🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
@meenarm.bsky.social
Asso. Prof. Planning/Geog/GIS
🌱Food systems/security, urban ag
🌳Green infra/NBS, parks
💧Env planning, env health, sustainable dev
💡Smart cities, tech, & society
💖Equity/justice, climate health, emotion/wellbeing
https://www.planviz.org, Rowan Univ, NJ
🌱Food systems/security, urban ag
🌳Green infra/NBS, parks
💧Env planning, env health, sustainable dev
💡Smart cities, tech, & society
💖Equity/justice, climate health, emotion/wellbeing
https://www.planviz.org, Rowan Univ, NJ
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🍅New article! "Community perceptions of small-town #food #environments, food #equity, & home-based food #cultivation." Our community-engaged research is published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, & Community Development. 🥕@rowanuniversity.bsky.social
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
Sharing an update on our Camden #Environmental #Education Project. The project webpage now features air pollution-related educational materials, resources, and updates on the Participatory Science project: www.planviz.org/greening-cam... @rowanuniversity.bsky.social @rowanresearch.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sharing an update on our Camden #Environmental #Education Project. The project webpage now features air pollution-related educational materials, resources, and updates on the Participatory Science project: www.planviz.org/greening-cam... @rowanuniversity.bsky.social @rowanresearch.bsky.social
Analyzing #vehicle #electrification within the state of #NJ. How do #policy #advocates participate in the policy diffusion process via interface with the constellation of policy-making systems and actors? Free access to my recent research article in Cities with Keenan: doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
July 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Analyzing #vehicle #electrification within the state of #NJ. How do #policy #advocates participate in the policy diffusion process via interface with the constellation of policy-making systems and actors? Free access to my recent research article in Cities with Keenan: doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
🍅New article! "Community perceptions of small-town #food #environments, food #equity, & home-based food #cultivation." Our community-engaged research is published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, & Community Development. 🥕@rowanuniversity.bsky.social
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
June 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🍅New article! "Community perceptions of small-town #food #environments, food #equity, & home-based food #cultivation." Our community-engaged research is published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, & Community Development. 🥕@rowanuniversity.bsky.social
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
Free access:
doi.org/10.5304/jafs...
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A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by the evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, the authorities said.
Wildfire Burns in 3,200 Acres of New Jersey Forest Area
The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation of 3,000 residents and the shutdown of a stretch of the Garden State Parkway.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by the evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, the authorities said.
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Is anyone documenting all the government science and research offices that are being closed? This one is worth tracking for sure! Any Suggestions @anauc.bsky.social ? apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rule...
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Is anyone documenting all the government science and research offices that are being closed? This one is worth tracking for sure! Any Suggestions @anauc.bsky.social ? apnews.com/article/epa-...
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
March 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
We are looking forward to hosting Dr. Mann at this free, public event! Hope you can join us!
“Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis” | I’ll be delivering a seminar on climate crisis on Monday, February 24 at 7:00 PM EST for Rowan University. See details here:
csm.rowan.edu/events/deans...
csm.rowan.edu/events/deans...
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We are looking forward to hosting Dr. Mann at this free, public event! Hope you can join us!
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
The End of Term Archive team @eotarchive.org crawled millions of federal webpages! If you are worried about a page going down or changing information on it, you can check to see if it is saved in the Internet Archive's @waybackmachine.bsky.social. 1/2
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The End of Term Archive team @eotarchive.org crawled millions of federal webpages! If you are worried about a page going down or changing information on it, you can check to see if it is saved in the Internet Archive's @waybackmachine.bsky.social. 1/2
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A reminder that democracy.io will let you contact all your members of congress at the same time.
January 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A reminder that democracy.io will let you contact all your members of congress at the same time.
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
The While House pauses all federal grants and loan disbursements.
For researchers, this means that work already completed and charged to federal grants (NSF, NIH, etc) will not be reimbursed by the federal government until further notice.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
For researchers, this means that work already completed and charged to federal grants (NSF, NIH, etc) will not be reimbursed by the federal government until further notice.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The While House pauses all federal grants and loan disbursements.
For researchers, this means that work already completed and charged to federal grants (NSF, NIH, etc) will not be reimbursed by the federal government until further notice.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
For researchers, this means that work already completed and charged to federal grants (NSF, NIH, etc) will not be reimbursed by the federal government until further notice.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
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“Messy Cities - Why We Can't Plan Everything” is sure to be one of the most exciting new book releases of 2025 … and I was happy to be one of the contributors with my chapter on “Planning For An Unplanned City.” Pre-order now from Coach House Books at tinyurl.com/3ttfx5sk #UrbanismBookClub
January 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Messy Cities - Why We Can't Plan Everything” is sure to be one of the most exciting new book releases of 2025 … and I was happy to be one of the contributors with my chapter on “Planning For An Unplanned City.” Pre-order now from Coach House Books at tinyurl.com/3ttfx5sk #UrbanismBookClub
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#EnvironmentalJustice was NOT birthed in government or government programs. It sprang from people striving to make America more just for everyone. I'm hopeful and I have faith. But, "faith without work is dead." | Scientific American subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene.... @BullardCenter
E&E News: Trump scraps Clinton EJ order, calling it ‘discrimination’
The president revoked a 1994 directive requiring agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards.
subscriber.politicopro.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#EnvironmentalJustice was NOT birthed in government or government programs. It sprang from people striving to make America more just for everyone. I'm hopeful and I have faith. But, "faith without work is dead." | Scientific American subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene.... @BullardCenter
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Rather than pausing to linger, American pedestrians are racing through streets – and doing so alone.
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
What Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?
Urban pedestrians are walking faster and doing less socializing, according to a new study of NYC, Boston and Philadelphia. Is technology to blame, or public space itself?
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Rather than pausing to linger, American pedestrians are racing through streets – and doing so alone.
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
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January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The importance of indoor air quality for health
->News Medical Life Sciences | #AirQuality #Health | More info from EcoSearch
->News Medical Life Sciences | #AirQuality #Health | More info from EcoSearch
The importance of indoor air quality for health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that we spend around 90 % of our time indoors.1 Therefore, it is not difficult to believe that the air we breathe—the indoor air quality—crucially determines our health and can drastically affect our efficiency,...
www.news-medical.net
January 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News Pasadena
Edgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’
localnewspasadena.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
🌳Sharing our open-access article in Cities! Panek (@jirkapanek.bsky.social), Kitson, York, and I map emotional landscapes of parks in post-industrial communities seeking #environmental #justice. Insights for #biophilic, #equitable #planning & avoiding #green #gentrification. doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
January 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🌳Sharing our open-access article in Cities! Panek (@jirkapanek.bsky.social), Kitson, York, and I map emotional landscapes of parks in post-industrial communities seeking #environmental #justice. Insights for #biophilic, #equitable #planning & avoiding #green #gentrification. doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...
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These fires are a watershed moment, not just for residents of LA, but emblematic of a new era of complex, compound climate disaster. Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles have never existed in all of known history, until they now do.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded
Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
These fires are a watershed moment, not just for residents of LA, but emblematic of a new era of complex, compound climate disaster. Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles have never existed in all of known history, until they now do.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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An interesting piece about climate-resilient playgrounds, acting as stores for stormwater, designed for cooling, with shade, and to absorb pollution, restoring nature, and reclaiming brownfield sites for children and the community
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A place for kids to play and a place to store water’: the stormwater capture zone that is also a playground
Flood-prone Hoboken, New Jersey, has opened a play area for its youngest residents that doubles as storage for stormwater runoff
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An interesting piece about climate-resilient playgrounds, acting as stores for stormwater, designed for cooling, with shade, and to absorb pollution, restoring nature, and reclaiming brownfield sites for children and the community
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Happy New Year from the Food Geographies Research Group!
If you're hoping to organise a food-themed session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference this year, make sure you check out our call for sessions before 20 Jan: foodgeographies.wordpress.com/call-for-ses...
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
If you're hoping to organise a food-themed session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference this year, make sure you check out our call for sessions before 20 Jan: foodgeographies.wordpress.com/call-for-ses...
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
Call for Sessions 2025
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Food Geographies Research Group (FGRG) invites session sponsorship proposals for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025. The conference will take plac…
foodgeographies.wordpress.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy New Year from the Food Geographies Research Group!
If you're hoping to organise a food-themed session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference this year, make sure you check out our call for sessions before 20 Jan: foodgeographies.wordpress.com/call-for-ses...
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
If you're hoping to organise a food-themed session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference this year, make sure you check out our call for sessions before 20 Jan: foodgeographies.wordpress.com/call-for-ses...
#FoodGeog #RGSIBG25
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The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
January 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
Reposted by 🟢 Mahbubur Meenar, PhD
Ecuador, which gets 70% of its electricity from hydropower, is facing a severe energy crisis due to an extraordinary drought exacerbated by climate change. The solution is to diversify and invest more in wind and solar.
Hydropower Was Ecuador’s Answer to Climate Change. Until the Drought Hit. (Gift Article)
An extraordinary drought has drained Ecuador’s rivers and reservoirs, leading to power outages of up to 14 hours. Some fear this is the beginning of a larger global crisis.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Ecuador, which gets 70% of its electricity from hydropower, is facing a severe energy crisis due to an extraordinary drought exacerbated by climate change. The solution is to diversify and invest more in wind and solar.