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Aitor Marcos

@aitormarcos.bsky.social
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🔍Researcher at USC Wrigley and UPV/EHU 🐌 Ecological economics 🌊 Urdaibai ez dago salgai

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ ✒️ 🙏 If you are an academic or healthcare professional, please consider signing. 🙏✒️ framaforms.org/we-stand-wit...
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We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction | Framaforms.org
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michael mezzatesta @michaelmezz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
r > g is one of the most important forces shaping our economy. it means returns on capital (r) outpace economic growth (g). when that's true, wealth concentrates upward – toward the owners of capital. and this is how our economy has functioned for the last several decades:
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Climate denial is expensive! The American Academy of Actuaries warns that closing the National Center for Atmospheric Research — which the Trump regime calls “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism" — would lead to higher prices for home insurance and thus for housing itself.
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration's plan to dismantle a major scientific research center could cause property insurance prices to increase
across the country, according to an industry group representing actuaries. The warning adds a new dimension to the potential breakup of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, whose climate data is used by the insurance
industry to help predict financial losses and set rates. "We're incredibly reliant on curated and unbiased data sets available to the public," said Peter Ott, who leads a research committee at the American Academy of Actuaries. The academy said in a recent letter that disrupting the
center would "undermine the stability and affordability of insurance." The White House budget office stunned the scientific world when it announced in December that it would break up the federally funded center, which budget director Russell Vought called "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism." The move is among an array of steps taken by the Trump administration to
dismantle programs aimed at addressing climate change.
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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 15/02/2026
📉El decrecimiento mueve fichas: deja el diagnóstico y empieza a forjar un movimiento político ✍️@actisandres.bsky.social www.elsaltodiario.com/decrecimient...
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🚀 María Álvarez @maria-alvarez.com · 08/02/2026
Esto es lo mejor que he leído NUNCA (y es mucho decir) sobre cómo el sistema financiero dejó de funcionar para la economía real y se convirtió en una aspiradora de recursos y en un casino. Y está escrito por un analista conservador. Lo he reenviado a todos mis grupos y tú deberías hacer lo mismo.
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Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
‼️Se acerca la fecha‼️ La sociedad civil organizada se cita los días 13 y 14 de febrero para construir un nuevo modelo ecosocial, que cuestione el fracasado capitalismo verde y confronte el fascismo, proponiendo alternativas más allá del crecimiento. ✍️ Inscríbete aquí: bit.ly/ForoSocialde...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives. (Part 2 below)
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Jenna Blyler @jailbirdjenna.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Three Mile Island wasn’t the worst nuclear disaster in American history. Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
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Familiar harms, familiar terms - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
La falacia del poder del l@s consumidorxs Se retrata al capitalismo como un sistema democrático donde las personas “votan con sus billeteras”. Pero es una ilusión – incluso para los países ricos-. En lugar de defender el consumismo verde, debemos esforzarnos por desmercantilizar los alimentos.
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The consumer power myth
Therefore, a central task is to de-commodify food through multiple means, such as self-provisioning, co-producing, gifting and sharing or even just by having a stable relationship between producers an...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/06/2025
How did I not know about this???? It works amazingly well - select 'transactions' and then just whack in a company name. Massively under-used resource here
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 26/05/2025
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
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Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento será un espacio de deliberación democrática por un nuevo modelo económico que tenga como base el cuidado de las personas y el planeta. Tendrá lugar los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2025 en el Congreso de los Diputados y el segundo día Foro Social. n9.cl/p3de5
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Qué ilusión me hace escuchar a @elordenmundial.bsky.social y @punzadas.bsky.social en un episodio conjunto! La colabo que no sabía que necesitaba 🥹 open.spotify.com/episode/5YyS...
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187. Punzada mundial: La barbarie
No es el fin del mundo · Episode
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Manifiesto «Por un futuro más allá del crecimiento económico» es el manifiesto fundacional de la Alianza más allá del crecimiento, de la que formamos parte más de veinte colectivos en búsqueda de un nuevo modelo ecosocial. ¡¡Decrecimiento o barbarie!! #Decrecimiento attac.es/manifiesto-p...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/03/2025
You can now get REALLY location specific warming stripes thanks to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=59.93&ln...
warming stripes showing rising temps
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
¡¡Protestar no es un delito!! El derecho a la protesta es un pilar fundamental en las sociedades democráticas.
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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Apagar las observaciones de CO₂ de Mauna Loa (NOAA) mientras el CO₂ atmosférico sigue disparándose es como apagar una alarma de incendios porque no te gusta el ruido. #CaosClimatico #StandUp4Science
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 07/03/2025
Okay, #DOGE, you asked for it so let’s talk about government waste. Can you guess which US industry makes TRILLION$ in profit, but receives HUNDREDS OF BILLION$ in government subsidies — subsidies which economists and policy advisors in your own party agree are a waste of money? Here’s a hint:
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A talk prof Paul Behrens gave today on 'Food Transformations' has been recorded, so I'll post a link soon. Some of his arguments: 🧵 1) Food systems are the top/key drivers of all Planetary Boundaries, with animal ag playing the biggest part (+ top driver of antibiotic resistance, pandemics, etc)
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USC Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability @uscwrigley.usc.edu · 23/01/2025
Constant economic growth is damaging to our planet, but Wrigley Institute research points to a better path: sustainable consumption.
