Jonathan J. Buonocore

Jonathan Buonocore

@jjbuonocore.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. Climate, Energy, and Health. Born at 344 ppm CO2

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 4d

Build wind farms for the asthma prevention!!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 6d

Our new paper! Building electrification can be good for health too – the more renewables on the grid, the better it is. 🛟 | #energysky

doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...

... with @joeallenjoe.bsky.social and other lovely people who aren't on here

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 13d

NREL is a national treasure 💡🔌

maps.nrel.gov/slope/data-v...

SLOPE

The State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform delivers jurisdictionally resolved potential and projection data on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation to enab...

maps.nrel.gov

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Richard Waite, Daniel Huppmann , and 1 more Peter Thorne, Richard Waite, Daniel Huppmann, Jonathan J. Buonocore

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 13d

I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 13d

With 1 of 5ish deaths worldwide due to air pollution, largely from fossil fuels, it seems like it'd benefit present day well-being of a few people if a wee bit of money was left in the "Energy Transition" bucket...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 14d

Does this mean they're going to start building a new peaker plant next year?

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon, Jonathan J. Buonocore

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 18d

Is the EIA US Energy Atlas no longer publicly available? www.eia.gov/maps/ #energysky

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · 21d

This seems pretty relevant for #climatesky folks... theconversation.com/winning-with...

Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength

Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.

theconversation.com

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Glen P. Peters, Juan Cole , and 5 more Rebecca Solnit, Glen P. Peters, Juan Cole, John Hogan, Richard Larouche, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Ben Kaden, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 21d

Here's something that's not talked about enough

The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year

1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reposted by Jonathan J. Buonocore

Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 27d

Climate science is facing significant opposition in the US. Today we are launching the collaborative Strengthening Trust in Climate Scientists Megastudy 📈 Find out more and join our efforts 👇🧵

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

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Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

That’s great!!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

I contributed along with @jonlevybu.bsky.social @nckmllx.bsky.social @kaichenyale.bsky.social @rycalder.bsky.social @calebdresser.bsky.social @energymorgan.bsky.social @anorisarma.bsky.social and many other lovely people who are not on here.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

We also find major deficiencies in how the health impacts of this action are quantified, ranging from air quality to questions about electricity reliability. There is much more, but in the end, we conclude that the evidentiary basis for greenhouse gases is robust, and stronger than it was in 2009.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

We also find increases in other health harms that did not get attention in the 2009 endangerment finding, including mental health harms, displacement, violence, harms to workers, and harms for those experiencing displacement...

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

increases in foodborne illnesses, Valley Fever, and other climate sensitive diseases, harms to air quality, and many other diseases.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

Major findings: There is increasing certainty in health harms due to climate change and that greenhouse gases pose an indisputable danger to human health and well-being. These health harms span harms due to heat, extreme weather including floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires...

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Oct 7

Proud to be part of the Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health that just put together a report summarizing the evidence of health harms of climate change to date. Report is here: zenodo.org/records/1728... 🛟 #climatesky

Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States Comment on EPA's Proposed Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding

zenodo.org

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 30

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 29

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Sep 30

I would like to rebrand climate change as "fossil fuels taking away your temperature freedom" #greensky, 🔌💡 | 🛟 #climatesky How do I do this? Do I submit a formal application somewhere?

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Gavin A. Schmidt, Jonathan J. Buonocore

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Sep 29

Another expert review of the science behind the endangerment finding, this time from health professionals.

they conclude that CO2 emissions "pose a clear and indisputable danger to human health and well-being."

drive.google.com/fil...

This Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health in the United States comprises 114
scientists with experience researching various dimensions of the health effects of climate
change. We are submitting this public comment in response to the proposed reconsideration of
the Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards. Our overall conclusion is
that EPA is incorrect in its assessment of uncertainties in the 2009 Endangerment Finding
as a reason to reconsider the rule, given that the scientific evidence since that time
reduces the uncertainty regarding health harms from climate change stemming from
greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions, by altering the climate and
disrupting earth systems, pose a clear and indisputable danger to human health and
well-being.

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Sep 23

Thank you! You’re making me feel much less bad about leaving tonight…

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Peter Thorne, Johan P. Olsen , and 4 more Richard S.J. Tol, Peter Thorne, Johan P. Olsen, James Goodwin, Mary Jane Curry, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Cullen S. Hendrix

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Sep 22

breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind

the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work

@heatmap.news

Trump Just Suffered His First Loss on Offshore Wind

A judge has lifted the administration’s stop-work order against Revolution Wind.

heatmap.news

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Sep 16

I can confirm the Nextgen Acelas are really nice.

Interior of a really nice new train that’s about 1/4 full. Rows of seats with four seats in each row and blue signs hanging overhead saying welcome aboard

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Sep 15

I’ve met plenty of climate deniers. I’ve never met a COPD denier or a heart attack denier…

Reposted by Jonathan J. Buonocore

Bruce Lanphear @blanphear.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Science of Delay
The lesson of PFAS is the same lesson we should have learned from lead, asbestos, and air pollution: if we wait until the evidence is definitive, we’ve waited too long.

The Science of Delay

Why we wait until millions are harmed by toxic chemicals before we act

open.substack.com

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Aug 28

Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

Example: refuting one sentence.

DOE CWG STATEMENT (second paragraph of section 2.1.1, page 3): “Piao et al. (2020) noted
that greening was even observable in the Arctic.”
COMMENT: This statement implies that the Arctic greening signal was caused by elevated CO2
,
however that is not the scientific consensus. Piao et al. (2020) attribute the greening trend in the
Arctic predominantly to growing season length driven by warmer temperatures (see also Y.
Zhang et al., 2022). Piao et al. (2020) also note that this positive impact of increasing
temperatures appears to have weakened over the past four decades, “suggesting a possible
saturation of future greening in response to warmer temperature” (see also comment on
greenness trends related to Section 2.1.1, first sentence of Page 4). It is also important to put
Arctic greening more broadly into the context of the carbon cycle and other impacts. While
above-ground plants may have displayed more leaf area over the past decades, rising
temperatures also thaw permafrost and drive accelerated decomposition in highly carbon rich
soils (Turetsky et al., 2020), a process which is expected to accelerate as climate continues to
warm (Miner et al., 2022). Thus even with Arctic greening, high latitude terrestrial systems may
become net carbon sources to the atmosphere, causing an amplifying feedback (Braghiere et
al., 2023). Other risks to the Arctic linked to higher CO2

levels and rising temperatures are not
mentioned in this report (Virkkala et al., 2025). The Arctic is warming at a rate of 2 to 3 times the
global average, leading to thawing of permanently frozen soils (permafrost), with downstream
impacts including loss of structural support for buildings and subsidence, threatening
communities, roads, runways, and other assets across Alaska (Manos et al., 2025; University of
Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering US Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District
& Laboratory, 2019).

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fantastic!!

Jonathan Buonocore @jjbuonocore.bsky.social · Aug 27

For example/context, Boston University (famously located in Boston) has a PPA with a wind farm in South Dakota (famously not Boston), displacing coal, which is already pretty much gone from the New England grid. I for one would rather see that than getting hung up on 24/7/365 matching...

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