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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment

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We seek to understand our changing Earth and its relationships with humankind and to develop strategies for a sustainable future.

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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Earth & Environment welcomes 3 new faculty members!🎉 Sasha Kramer: phytoplankton ecology, ocean color remote sensing Patrick Keys: climate change futures, society navigation of climate crisis Elizabeth Barnes: data-driven climate predictability, AI forecasting Earth systems @bucds.bsky.social
Welcoming Dr Sasha Kramer, Dr Patrick Keys, and Dr Elizabeth Barnes!
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Join us TODAY for our first Graduate Talk of the academic year! 🎉 We will feature Mira Kelly-Fair and Yuhe Chang, who will present their research progress. 🔎 When? Today. October 1st @ 12:20 Where? CAS 132 Food will be provided 🍴 See you there! 💚💙
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We remain committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment, and we want YOU to help us make a difference! Stop by the E&E DEI Committee Open House to learn more about what the committee is working on! 📅 Friday, September 12th. 🕛 12pm-1pm 📍 CAS 132 All are welcome! bit.ly/EEDEI
Want to make a difference? Join the E&E DEI Committee.
Sep 12 at 12pm-1pm in CAS 132.
Open to all!
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
What's it like to be an IGS Summer Fellow? 2025 fellow Sophia Tigges says, “I have made so much progress on my research, and my ability to concentrate on my work has led my project in an unexpected and exciting direction.” More from this year's class: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/09/...
A group of smiling students in front of the "IGS" wordmark.
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Please welcome our new Boston University Earth and Environment graduate student cohort! This includes: - 6 PhD Students - 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students - 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students - 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students - and 2 MBA/MS Students Welcome to E&E! 🌎
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Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Take the T to the sea to beat the summer heat. We’ve put together a list of public beaches in the Boston area, from the North Shore to the South Shore and everywhere in between—all accessible via the MBTA. Details ➡️ spr.ly/63321fkNCf
Always a popular summer spot: Nantasket Beach in Hull, Mass.
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Asking #ArificialIntelligence a question uses ~10x the electricity of a Google search. Electricity demand is expected to surge from #AI use, at a time when #ClimateAction is crucial. @aysekivilcim.bsky.social & @cutlercleveland.bsky.social discuss AI & #climate: www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated
Two BU experts studying grid solutions and sustainable energy transitions say that tech companies racing to build more AI could make data centers more energy efficient
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A Summer PhD Defense Recap! 🌞 Wow! This has been a momentous summer for our graduate students. 🎉 Five students successfully defended their PhDs! Congratulations to Dr. Ian Kieffer, Dr. Hanfeng Gu, Dr. Kelsee Bratley, Dr. Arden Radford, and Dr. Kai-Ting Hu! We are so proud of all of you! 💚💙
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Jeffrey Geddes @jgeddes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Congratulations to Arden Radford, our group's latest PhD! @buearth.bsky.social
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our final Grad Fellow Friday, w/Melissa Martin (buearth.bsky.social‬)! #Cities tend to be warmer than surrounding areas. Martin is working to understand how #UrbanHeat islands affect residents' #health, and how increased cooling demand stresses power systems 🏙️www.bu.edu/igs/profile/...ws
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In today's Grad Fellow Friday spotlight, Breanna van Loenen zooms in 🔎 on harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) created during #FossilFuel production. With satellite data, she can better monitor these gases across the #US: www.bu.edu/igs/profile/...
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Major #OilSpills get attention, "but a steady stream of much smaller spills pose a significant, ongoing, and cumulative threat, especially in marine ecosystems," writes @cutlercleveland.bsky.social for Visualizing Energy. #NOAA reported 172 incidents in 2021: visualizingenergy.org/oil-spills-w...
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Oil spills: when, where, how big?