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 22/01/2025
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue: theconversation.com/how-the-oil-...
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How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue
The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Why did Trump suspend energy efficiency and fuel economy rules? @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social explains: to create demand for oil and gas in an already saturated US market.
gas demand. "That makes sense," says Heatmap's Robinson Meyer. "The United
States is, at the moment, producing more oil and gas than any country in world history.
The fossil fuel industry's problem isn't getting gas out of the ground, but finding people to sell it to. By suspending fuel economy and energy efficiency rules, Trump can force
Americans to use more energy
— and spend more on oil and gas — to do the same amount of useful work."
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 21/01/2025
An analysis of tweets from three major U.S. sectors shows coordinated messaging to reinforce fossil-fuel reliance by denying the science and delaying change. @alainakinol.bsky.social Y. Si, J.Kinol, & @jenniecstephens.bsky.social propose a discourse of climate obstruction framework: bit.ly/4gcA1iW
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Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries
The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this pap...
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 17/01/2025
@uscwrigley.bsky.social has put forward some insights from the institute, and links to resources, regarding the devastating #LAFires. Our priority during this difficult time is supporting our community now and into the future. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
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A Guide to the January 2025 L.A. Wildfires
A guide to the January 2025 L.A. wildfires: experts explain why the fires were so extreme, California's insurance challenges, and more.
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Who else is tired of getting this reaction? Climate change concern is not my hobby.
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness
Scientists need more time to think
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Los límites del crecimiento @limites1972.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Magnífica entrevista al investigador Aitor Marcos Díaz sobre post-crecimiento. "Degrowth is going to happen, either by design or disaster, because there are ecological limits on how much we can extract from our planet. Planned degrowth looks like democratically planned downscaling of consumption"
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social #greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...
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Is sustainable consumption possible without limits on growth?
Sustainable consumption and economic growth: can we have both, or are they at odds with each other? One researcher has a unique answer.
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 10/12/2024
What a privilege to work with this talented team of @uscdornsife.bsky.social researchers: @aitormarcos.bsky.social and @jailbirdjenna.bsky.social. Jenna was presenting her work on risk perceptions and behavioral responses among people living near one of the most contaminated sites in the USA.
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 26/11/2024
#AcademicJob Alert! We're #hiring a research manager for our signature #CO2 and #climate, and plastics initiatives. The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in advancing world-class and game-changing #research in #environment and #sustainability. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/abou...
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Job Opening: Research Project Administrator - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Excited to share our new paper on political polarization and support for wind farms! 🌬️🤝 A deep dive into this complex topic, blending insights from our interdisciplinary team @decisionlab.bsky.social Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Partisan winds: Group-level polarization and issue-framing propel attitudes about local wind farms
Political polarization is an obstacle to public support and effective communication for renewable energy projects. Depolarizing messages can be helpfu…
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/11/2024
A constant defence of fossil fuel suppliers is "don't attack them, they're just meeting demand for their products", which is ultra-naive LinkedIn-Men absurdity The suppliers of fossil fuels create demand for their product: through politics, marketing, economics and often just flat-out corruption
Among the ideas raised during early discussions was the possibility of building airports in Africa, which would in turn boost the need for oil on the continent. “It costs you X million dollars and you’ve got a guarantee of however many flights, [and] you’re the guy that’s supplying the fuel oil,” the source said. Other ideas generated by the oil sustainability program, though not necessarily by McKinsey, include working with an automaker to produce a cheap car that can be sold in emerging markets to give “an oil uplift for the kingdom” and to fast-track commercial supersonic air travel, explicitly because it consumes three times more jet fuel than normal aircraft, according to presentations obtained from program officials as part of the CCR’s undercover reporting. It’s unclear specifically what ideas McKinsey’s consultants advised on.
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Andrew Ahern @andrewonearth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Another study found that for every 1 degree of warming, we lose 12% of GDP. “Scientists predict a 3°C temperature rise by the end of this century which the NBER report says will cause declines in output, capital and consumption that exceed 50% by 2100.” www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
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Climate crisis costs the world 12% in GDP for every 1°C temperature rise, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week
Other top stories this week: NASA satellites to measure heat escaping Earth; North Atlantic could be hit by 7 major hurricanes.
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ahora que ya están aquí mis podcasts fav @punzadas.bsky.social y @elordenmundial.bsky.social, ya nada me ata a ese otro lugar ✨️
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Aitor Marcos @aitormarcos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hey, hi @decisionlab.bsky.social! It's great to see you here 😉
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