Bob Kopp
#Climate & sea level science + policy. Rutgers University. All views my own.
- Reposted by Bob KoppReading this you have to draw one of two conclusions: 1. The president's chief economic adviser knows less about economics than a golden retriever 2. To maintain his position he is required to repeat Trump's moronic economic ideas I'm guessing it's number 2 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...
- It’s very clear that climate change is causing harms to people in the United States and around the world. By effectively saying the social cost of carbon should be treated as zero, this policy arbitrarily and capriciously ignores the science and economics of climate change.
- Reposted by Bob KoppThis is what I put in my syllabus. Best I can do for now.
- Reposted by Bob KoppJust received this lovely note from the Dept. of Commerce. Always great hearing DOC say "Look we're forced to do this and say you weren't fired for performance issues and part of a government wide mass termination. But don't worry we think that's wrong and we're gonna fight it tooth and nail."
- Why Do They Have It In For Biomedical Research? by @joshtpm.bsky.social
- Reposted by Bob KoppNot to mention all of the weather and environmental monitoring data that feeds the infrastructure of this whole research enterprise - NWS staff decimated, USGS flood/drought monitoring axed, etc.
- Trump has ordered closure of ~½ of USGS Water Sci Centers that monitor US waters for flooding & drought, measure levels & quality in ground & surface water with 1000s of gages, & do sci studies (in coop w/local-to-federal agencies) allowing successful water mgmt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Bob KoppIf you would like to write about any of these developments for our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series, check out the CFP: niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c... #envhist #climhist #climatechange
- There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
- Reposted by Bob Kopp1/2 ICYMI: This is The Climate Backtracker "The Climate Backtracker identifies steps taken by the Trump-Vance administration to scale back or wholly eliminate federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures." climate.law.columbia.edu/content/clim...
- 11. Illegal shutdown of USAID www.eenews.net/articles/usa...
- Reposted by Bob KoppHeartbreaking. The work of thousands of lifetimes, smashed to bits in months
- There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
