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Brian Pentz
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Postdoc, Global Science Team
The Nature Conservancy

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🧪Democratic regression is happening in key fishing and fisheries dependent states. It also has the potential to disrupt global fisheries governance. New paper with @brianpentz.bsky.social explores the trends, their ramifications, and sets out a research agenda onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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We are in a global democratic recession; what does that mean for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss? Its complicated, especially given that conservation practice has become increasingly democratic

Check our our exploratory research here 🧪
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Does democratic regression threaten biodiversity conservation and climate action? Exploring the relationships, implications, and opportunities for democratization as a conservation strategy
A global democratic recession is underway, but its repercussions for the pursuit of progress on the joint crises of climate change and biodiversity lo…
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July 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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For the first time, fossil fuels provided less than half of U.S. electricity generation for a full month (March 2025). One more milestone in the energy transition. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ... #Upshift
U.S. Electricity From Fossils Fuels Dips Below 50% for the First Time Ever | OilPrice.com
For the first time in history, fossil fuels supplied less than half of the United States' electricity generation for an entire month, marking a significant shift in the nation's energy mix.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Just in one year, just the clean air act, prevented hundreds of thousands of early deaths. The lowest possible estimate of the benefits found that benefits outweigh the costs by 3 to 1. The most likely estimate is 30 to 1. The high estimate is 90 to 1. Ninety. Nine Zero. www.epa.gov/clean-air-ac...
February 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM