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Benjamin DeAngelo

@bendeangelo.bsky.social
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Principal and Founder, Operation Future, LLC. Adjunct Professor, Howard University. Former Director, EPA Office of Climate Adaptation & Sustainability. Dad, drummer, cyclist.

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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Surreal experience as someone who worked on EPA's original GHG endangerment finding. My main message today: EPA is taking the extreme position that the only way it can be consistent with congressional intent and Supreme Court decisions is to do *nothing* to curtail emissions of GHGs
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning I'll be giving a short statement as a private citizen during EPA's virtual public hearing for the proposed Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Findings for Power Plants under the Clean Air Act. The livestream link is here. lnkd.in/gJymCF-z
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hi colleagues. Headed to NYC Climate Week next Wed the 23rd and unfortunately only that day due to teaching schedule. Will be attending open and closed sessions focused on climate adaptation & resilience. Looking fwdd to hearing/discussing new ideas for the private sector & subnational governments
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The Nest Campus 2026 New York | Climate Week NYC Resilience Economy Event
Sept 22–24, 2026 in New York during Climate Week NYC. Leaders, startups, policymakers and investors meet to shape the resilience economy and drive action.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Former colleagues and I submitted this comment about new proposal to “amend” the last nat’l climate assessment. Basically let’s have a credible process. Could address this and all other new info for NCA6. Disservice to imply high-end climate outcomes are implausible. www.climate.us/news-feature...
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A response from former USGCRP leaders on proposal to revise the Fifth National Climate Assessment
Former executive director of the U.S. Global Change Science Program and several colleagues describe the rigor of the process that produced NCA5 and
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In an earlier version of myself I was in the band Blue Pinto (about 1.5 steps above a garage band) and we did a cover of Jolene. We all loved Dolly despite our different musical tastes. She was an American treasure. legacy.reverbnation.com/bluepinto/so...
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Jolene | Blue Pinto
Jolene by Blue Pinto, Rock music from Washington, DC on ReverbNation
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I served as NOAA exec editor of the 2020 Arctic Report Card. Disappointing but not surprising that the current NOAA no longer supports this annual report of the most rapidly changing place on Earth. Arctic changes are important for weather, climate, commerce and national security.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Received a grant from the Environmental Protection Network to research and interview a range of people to assess and recommend what climate adaptation could look like in a future EPA. If you have your own thoughts pls reach out. www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/epn-environm...
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Meet the EPN Fellows
Meet the EPN Fellows of the Environmental Science Impact Fellowship program [Read more]
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Supreme Court will be hearing a significant climate case in October. Suncor v Boulder County is about whether fed law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of GHGs on the climate. lnkd.in/ec5BAuCu
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The proposed OMB rule Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance is getting the attention it deserves. Thousands of comments were submitted by yesterday's deadline. The Environmental Protection Network submitted a comprehensive set of comments for anyone interested in a critique of OMB's proposal.
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EPN and L4GG Comments on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
On July 13, 2026, Environmental Protection Network and Lawyers for Good Government submitted formal comments opposing the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed regulation governing federal financ...
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Congrats to my former NOAA colleagues for launching the independent climate.us. This websites restores and maintains lots of taxpayer-funded and in some cases congressionally-mandated info that has been removed from fed websites. Check it out if you haven't already. lnkd.in/emwFQN7w
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is good news. When this was first announced it just made no sense and had no scientific or even cost justification.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My hometown is very excited for tonight's game!! So am I. www.chocolateworld.com/blog/pulisic...
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Christian Pulisic: Hershey's Hometown Hero
Soccer superstar Christian Pulisic grew up in the heart of chocolate country, and now Hershey is proud to celebrate and be part of that legacy.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My latest on substack: substack.com/home/post/p-... I've been focused in this space recently -- can we develop better metrics for climate adaptation and resilience
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What's the Net-Zero Goal for Climate Adaptation?
The climate mitigation world has operational numbers; climate adaptation doesn't
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Really enjoyed being back at Penn State for the Climate Solutions Symposium and to contribute ideas for the Prepare PA initiative for my home state. Working on metrics of success for resilience in PA.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Happy to share this podcast I did with Ashely Harrigan and Jon Ray. Check out their Road to Resilience podcast series. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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A Great Reinvention: What a Fed Learned by Going Back to School
YouTube video by Ashley Harrigan
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I was interviewed for this article. We thought climate adaptation work at EPA would be supported. It's always been and from my experience still is bipartisan. You prepare for change. It's as simple as that. www.eenews.net/articles/ada...
