ASA Environmental Justice Caucus
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We promote critical, cultural, and social analysis of environmental justice issues within the American Studies Association. Learn more at https://www.theasa.net/communities/caucuses/environmental-justice-caucus.
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We’ve always had floods – but as the world warms, they’re becoming more intense and more severe.
We’re all in harms way – but those who don’t have a safe place to live, or can’t take food and water for granted, are always most vulnerable.
We’re all in harms way – but those who don’t have a safe place to live, or can’t take food and water for granted, are always most vulnerable.
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after floods leave hundreds dead and many missing
The president says it is the "most challenging natural disaster" in the country's history.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We’ve always had floods – but as the world warms, they’re becoming more intense and more severe.
We’re all in harms way – but those who don’t have a safe place to live, or can’t take food and water for granted, are always most vulnerable.
We’re all in harms way – but those who don’t have a safe place to live, or can’t take food and water for granted, are always most vulnerable.
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Coming this Friday, register now #academicsky:
ASLE Online Roundtable: Strategies for Solidarity
Dec. 5, 2-3pm EST. Join us to take stock of the current landscape for independent/contingent scholars, and to consider how to build solidarity networks. www.asle.org/stay-informe...
ASLE Online Roundtable: Strategies for Solidarity
Dec. 5, 2-3pm EST. Join us to take stock of the current landscape for independent/contingent scholars, and to consider how to build solidarity networks. www.asle.org/stay-informe...
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Coming this Friday, register now #academicsky:
ASLE Online Roundtable: Strategies for Solidarity
Dec. 5, 2-3pm EST. Join us to take stock of the current landscape for independent/contingent scholars, and to consider how to build solidarity networks. www.asle.org/stay-informe...
ASLE Online Roundtable: Strategies for Solidarity
Dec. 5, 2-3pm EST. Join us to take stock of the current landscape for independent/contingent scholars, and to consider how to build solidarity networks. www.asle.org/stay-informe...
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Navajo uranium miners are nearly 30x more likely to develop cancer, yet abandoned mines remain uncleaned while the Trump admin pushes for a new mining boom near Navajo land.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on those surrounded by death and fighting for justice.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on those surrounded by death and fighting for justice.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Navajo uranium miners are nearly 30x more likely to develop cancer, yet abandoned mines remain uncleaned while the Trump admin pushes for a new mining boom near Navajo land.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on those surrounded by death and fighting for justice.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on those surrounded by death and fighting for justice.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
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Interested or know someone interested in doing a PhD on environmental histories/materialities of zoonotic or infectious animal disease as part of Transformative Humanities @durham.ac.uk Then please get in touch by Dec 8th! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @emilywebz.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Interested or know someone interested in doing a PhD on environmental histories/materialities of zoonotic or infectious animal disease as part of Transformative Humanities @durham.ac.uk Then please get in touch by Dec 8th! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @emilywebz.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social
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Air Products has said it is trying to "derisk" the $4.5 billion complex by finding buyers for its low-carbon products.... It also wants to sell ammonia plant and carbon capture pieces and the company's rights to state-owned underground storage areas.
www.nola.com/news/busines...
www.nola.com/news/busines...
Louisiana plant's carbon capture project aims to limit emissions. Will it emit more than planned?
A controversial plan to store CO2 deep under Lake Maurepas was intended to greatly limit greenhouse gas emissions, but a new proposal raises questions.
www.nola.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Air Products has said it is trying to "derisk" the $4.5 billion complex by finding buyers for its low-carbon products.... It also wants to sell ammonia plant and carbon capture pieces and the company's rights to state-owned underground storage areas.
www.nola.com/news/busines...
www.nola.com/news/busines...
The Environmental Justice Caucus of the American Studies Association is hosting our annual mentorship event on Thursday, November 20th, from 1:15–2:45pm at the annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sign up to join us at forms.gle/QGtVPCtibv5c...
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Environmental Justice Caucus of the American Studies Association is hosting our annual mentorship event on Thursday, November 20th, from 1:15–2:45pm at the annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sign up to join us at forms.gle/QGtVPCtibv5c...
Submit a proposal for 2025 ASA Environmental Justice Caucus sponsorship! The deadline is TODAY, Wednesday, 2/5. Submit your session proposal and a brief description of how your panel represents a diversity of perspectives and voices to Sage Gerson, sgerson@risd.edu. ASA's 2025 CFP: theasa.net/2025.
February 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Submit a proposal for 2025 ASA Environmental Justice Caucus sponsorship! The deadline is TODAY, Wednesday, 2/5. Submit your session proposal and a brief description of how your panel represents a diversity of perspectives and voices to Sage Gerson, sgerson@risd.edu. ASA's 2025 CFP: theasa.net/2025.
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Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT
Universität Basel: PhD Researcher in African Environmental History, Political Ecology or Environmental Humanities
The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”....
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January 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT
Job Announcement: 2-year postdoctoral research associate positions at the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown University. Deadline: January 28, 2025. More info at apply.interfolio.com/156484.
January 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Job Announcement: 2-year postdoctoral research associate positions at the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown University. Deadline: January 28, 2025. More info at apply.interfolio.com/156484.
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Event announcement!
Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change, by Hannah Hughes
13th March, 14.00-15.30.
Free to attend, via Zoom.
@mybisa.bsky.social
@hannahhughes.bsky.social
@ckweatherill.bsky.social
Details and registration:
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change, by Hannah Hughes
13th March, 14.00-15.30.
Free to attend, via Zoom.
@mybisa.bsky.social
@hannahhughes.bsky.social
@ckweatherill.bsky.social
Details and registration:
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
January 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Event announcement!
Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change, by Hannah Hughes
13th March, 14.00-15.30.
Free to attend, via Zoom.
@mybisa.bsky.social
@hannahhughes.bsky.social
@ckweatherill.bsky.social
Details and registration:
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change, by Hannah Hughes
13th March, 14.00-15.30.
Free to attend, via Zoom.
@mybisa.bsky.social
@hannahhughes.bsky.social
@ckweatherill.bsky.social
Details and registration:
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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New zine drop on geoz.one! "The Words They'll Use Against You: A Glossary for Navigating White Cishetero Institutions" provides resistant definitions of the keywords of straight white academia: diversity, inclusion, professionalism, civility, progress, etc.
January 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New zine drop on geoz.one! "The Words They'll Use Against You: A Glossary for Navigating White Cishetero Institutions" provides resistant definitions of the keywords of straight white academia: diversity, inclusion, professionalism, civility, progress, etc.
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The Columbia Climate School - @columbiaclimate.bsky.social - is still accepting applications for the new MS in climate and you can get a specialization on food and climate! Learn more here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhL...
MS in Climate: Climate and Food Systems
YouTube video by Columbia Climate School
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Columbia Climate School - @columbiaclimate.bsky.social - is still accepting applications for the new MS in climate and you can get a specialization on food and climate! Learn more here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhL...
Don't forget to submit your 2024 ASA Environmentally Themed Paper for the 2024 Annette Kolodny Prize by this Friday, January 10. See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.
Call for Submissions 2024 Annette Kolodny Prize
2024 Annette Kolodny Prize for Best Environmentally-Themed Paper at the ASA Deadline: January 10, 2025 The Environmental Justice Caucus of the American Studies Association invites submissions for this...
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January 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Don't forget to submit your 2024 ASA Environmentally Themed Paper for the 2024 Annette Kolodny Prize by this Friday, January 10. See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.
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The incoming Trump administration plans to target the National Climate Assessment so that it can't be used to defend regulations in court. Russ Vought, Trump's OMB pick, wants to personally approve a team of climate denialists to rewrite it. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research
A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
January 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The incoming Trump administration plans to target the National Climate Assessment so that it can't be used to defend regulations in court. Russ Vought, Trump's OMB pick, wants to personally approve a team of climate denialists to rewrite it. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
EJC Meet and Greet
Today, 1/6/25, at 10am PST / 1pm ET
Join us to meet other folks in the caucus, review some updates about this year's ASA conference, and share the topics you're hoping to present on and explore at the conference.
Zoom link: sjsu.zoom.us/j/87939727524
Today, 1/6/25, at 10am PST / 1pm ET
Join us to meet other folks in the caucus, review some updates about this year's ASA conference, and share the topics you're hoping to present on and explore at the conference.
Zoom link: sjsu.zoom.us/j/87939727524
January 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
EJC Meet and Greet
Today, 1/6/25, at 10am PST / 1pm ET
Join us to meet other folks in the caucus, review some updates about this year's ASA conference, and share the topics you're hoping to present on and explore at the conference.
Zoom link: sjsu.zoom.us/j/87939727524
Today, 1/6/25, at 10am PST / 1pm ET
Join us to meet other folks in the caucus, review some updates about this year's ASA conference, and share the topics you're hoping to present on and explore at the conference.
Zoom link: sjsu.zoom.us/j/87939727524
The ASA EJ Caucus now has a grad committee! Grad students can sign up for the grad community listserv and share their needs via this short survey: forms.gle/JXxNSGMdxttw.... Please share widely with grad students!
December 4, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The ASA EJ Caucus now has a grad committee! Grad students can sign up for the grad community listserv and share their needs via this short survey: forms.gle/JXxNSGMdxttw.... Please share widely with grad students!
Submit your 2024 ASA Environmentally Themed Paper for the 2024 Annette Kolodny Prize. Deadline: January 10, 2025.
See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.
See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.
November 27, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Submit your 2024 ASA Environmentally Themed Paper for the 2024 Annette Kolodny Prize. Deadline: January 10, 2025.
See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.
See the full call for submissions at shorturl.at/uZuZR.