Oil spills have been a persistent problem since the start of the oil industry. Millions of wells and trillions of barrels of oil extracted have resulted in significant environmental impact. Accidents ...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
#ShowYourStripes created by @edhawkins.org reveals over a century of global temperature changes. From the local to the global scale, the trends are impossible to ignore. Earth is warming rapidly and human activity is the primary cause. These visuals remind us why the work we do every day matters.
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Boston University Arts & Sciences @bucas.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
If you planted two trees, one in the city of Boston and one in the rural land of Massachusetts, which would die quicker? Jennifer Bhatnagar, associate professor of biology, would argue that those in the city die younger, with 50% of trees dying within five years. Read more: bit.ly/43FuKxx
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Climate Conversation: Jennifer Bhatnagar
Cleo Carney and Jennifer Bhatnagar discuss how cities reshape tree biology and microbial communities.
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Such an important topic! We are excited to see the work Sophia does this summer!
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Black on a successful PhD dissertation defense and presentation! 🎉 Title: "Past, Present, and Future Shoreline Change along a Paraglacial New England Coastline" Advisor: Duncan FitzGerald We are so proud of the amazing work you have done at BU E&E, Dr. Black! 🎉
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners in Earth & Environment! 🎉 College Prize - Kelly Schisa EES Prize - Alanna Martins EAP Prize - Stephanie Hung Torres Prize - Tami Gordon GRS TF Award - Cat Mahoney E&E TF Award - Ericka Osses SSLA - Genesis Muñoz SSLA - Iffany Zou Junior - Tess Shotland
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buhaririinstitute.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Congratulations Michael Dietze, Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences and Jonathan Huggins, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, on their Focused Research Program Award (FRP)! Learn more: spr.ly/633204DDbs
Environmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insights
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Initiative on Cities @buoncities.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Heat, Health, and Hurricanes: Urban Resilience versus the Long Mortality Shadow of Cooling Disruptions PI: Ian Sue Wing, Professor, @buearth.bsky.social Co-PIs: Jiahang He, Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environment; ‪‪@suzannasumkhuu.bsky.social‬‬, Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environment
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Our 2025 cohort of Graduate Student Summer Fellows includes eight @bostonu.bsky.social graduate students from the College of Engineering, ‪@buquestrom.bsky.social‬, College of Arts & Sciences, and ‪@comatbu.bsky.social‬: www.bu.edu/igs/2025/05/...
Eight graduate students smile.
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Congratulations Earth & Environment Class of 2025! 🌎🎉 We are so proud of all of the amazing work you have done during your time at BU! Thank you for being a part of BU E&E and please keep in touch, because no matter where the future takes you, you will always be a valued member of our community! 💚
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Congratulations Rick Reibstein on your promotion to Senior Lecturer! 🎉 Richard Reibstein is an integral part of the law and policy side of teaching for BU Earth and Environment, teaching courses such as Law for Sustainability and Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations!
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎓 It is nearly our favorite day of the year! 🎓 We are thrilled to celebrate the graduation of our amazing students at our Earth & Environment Convocation Ceremony! 📅 4:00pm on Friday, May 16th, 2025 📍 GSU Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Avenue www.bu.edu/earth/convoc...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Thank you to @bostonu.bsky.social BU Today team for this wonderful feature on E&E ROCKSTAR Professor Lawford Anderson! Get a peek into our immersive geology class CAS EE 300 and see the impact Professor Anderson is leaving through testimonies from our wonderful students! youtu.be/Z9BgUS9gmvg
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You’ve Never Seen a Geology Class Like This Before (Boston University)
YouTube video by Boston University
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎 Here are a few ways you can make a difference: 📚 Educate Others ♻ Reduce and Reuse, Then Recycle 👟 Pick Up Trash When You See It ✉️ Contact Your Representatives 📸 Share Nature's Beauty With love from the Department of Earth & Environment-- Happy Earth Day! 💚 #earthday
Happy Earth Day!!!!!!!!!
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A fascinating article co-authored by Boston University Earth & Environment Professor Ranga Myneni!