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Adaptation was supposed to be safe under Zeldin. It didn't turn out that way.
The EPA administrator once touted the importance of climate adaptation programs. Now that he's in charge, he's taking a different approach.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I've now wrapped up my first ever class teaching global climate change at Howard University. It was a lot of work doing it for the first time but very fulfilling. The students are great, am proud of the work they did, and am wishing them all the success in the world for the road ahead.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yes, your EPA which has the mission of protecting your health now assigns zero to the value of protecting your life from environmental harm. fortune.com/2026/04/01/e...
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The EPA just valued a human life at $0. That's not just a moral crisis — it's a market crisis | Fortune
When the government quietly removes human life from its cost-benefit ledger, it isn't environmental policy. It's a fundamental repricing of the economy.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I want to thank my panelists, participants, and student volunteers, again for an insightful #DCClimateWeek event at Howard University. After setting the stage on the urgency of investing in a more resilient future, our panelists shared their expertise about the emerging investability of resilience.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
DC Climate Week! *Tomorrow (Tues) I'll be participating in a panel, Climate Careers, Past, Present, and Future, at 10:30am at UofMD lnkd.in/eRDRZsZh *Friday (April 24) 4pm will be moderating a panel at Howard U on Investable Resilience: Turning Climate Metrics into Capital, luma.com/kojy9eaa
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Every lecture for my climate class @Howard I get to cover an interesting topic (ok, in my very humble opinion) but today is one of my favorites: telling the story of the hugely successful Montreal Protocol and how it provided the template -- and unrealistic expectations - for climate negotiations.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Check out Climatific. New bloggers on climate and the environment. I interviewed with them on the basics of EPA's greenhouse gas endangerment finding and its recent repeal climatific.beehiiv.com/p/understand...
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Understanding the Endangerment Finding, Made Simple (with Benjamin DeAngelo)
Spoiler: The thing that's endangered is your health, and the reason that matters is, well, reread this sentence.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Calling all climate resilience people attending DC Climate Week. Save the date for April 24, 4-6pm. Am putting together an event hosted at Howard University, "Investable Resilience: Turning Climate Metrics into Capital." #DCClimateWeek luma.com/kojy9eaa
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Investable Resilience: Turning Climate Metrics into Capital · Luma
This event is hosted by Howard University. How can we craft adaptation metrics to make the business case for resilience in urban communities? There is a $40+…
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Great additional analysis on the EPA repeal of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding from someone who I know knows
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
John Hannon and I share our own commentaries about EPA's move to repeal the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding. Both John and I were members of the EPA team that developed the 2009 finding. bendeangelo.substack.com/p/american-t...
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American taxpayers and current and future generations deserve better
Our EPA decrees it has no authority to regulate greenhouse gases with already-rejected arguments, creativity under the Clean Air Act, and with no basis to invalidate the 2009 endangerment finding.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today's EPA statement says that the endangerment finding was overreach by the Obama Admin. Actually, this process dates back to 1999 when EPA was petitioned to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act. That led to 2007 Mass v EPA Supreme Court decision which directed EPA to make a science-based finding
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm quoted in this Politico article about the pending repeal of EPA's 2009 GHG endangerment finding which I had a large hand in. We shall see to what extent EPA makes scientific arguments in the repeal. EPA's proposal didn't have compelling scientific justification www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Trump EPA to take its biggest swing yet against climate change rules
With its plans to revoke the endangerment finding, the administration is gambling that the Supreme Court will allow it to completely avoid regulating the nation’s top greenhouse gas sources.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This EPA decided not to count benefits of pollution controls. No quantified accounting for avoided morbidity and mortality. This abandons decades of cost-benefit practice, economics and science. Claims that $ benefits estimates are too uncertain don't hold water theconversation.com/epas-new-way...
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EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
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Marcus C Sarofim @marcusmarcusrc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I just posted the second in my Endangerment substack series: thesaraphreport.substack.com/p/did-epa-ge...
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Did EPA Get the Climate Science Right in 2009?
Spoiler Alert: Yes, we did.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I was interviewed for this article in E&E News about EPA's forthcoming and expected repeal of the 2009 GHG endangerment finding. Remain very proud of the work we did for the original GHG finding and the work to uphold it in subsequent years. www.eenews.net/articles/anx...
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Anxious greens await death of endangerment finding
Environmental groups are planning protests to oppose EPA’s upcoming move to repeal the scientific finding.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Zeldin’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding must not stand | Opinion
Two former EPA administrators are appalled by the current administration's plan to repeal the 2009 determination.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Yesterday I started teaching the undergraduate class on global climate change at Howard University. This is in their Dept of Earth, Environment and Equity. Always wanted to do more teaching after federal service. Honored to be part of Howard in this way!
