Solar canopies need to be a part of Connecticut’s energy plan, writes Kieren Rudge '22 MESc in @energynews_US. energynews.us/2021/05/10/com…

Important new paper from Yale's Kieren Rudge showing how #Connecticut's solar #energy 🌞⚡🌞⚡ goals (and 37% of total electricity demand) can be met with solar canopies on surface parking lots: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The colonial legacy of environmental injustice in U.S. territories U.S. territories face many environmental challenges, but research on environmental injustice often neglects these locations. environment-review.yale.edu/colonial-legac…

Two long-forgotten 1960s oil industry climate studies warned of "severe" damage from burning fossil fuels. The recently rediscovered papers, which predate Exxon’s extensive 1970s climate research, are now playing a key role in lawsuits against oil majors. e360.yale.edu/features/clima…

"By threatening layoffs, the UC is peddling the false narrative that it’s only possible to provide quality education at the cost of paying workers poverty wages." –Rafael Jaime. Read the full article: drive.google.com/file/d/11W44dg…

The UK and the U.S. forcibly displaced an entire Indigenous population from the Chagos Islands to build a military base. Chagossians were never paid reparations or significant compensation. A new Human Rights Watch report accuses both countries of crimes against humanity. 🧵

In its quest for clean energy, Europe is turning to North Africa, where developers are planning giant solar farms and undersea cables to carry electricity as far as the UK. Critics say these megaprojects will trample the rights of desert communities. e360.yale.edu/features/afric…

pretty wild that one of the world's preeminent research institutions can claim it doesn't have enough money for... libraries

Mina of MCCA explains how Micronesia Climate Change Alliance centers food sovereignty, energy democracy, demilitarization and upholds Indigenous rights and sovereignty. bit.ly/JTPrinciples #JTPrinciples

Pro-independence party decisively wins elections in #FrenchPolynesia, a historic shift in one of #France’s #Pacific territories, putting future relations on the table along with its ambitions in region. Latest from me for SBS News. #Bougainville #NewCaledonia #WestPapua

Nuclear wasteland and wasted dollars? Shocking. nytimes.com/2023/05/03/wor…

Graduate student workers around the country are standing up and fighting for economic justice.

It's crucial to urgently adapt to #climatechange while also understanding how adaptation can reproduce injustice. My new research shows how #Criticalracetheory can be used to find more equitable ways to adapt. #CRT rdcu.be/ddxwS doi.org/10.1038/s41558…

Check out this great article by Climate Futures Lab member Kieren Rudge on how to leverage critical race theory to produce equitable climate change adaptation. Essential reading 👇🏼rdcu.be/ddxwS

Between NYC in wildfire smoke and this in PR, it bears repeating how unprepared we are for the climate crisis. We must adapt our food systems, energy grids, infrastructure, healthcare, etc ASAP to prepare for what’s to come and catch up to what is already here. #GreenNewDeal 🌱

Critical race theory can be used to find more equitable ways to adapt to climate change, according to new research by PhD student Kieren Rudge published earlier this month in NatureClimate. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2023/06/l…

U.S. Missile Defense Agency Delays Guam Scoping Meetings. Extends Public Comment Period.

Prof. Farhana Sultana I read the article a couple days ago. An interesting read. Now, of the Ivies, only Dartmouth's remains.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are often perceived as highly educated "model minorities." Yet, this harmful generalization obscures significant differences that exist between diverse groups within the demographic category. East-West Center in Washington asiamattersforamerica.org/articles/diver…

“Cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter” -Justice Sotomayor nytimes.com/live/2023/06/2…