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Danielle Zoe Rivera
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🇵🇷 Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning at UC-Berkeley | Just + Equitable Environments | Disaster (and Disastrous) Research | Occasionally gardening + a dog
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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · Aug 19
Finishing a syllabus for a class on environmental and/or climate and/or disaster justice? Check out The Syllabus for resources! We are adding more readings and databases every day! Open and free to everyone! www.just-environments.org/the-syllabus
The Syllabus — Just Environments Lab
www.just-environments.org
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nytimes.com
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
Alice Wong, a woman in a wheelchair with dark hair, poses in a pink and orange outfit and berry lipstick. A headline reads: "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51." Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This article is an amazing reconceptualization of rural water capacities! First-authored by an awesome colleague of mine! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water
Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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jjreport.bsky.social
A California wildfire wiped out this little-known ancient forest of massive trees just before major fire-prevention work was set to begin.

“I am sad because this old-growth forest is no more. I am angry because this outcome was a choice.”

www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out
Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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phealthy.bsky.social
This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
a, Total incidence of TCs on CONUS by month. Bar height is sum of average maximum wind speeds for all state-by-storm events. Colours correspond to decades. b, Stacked overlapping excess mortality responses to each storm for all of CONUS. Each storm response aggregates state-level responses nationally, accounting for state-level population and adaptation. Outline colours correspond to the decade when the TC occurred. The upper envelope is the total estimated mortality burden for CONUS resulting from all TCs occurring during the prior 172 months (see Supplementary Fig. 3). c, Official deaths directly resulting from TCs for each month according to NOAA National Hurricane Center and NOAA National Weather Service6,7. The y-axis scale is the same for b and c.
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
At Grist, Laura Mallonee has just published a critically important article on the Texas flood recovery and how unincorporated boundaries are impacting equitable recovery. I was happy to chat with Laura about my ongoing research on these issues in Texas and California.

grist.org/extreme-weat...
Texas floods showed why many rural communities feel abandoned in a crisis
Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.
grist.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
Holy moly... our NIH grant wasn't canceled! I'm so thrilled! But that also means I now have TWO intense community-engaged research projects scheduled for Spring/Summer 2026...!

🧿 Wish me luck 🧿
September 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Sep 29
Breaking: Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. “What I'm feeling goes beyond myself,” he said. “This is for my people, my culture, and our history.”

Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
September 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
Life is chaotic right now, but watching this little Swallowtail caterpillar on my fennel plant grow and transform has been so thrilling this past week!
A series of three photographs showing a Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar grow and turn into a chrysalis.
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
Right near our neighborhood, woke us up with the house swaying and a frenzy of alarms going off!
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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doctorvive.bsky.social
Hey, people who work on climate especially, you should know this is happening.
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Calls on Syracuse University to Fire Professors Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Murder or Face Loss of Federal Funding September 17, 2025 | Press Release Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today issued the following statement after reports surfaced o that two professors at Syracuse University mocked the brutal murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk: "While Americans across the country are mourning the tragic murder of Charle Kirk, two Syracuse University professors, Jenn Jackson and Farhana Sultana, used their platforms to celebrate and mock his death," said Congresswoman Tenney. Their appalling remarks included comments such as 'rest in piss, 'give him what he valued: no empathy, referring to him as 'trash, and even thanking a so-called 'witch' for cursing his life." = tenney.house.gov We'll deliver breaking news directly to your inbox. Sign up today. By Mark Weiner | mweiner@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse University said Wednesday it had taken swift action to address an uproar over social media posts made by two professors about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a statement, the university implied it had placed both professors on leave and promised to treat the matter "with utmost seriousness.
September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies
jobs.sjsu.edu
September 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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UC Berkeley betrayed their own faculty, including Jewish academics like Judith Butler, to the Trump administration

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
I broke today. It wasn't what happened today, it was the Supreme Court ruling yesterday, and turning to my Black/Indigenous/Latinx mentees not knowing what to say to them. It was silence from white colleagues. It was having to tell my mentorship community one of our heroes passed away last weekend.
September 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Sep 9
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."

Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?

www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
It's been a looong 2-3 year process, but this book chapter is coming out at the end of the month! Timely as we can learn so much about organizing and resistance from Casa Pueblo and its founding family! The chapter is meant as a "thank you" to them. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Resisting Colonialismo Ambiental and Colonialismo Desastre | 21 | The
Environmental and climate activism is increasingly criticized for remaining too closely associated with oppressive governance processes, impeding systemic
www.taylorfrancis.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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cristianfarias.com
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:

link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
"Just the other day, I was in the audience at Lincoln Center when Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, while promoting a new book, that she doesn't think the United States is in a constitutional crisis," Farias told us. "Today, the Supreme Court, without offering a single line of reasoning, more or less declared that the Fourth Amendment, which protects everyone from unreasonable searches and seizures, nonetheless allows the Trump Administration to arrest and detain anyone who looks Latino, citizen or not, on account of the language that they speak or the kind of jobs they do. The ruling putatively covers the Los Angeles area, but the effect could be national," he continued. "If that's not a constitutional crisis, then what is?"
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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luckytran.com
Hawaii announced they are joining California, Oregon, and Washington’s West Coast Health Alliance which will provide their own science-based vaccine guidelines and make vaccines accessible to everyone.
Hawaii to join West Coast Health Alliance with California, Oregon, and Washington SACRAMENTO – Roughly 24 hours after the launch of the West Coast Health Alliance, Hawaii is joining California, Oregon, and Washington in a shared commitment to safeguard public health. Together, these states will provide evidence-based immunization guidance rooted in safety, efficacy, and transparency — ensuring residents receive credible information free from political interference.
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Explosion at Louisiana Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Toxic Fallout
- Capital B News capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
Explosion at Louisiana Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Toxic Fallout
As oily rain fell on Roseland, where 90% of kids live in poverty, the Trump administration is considering gutting chemical-disaster safeguards.
capitalbnews.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
A week and a half remaining to submit your CV to the POCIG CV Book!
danielle-rivera.bsky.social Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · Aug 19
POCIG is preparing our annual collection of CVs from people of color seeking teaching and faculty positions in planning. The deadline for 2025-2026 is Friday, September 12, 2025. More information on CV formatting and submission can be found on ACSP's website here: www.acsp.org/news/679862/...
Now Accepting Submissions for the POCIG 2025 Resume-CV Book - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Inc.
The deadline for submissions for 2025-2026 is Friday, September 12, 2025. Please distribute this call widely.
www.acsp.org
September 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
danielle-rivera.bsky.social
I set an aggressive no AI policy in my classes this Fall, but took time to discuss it with students, expressing openness to changing the policy if they saw issues. All my students were like "the policy sounds great!" I don't think the enthusiasm to use this new tech exists in all disciplines.
blbalthaser.bsky.social Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · Aug 30
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)

h/t @joshuajfriedman.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM