How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social

Impacts of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act Arsenic Rule on Arsenic Occurrence †

This study provides the first retrospective analysis of the causal impacts of the 2001 US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Arsenic Rule on arsenic (As) occurrence in public drinking water systems. Using...

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Join us at Cornell as a post-doc working on enhanced geothermal systems! Lots of interesting work at the intersection of engineering and economics that will benefit from a new NSF grant and earlier investments in CUBO (sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/living-labor...).

Looking forward to gathering with environmental and resource economists from six continents at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in Summer 2026. Submit papers and session proposals between now and Jan. 16!

EAERE@eaere.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🍃The 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 will take place from 29th June to 3rd July 2026 in Carcavelos-Cascais, Portugal. #WCERE2026 is hosted by the Nova School of Business and Economics. 👀Discover the keynote speakers and access the calls for contributions at wcere2026.org

Did you know that the COVID-19 pandemic caused ⚡⚡⚡ lighting ⚡⚡⚡ strikes to decline a lot across the globe? Why? Less travel ➡️ fewer anthropogenic aerosols in the air ➡️ fewer clouds ➡️ less lightning. So when the world paused during the pandemic, storms got notably less intense. Cool, eh?

President Trump has warned CEOs of some of the top U.S. automakers that they had better not raise car prices because of tariffs This gets weirder and weirder as economic policy. Tax imports but don’t allow domestic producers to raise prices? Next stop: production quotas?

Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start! Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall). Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768 Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful. www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

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Two workshop for potential grantees @equitablegrowth.bsky.social #FundSocSci www.tfaforms.com/5164918

The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions. Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

Served with “freedom fries”?

Shon Ferguson@shonferguson.bsky.social · last yr.

Same old burger, just costs 25 percent more?

I'll point out that even threatened tariffs can cause price increases as firms accelerate orders/demand in the face of constant supply.

Jason Furman@jasonfurman.bsky.social · last yr.

And the year starts with an inflationary bang. May be partly exacerbated by seasonal issues--but those same issues also artificially muted earlier months. Core CPI annual rates: 1 month: 5.2% 3 months: 3.6% 6 months: 3.4% 12 months: 3.3%

This is strange and wasteful theater. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...

Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use

Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent refer...

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Great new geospatial data for researchers working on drinking water in the U.S.!

Will Wheeler@willwheels1.bsky.social · 2y ago

Anyone interested in drinking water may want to check out this upcoming webinar on EPA's new Community Water System boundary dataset: www.epa.gov/research-sta...

I know this is not the most urgent matter in your feed today, but @AERE members - answer your survey by Friday! Provide input for AERE's future and help choose some swell swag at the same time! @aereorg.bsky.social

AERE@aereorg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Reminder: the AERE member survey closes this week (1/31)! Fill it out to have a say in both: ✨ AERE's future! ✨ next AERE swag! Which swag did you rank as your top choice? Reusable silverware kit? Socks? Comment below to influence your AERE friends before it's too late!

Fellowship Opportunity: The AEA Summer #Economics #Fellowship allows fellows to spend a summer in residence at a sponsoring research institution. The application portal is now open: www.aeaweb.org/committees/s... Application deadline: February 1, 2025. #Econsky

How could EPA's finalized power plant rules alter power sector outcomes? Our new study in Science uses nine models to assess impacts of these rules on emissions, generation, and cost. A 🧵 of key takeaways

John Bistline@bistline.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper in Science: Our multi-model analysis shows that EPA's finalized power plant rules could lower CO2 emissions with low abatement costs.

@worldresources.bsky.social is hiring a natural resource/environmental economist - looks like a terrific opportunity! See: jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/obo1...

World Resources Institute is looking for Senior Environmental Economist.

World Resources Institute is looking for Senior Environmental Economist. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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New year, new social media - very excited about joining Bluesky today!