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
💛 Huge thank you to everyone who gave, shared, and supported BU Earth & Environment for Giving Day! Your belief in experiential learning for our students makes a difference. We had 750% more donors this year— so thankful for our community! 🌟 Campaign ends April 14! ⏳💚 give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Giving Day is Tomorrow! 💛 This year, 100% of donations to the Department of Earth & Environment fund go to our students, funding experiential learning opportunities. Give Here: give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Woo hoo! Another successful PhD dissertation defense in Earth & Environment! 🎉🌎 Congratulations to Dr. Alicia Zhang on your successful defense! Your hard work has paid off and we are so proud of your accomplishment! ⚡
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Your gift to the Earth & Environment Fund this Giving Day (April 9th) supports experiential learning opportunities such as field trips for our students! 💛 See Arts & Sciences In Action to get a peek into what field trips are like in E&E: youtu.be/C77qq0110dY Give Early: give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Please join us in supporting Yue Qin, who be presenting and defending her PhD dissertation today! "Turbulence and Land-Atmosphere Interactions over Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho" Advisor: Dan Li Date: March 31, 2025 Time: 1:00pm EST CAS 132, 685 Commonwealth Avenue Zoom: tinyurl.com/YueQinPhD
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We're honored to convene @bostonu.bsky.social students, faculty & staff to dream up & realize research that tackles society's pressing #sustainability challenges. 🌱 This week, PhD students from across BU enjoyed pizza & discussed their research. Students, get involved: www.bu.edu/igs/get-invo...
A group of PhD students smile in front of a sign reading "IGS"
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Join us for Graduate Talks – Spring 2025! 🌍✨ 📅 March 26 ⏰ 12:20 PM 📍 CAS 132 Featuring 2nd year PhD students: 🔥 Abigail Whittington 💧 Jordi Palacios 🌊 Chunyu Ren 🌳 Amirhossein Noori We hope you can join us to support their work and learn about the exciting projects they are developing! 🌏
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🌍 Register now for IGS's free #EarthDay365 event, an April 10 conversation with @keithob.bsky.social, acclaimed author of Paradise Falls—a true story of environmental disaster and a community's fight for justice. Books for sale, plus enjoy refreshments & networking: paradisefalls2025.eventbrite.com
A Conversation with Bestselling Author
Keith O’Brien

“Paradise Falls" tells the forgotten story of the mothers who led a two-year fight to escape their own homes amid one of the worst environmental crises of the 20th century and helped create the modern environmental movement in the process. 

April 10, 4-6pm 
BU Institute for Global Sustainability
111 Cummington Mall, Suite 149
Free: RSVP via Eventbrite
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
💡MA municipal leaders: we’re unveiling the new CELT Energy Transition Explorer in a free 4/10 training. Learn how this tool can support your community’s #CleanEnergy transition: spr.ly/633260m74M
Powering Massachusetts Forward: A Workshop for MA Municipal Leaders 
Learn how to access data to accelerate decarbonization through the new Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Initiative Energy Transition Explorer. 
When: 1:30 - 3 pm EDT, April 10, 2025
Where: Zoom
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Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies @bupardeeschool.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy first day of spring! 🌸 Cherry blossom season is almost here, and soon Pardee will be pretty in pink! 💕
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Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy first day of Spring, Terriers! 🌷🌺
Illustration with the text 'Happy first day of Spring!' at the top. Below the text, there is a stylized plant with green leaves and branches. Four birds of different colors (blue, pink, yellow, and green) are perched on the branches. At the bottom of the image is a red rectangular logo with white text that reads 'Boston University.'