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Grateful to be part of this newly expanded team with earthknowledge.com as an advisor for climate adaptation and environmental risk. Earth Knowledge provides weather and climate information for use in decision making, including risk assessment and resilience planning.
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Earth Knowledge
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Gwyneth Fries and I published the blog, the Business Case for Climate Resilience. Businesses and investors need to transition from viewing climate adaptation solely as a risk management strategy to exploring it as a driver of innovation. www.operationfuture.net/blog/the-bus...
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The Business Case for Climate Resilience — Operation Future
By Gwyneth Fries and Benjamin DeAngelo Climate action is at an inflection point. Over a decade since the signing of the Paris Agreement, there has been significant but varied momentum b...
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Updated blog to reflect the final key decisions on adaptation at COP30. bendeangelo.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What happened on adaptation at COP30?
Updated to reflect final decisions.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
What’s happening on adaptation at COP30? open.substack.com/pub/bendeang...
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What’s happening on adaptation at COP30?
Adapting to our changing climate is getting more attention at the negotiations as we begin to breach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal. Key issues are indicators of adaptation and finance.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thank you Penn State for this feature! Really humbled by it but hugely appreciate the support. WE ARE going to continue to provide Pennsylvanians and all citizens with the best available info to deal with a rapidly changing climate. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
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Geography alumnus charts new path after decades in federal climate roles | Penn State University
Benjamin DeAngelo, a Penn State geography alumnus, has launched Operation Future, a climate adaptation and resilience consulting firm drawing on his nearly 30 years of federal experience.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Happy to announce I joined Silvestrum Climate Associates as a senior fellow focused on climate adaptation. Silvestrum bridges science, policy and law and focuses on nature-based solutions domestically and internationally. Great to be part of this mission-driven team! www.silvestrum.com
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Silvestrum Climate Associates | Climate
Silvestrum Climate Associates operates globally, with offices in the United States and on-site posts in Africa and Latin America. We tackle climate change by fostering sustainable development rooted i...
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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My podcast with Climate Proof
During #NYClimateWeek Louie Woodall of Climate Proof sat down with me for this interview
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
During #NYClimateWeek Louie Woodall of @climateproof.news sat down with me for this interview about my initial reactions to NYClimateWeek, gave me an opp to discuss my federal career working on climate, and my new venture Operation Future, LLC www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olG...
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Climate Week NYC Interviews: Ben DeAngelo
YouTube video by Climate Proof
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
CALL FOR PUBLICATION PROPOSALS. I'm on an editorial board for a new Anthem Press series entitled "Law, Resilience and AI." We’re inviting authors to contribute to a new series that explores how law, climate resilience, and artificial intelligence intersect to shape societies today and in the future.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Was great to participate in this panel last week sponsored by @kogodbiz.bsky.social @americanuniversity.bsky.social. Lots of diverse perspectives on climate and the role of the private sector to advance progress in terms of certification, branding, and communication tools.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Today the National Academies will be releasing its fast-track report Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare. Will be available here: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45701_...
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Looking forward to being on this panel sponsored by American University's Kogod Sustainability Club. Friday, Sept 19, 11:30am ET. "Transformation through Sustainability"
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/09/2025
⚠️ While extent will not be setting any annual minimum records this year, the average thickness of #Arctic sea ice is actually at historic lows for this time of year (in the dataset by PIOMAS). Thinner ice is younger and usually more fragile. More graphics of volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Line graph time series of daily mean Arctic sea ice thickness for each year from 1979 to 2025 using shades of red, white and blue. A seasonal cycle is shown with thicker ice in late winter and thinner ice in late summer. A long-term decreasing trend is also visible. Data is from PIOMAS v2.1.
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Enjoyed being a guest lecturer yesterday @georgetownlaw.bsky.social in their Climate Change Law & Policy seminar to talk about role of scientific assessments in informing policy decisions, and the importance of process used to develop assessments for credibility and ultimately widespread use
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Looking forward to attending #ClimateWeekNYC for the first time and making connections for my new venture to advise on and climate resilience and response strategies operationfuture.net
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Operation Future
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Benjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Happy to share that I'm open for business with Operation Future, LLC. Am offering consulting services to states, cities, tribes, private industry, professional associations, NGOs, and universities to become more resilient to our rapidly changing climate, and more. www.operationfuture.net
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Operation Future
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