscal stewardship. It's deeply unserious to suggest that the only thing that matters is locking up seven votes on council, by locking the public out.

Kotek signs bill for Moda Center project, puts pressure on City Council: ‘Not a time to play politics’

The state will contribute up to $365 million toward Moda Center renovations if the city and Multnomah County approve their own pieces of the package.

oregonlive.com

Question for fellow enviro/water nerds: Do you consider ocean and marine sciences/spaces/places to be part of "water resources"? Why/ why not?

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater

The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

texastribune.org

Last night I attended a virtual meeting about potential school consolidation hosted by Portland Public School board. It started off with some pretty nasty zoom bombing - screen sharing and filling the chat with swastikas.

Portland is much, much, MUCH (much) more than the Moda Center.

joan@joanbybike.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And here's the full quote from Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "Portland has a choice for the Moda Center. Either we activate it as a world-class facility at a major regional destination, or we let it become an aging, half-used facility in a flyover city.”