Eric Cova
@eicova.bsky.social
Comms Director @ Smart Growth America
LGBTQ+ | Climate | Cities | Travel | MPA, NYU Wagner
LGBTQ+ | Climate | Cities | Travel | MPA, NYU Wagner
As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, communities across the US are already seeing population shifts.
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social report offers an actionable framework for building places where everyone can thrive. See the report ⤵️ www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social report offers an actionable framework for building places where everyone can thrive. See the report ⤵️ www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
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June 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, communities across the US are already seeing population shifts.
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social report offers an actionable framework for building places where everyone can thrive. See the report ⤵️ www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social report offers an actionable framework for building places where everyone can thrive. See the report ⤵️ www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
LGBTQ people are again treated as second-class citizens in health science and research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LGBTQ people are again treated as second-class citizens in health science and research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
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"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
A couple weeks ago, I saw Fault Lines, a powerful new doc on the housing crisis. It’s a reminder that while the causes may seem complex, the solution is clear: we need to build more housing—and remove the barriers that stand in the way. Everyone should check it out!
youtu.be/VpvIISyaRLA
youtu.be/VpvIISyaRLA
Fault Lines: Inside the Housing Crisis [Trailer]
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April 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A couple weeks ago, I saw Fault Lines, a powerful new doc on the housing crisis. It’s a reminder that while the causes may seem complex, the solution is clear: we need to build more housing—and remove the barriers that stand in the way. Everyone should check it out!
youtu.be/VpvIISyaRLA
youtu.be/VpvIISyaRLA
Growing up gay in America is literal satire. What a great piece in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
Opinion | How Hooters Became a Refuge for Young Gay Men
Many fathers and grandfathers take their gay sons to the bar. It’s become a place of refuge — and how that happened is a curious story.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Growing up gay in America is literal satire. What a great piece in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
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To End Car Dependency, We Must Change Who Has A Seat At the Table
In a guest post, @nondriver.bsky.social says our transit systems should be shaped by people who actually use them.
publicola.com/2025/03/14/t...
In a guest post, @nondriver.bsky.social says our transit systems should be shaped by people who actually use them.
publicola.com/2025/03/14/t...
To End Car Dependency, We Must Change Who Has A Seat At the Table - PubliCola
By Anna Zivarts “If you could change one thing to make our communities less car-dependent, what would it be?” That’s…
publicola.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
To End Car Dependency, We Must Change Who Has A Seat At the Table
In a guest post, @nondriver.bsky.social says our transit systems should be shaped by people who actually use them.
publicola.com/2025/03/14/t...
In a guest post, @nondriver.bsky.social says our transit systems should be shaped by people who actually use them.
publicola.com/2025/03/14/t...
I find it hard to believe that regular Americans see govt agencies like the EPA as the boogey man.
Removing protections for public health has to be broadly concerning and unpopular, no? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Removing protections for public health has to be broadly concerning and unpopular, no? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I find it hard to believe that regular Americans see govt agencies like the EPA as the boogey man.
Removing protections for public health has to be broadly concerning and unpopular, no? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Removing protections for public health has to be broadly concerning and unpopular, no? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
Reposted by Eric Cova
March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Reposted by Eric Cova
EPA wants to:
—Overturn limits on soot from smokestacks & restrictions on emissions of mercury
—Eliminate protection of poor, minority communities
—No longer consider costs to society from wildfires, droughts, storms that might be made worse by pollution
—Erase authority to regulate greenhouse gases
—Overturn limits on soot from smokestacks & restrictions on emissions of mercury
—Eliminate protection of poor, minority communities
—No longer consider costs to society from wildfires, droughts, storms that might be made worse by pollution
—Erase authority to regulate greenhouse gases
E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said he would revise or repeal dozens of air, water and climate protections to help industries.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
EPA wants to:
—Overturn limits on soot from smokestacks & restrictions on emissions of mercury
—Eliminate protection of poor, minority communities
—No longer consider costs to society from wildfires, droughts, storms that might be made worse by pollution
—Erase authority to regulate greenhouse gases
—Overturn limits on soot from smokestacks & restrictions on emissions of mercury
—Eliminate protection of poor, minority communities
—No longer consider costs to society from wildfires, droughts, storms that might be made worse by pollution
—Erase authority to regulate greenhouse gases
Reposted by Eric Cova
the EPA wants to poison you
HUD wants to make you homeless
the department of education wants you to be dumb
what in the everloving f*ck is going on right now
HUD wants to make you homeless
the department of education wants you to be dumb
what in the everloving f*ck is going on right now
Shorter Zeldin: We want you to die of cancer, your kids to have asthma, and you suffer with dementia so you won't know how it ended. apnews.com/article/trum...
EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate ch...
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
the EPA wants to poison you
HUD wants to make you homeless
the department of education wants you to be dumb
what in the everloving f*ck is going on right now
HUD wants to make you homeless
the department of education wants you to be dumb
what in the everloving f*ck is going on right now
“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
I attended a crisis communications training yesterday. One of the speakers left me with a nugget that has been playing in my head since I heard it, and seems particularly important to the moment we're in:
To change the narrative, you have to narrate the change.
To change the narrative, you have to narrate the change.
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I attended a crisis communications training yesterday. One of the speakers left me with a nugget that has been playing in my head since I heard it, and seems particularly important to the moment we're in:
To change the narrative, you have to narrate the change.
To change the narrative, you have to narrate the change.
“Over the past month Mr. Trump and his allies have embarked on an expansive crackdown on free expression and disfavored speakers that should be decried not just as hypocritical but also as un-American and unconstitutional.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Over the past month Mr. Trump and his allies have embarked on an expansive crackdown on free expression and disfavored speakers that should be decried not just as hypocritical but also as un-American and unconstitutional.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
I would love my morning new TikTok style. Give me the top 10 headlines accompanied by a minute or two of content each. 👌
February 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I would love my morning new TikTok style. Give me the top 10 headlines accompanied by a minute or two of content each. 👌
Only one in five people view DEIA as a negative. Are we really just taking it on the chin that it's ok for millions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to be cancelled because they reference racial equity or something similar?
February 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Only one in five people view DEIA as a negative. Are we really just taking it on the chin that it's ok for millions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to be cancelled because they reference racial equity or something similar?
It’s McCarthyism 2.0. Creating a culture of fear and accusations is what this is all about www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion
Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s McCarthyism 2.0. Creating a culture of fear and accusations is what this is all about www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...