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Boston University Alumni Association @bualumni.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Blue hour across the Charles 🏙️⛵ 📸: tuannnn_ via Instagram
A view of the Boston skyline from across the Charles River with sailboats docked in the foreground
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mark your calendar for Giving Day on April 9! Earth & Environment is @bostonu.bsky.social's epicenter for addressing critical environmental challenges. This Giving Day, donations will support field trips, senior theses, and fieldwork opportunities for students! Donate here: linktr.ee/bu.earth
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Boston University Alumni Association @bualumni.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The first signs of spring ⛵ 📸: oschapov via Instagram
An aerial photo of Boston with BU sailboats in the Charles in the foreground
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Many of our Earth & Environment undergraduates support the community in Alternative Service Breaks at BU! This article features E&E's Ari Burns, Chloe Rowan, and Shelby Rose Long. Their dedication to the Earth and its people inspires us all! 🌍
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
💚💙💚💙 Collaboration Brings blue skies and green futures. Let's protect the Earth! 💚💙💚💙 Share your Haiku with BU Today for National Poetry Month! @bostonu.bsky.social www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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Calling All Poets: BU Today Wants Your Haikus
In honor of National Poetry Month, we’re inviting members of the BU community to write short poems that celebrate the arrival of spring
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Boston University Alumni Association @bualumni.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Daylight savings means spring is just around the corner 🌞💐 📸: saturdays.jpeg via Instagram
A view through an arch at Marsh Chapel at sunset
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A new #ConvergentResearch Task Force at #BU includes IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool. How can this approach help us address major issues in #ClimateChange and #Sustainability? Members of the IGS community, including Lucy Hutyra, Pamela Templer & Kenneth Lutchen, explain in a new article ⬇️
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Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🚨 New research from @bu-igs.bsky.social reveals how native advertising by fossil fuel companies misleads the public on climate issues. Practical strategies like disclosures can combat this misinformation. Awareness is key! Details ➡️ www.bu.edu/igs/2025/03/...
A smartphone displaying a New York Times article titled "The Future of Energy? It May Come From Where You Least Expect." The article discusses how content such as sponsored posts and native ads can mislead readers on climate change. Next to the smartphone, there is text that reads: "News Article or Big Oil Ad? As native ads mislead readers on climate change, BU experts identify interventions in a new study in npj Climate Action." At the bottom of the image, there is additional text that says: "Full story in post."
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
About 8% of #fossilfuels used worldwide are for non-energy purposes, including for plastic and chemical products. More in this week’s #VisualizingEnergy data story by @cutlercleveland.bsky.social spr.ly/63320LQvdI
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Non-energy uses of fossil fuels
Fossil fuels serve non-energy purposes, comprising about eight percent of global consumption. Their use has doubled since 1990, driven by demand for products like plastics and chemicals. Non-energy uses include asphalt, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and fertilizers, contributing to rising carbon dioxide emissions, a concern for climate change mitigation.
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We are so excited to co-host Hope in a Time of Climate Anxiety with BU URBAN, Biology, and Biogeoscience! Please RSVP if you are interested: forms.gle/45FhegDL48cE...
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Hope in a Time of Climate Anxiety
Climate anxiety is distress related to worries about the effects of climate change. We are bringing together students and faculty to discuss the future of global health, climate research, and action i...
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BU URBAN @buurban.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join us for tea, cookies, and a conversation about ways to stay engaged in climate action during a time of uncertainty. Link to RSVP: forms.gle/45FhegDL48cE...
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Boston University Department of Earth & Environment @buearth.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Research Bites: Get a taste of what your professors do outside of the classroom! Featuring Ian Sue Wing and Cutler Cleveland, hosted by Mike Dietze 📅 February 26th, 2025 🕠 5:30-7:00pm 📍 CAS 132 ALL ARE WELCOME! Come grab a bite with your peers and learn about ways to get involved! See you there!
Research Bites
Get a taste of what your professors are actually doing!
Grab a bite with your peers and learn about your professors' research and what it could do for you!
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“These early executive orders signaled a doubling down on the anti-renewable and pro–fossil fuel agenda. So, I expect to see an expansion of natural gas and oil," Anne Short (@buearth.bsky.social & IGS core faculty) says on Trump's early days. www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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What Have We Learned So Far from the Start of Trump’s First 100 Days?
As the new president continues to sign a dizzying number of executive orders, immigration, climate change, and tariffs surface to the top of his priority list
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