Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Job Opportunity: "Lecturer, Environmental Policy, Politics, and Law." This is a multi-year appointment. Come join our team! 100
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A victory for public access to land-- and a conflict between stock raisers and private landowners vs hunters and anglers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...washingtonpost.com‘Corner-crossing’ to reach public lands is legal, appeals court rulesThe decision, in a case that pitted four Missouri hunters against a millionaire Wyoming landowner, protects public access to millions of acres across the West. 120
Reposted by Paul SabinDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.) The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved. Me, in Slate 🧵slate.comDon’t Buy a Tesla. Sell Your Tesla. Refuse a Tesla at the Rental Counter. Yes—It Will Help.Elon Musk’s car company is in a precarious spot. 701527483
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comGutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businessesU.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans. 010
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025What to make of the grid/wildfire nexus as we lean into electrification? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comNew Data Shows Major Electrical Disruption Ahead of Eaton FireA private lab found evidence of two massive electrical faults in the Eaton Canyon area just before a fire erupted there and spread through much of Altadena, Calif. 020
Reposted by Paul SabinThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/01/2025Investigators are still trying to determine what started the Eaton fire, which raged through Altadena, California, and killed 17 people. A new video appears to show sparking on a power line near the origin of the blaze. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u... 1424239
Reposted by Paul SabinMythili Rao @mythili.bsky.social · 23/01/2025New Zero episode! 🎧 travelling back in time with @paulsabin.bsky.social and Reagan-era environmental lawyer Jonathan Lash to better understand what may come in the Trump years ahead www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 001
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Imagine what we might have done w nine more IQ points www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... 010
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 29/12/2024RIP Jimmy Carter at 100. Here's a look back at Carter's efforts to balance govt regulation and govt reform. Carter believed that making government more efficient and effective would build public support for active, liberal governance. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...washingtonpost.comPerspective | Government regulation is vital, but it also needs to be efficientJimmy Carter's vision for protecting the environment and consumers — while cutting wasteful regulations. 101
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Read this @washingtonpost article back in June and thought it was an excellent use of audio and graphics in storytelling: www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...washingtonpost.comWhy restaurants are so loud, and what science says we can do about itComplaints about noise continue to dominate restaurant reviews. Here’s what experts say about how sound affects our bodies and what we can do to mitigate it. 130
Reposted by Paul SabinZach Liscow @zliscow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The newly-announced DOGE could help institute these reforms. Unfortunately, Vivek and Elon’s expressed interest in cutting personnel would only exacerbate out state capacity problems – a point I expand on in my op-ed in @TheHill today: thehill.com/opinion/fina... ENDthehill.comDOGE could help fix our infrastructure problems — or make them far worseThey’re dead wrong that taking a meat axe to the federal government’s workforce will make things better; in fact, that’s more likely to make things worse. 164
Reposted by Paul SabinZach Liscow @zliscow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024🚨New paper: State Capacity for Building Infrastructure US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow. I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵 Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 412449
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024"Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" will come out in paperback on December 3. wwnorton.com/books/978039...wwnorton.comPublic CitizensThe story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society., Public Citizens, The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism, ... 181
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 06/02/2024"New Perspectives in Energy History" Conference-- Free registration is now open. Saturday, March 2, 2024 in New Haven, CT environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/con... 121
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 06/02/2024Join Yale Environmental History for a virtual talk by Dr. Anto Mohsin on "The Politics of Electrification in Indonesia Post World War II." Thursday 2/8, 4pm ET. #energyhistory environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/anto-m... 000
Paul Sabin @paulsabin.bsky.social · 26/01/2024Join Jiat-Hwee Chang and Yale Environmental History to learn about the technopolitics of cooling infrastructure in Singapore and Doha next Wednesday, Jan 31 @ 7:00pm ET yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 051