Elizabeth M. De Santo
@emdesanto.bsky.social
Environmental Studies prof. @ F&M College, focused on #MarineProtectedAreas, #MPAs, #MarSocSci, #MarineGovernance, #OceanConservation, #BBNJ, #SciencePolicy website: www.emdesanto.com
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Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.
EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act
The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.
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Here's actually an important petition to sign!
We have less than a week to tell Trump to keep his hands off the National Environmental Policy Act, referred to as the Magna Carta of environmental law. Please sign and share our petition. sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
President Trump, Don't Gut Our Bedrock Environmental Law
Donald Trump’s current attempt to gut bedrock environmental law may take away your ability to have a voice in decisions made by federal agencies. The National Environmental Policy Act has been impleme...
sign.moveon.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's actually an important petition to sign!
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Just thinking about the quiet helpful competence of the Biden-Harris administration and what could have been.
An All-of-Government Approach to Saving the Ocean
The new National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy exemplifies important science policy done right.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just thinking about the quiet helpful competence of the Biden-Harris administration and what could have been.
This is very easy, please take two minutes to ask your reps to protect National Marine Sanctuaries... @marinesanctuary.bsky.social
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation on LinkedIn: TAKE ACTION: Speak Up for Marine Sanctuary Staff!
NOAA's Office of… | 10 comments
TAKE ACTION: Speak Up for Marine Sanctuary Staff!
NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries staff were just fired by the Trump Administration.
This is… | 10 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is very easy, please take two minutes to ask your reps to protect National Marine Sanctuaries... @marinesanctuary.bsky.social
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Biodiversity is depleted and large furrows still lie in the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment operated more than 40 years ago.
Deep-sea life is still recovering from mining activity 40 years ago
The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when researchers revisited the site in 2023 compared with undisturbed areas nearby
www.newscientist.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Biodiversity is depleted and large furrows still lie in the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment operated more than 40 years ago.
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Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
Friends, please consider supporting the wonderful @sevenseas-media.bsky.social, which provides the best marine/oceans job board as well as a ton of relevant news, grant opportunities, etc. It's a tremendous resource and needs your help. Thank you! sevenseasmedia.org
SEVENSEAS Media - Connecting our international community with marine conservation news, job opportunities, ecotourism, & adventure.
SEVENSEAS Media is a FREE resource that promotes marine conservation through community engagement, career opportunities, creative media, and eco-tourism.
sevenseasmedia.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Friends, please consider supporting the wonderful @sevenseas-media.bsky.social, which provides the best marine/oceans job board as well as a ton of relevant news, grant opportunities, etc. It's a tremendous resource and needs your help. Thank you! sevenseasmedia.org
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Did you know that every French parking lot is going to be covered with solar panels? That Indonesia said it will close down its coal plants? That Nest is building a giant 'virtual powerplant' in Texas
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
Tart but sweet
Thanksgiving, even this year
billmckibben.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Did you know that every French parking lot is going to be covered with solar panels? That Indonesia said it will close down its coal plants? That Nest is building a giant 'virtual powerplant' in Texas
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
There are things to be thankful for, even in Nov 2024
billmckibben.substack.com/p/tart-but-s...
I had a wonderful visit @hifmb.bsky.social this week - thank you very much for the privilege to get to know your wonderful community of #MarineGovernance and #OceanConservation experts!
Impressions from our very first "Marine Social Science Lecture". Insightful and brilliant talk by @emdesanto.bsky.social and an intrigued audience online and offline.
www.hifmb.de/mssl #MarineGovernance #MPAs
#OceanConservation #MarineProtectedAreas
www.hifmb.de/mssl #MarineGovernance #MPAs
#OceanConservation #MarineProtectedAreas
November 24, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I had a wonderful visit @hifmb.bsky.social this week - thank you very much for the privilege to get to know your wonderful community of #MarineGovernance and #OceanConservation experts!
Thank you for the invitation, am very much looking forward to joining you next week!
Join us for the inaugural Marine Social Science Lecture! 🌊 Dive into a conversation with Prof. Elizabeth M. De Santo on marine geopolitics, environmental justice, and science. Don't miss out – register now! 🔗 www.hifmb.de/mssl #MarineGovernance #MPAs #OceanConservation #MarineProtectedAreas
Marine Social Science Lecture - dedicated to Satya Savitzky - HIFMB Oldenburg
Are you interested in learning more about our marine governance work, and listening to a leading international scholar talk about key issues shaping the field today? Save the date and join our inaugur...
www.hifmb.de
November 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Thank you for the invitation, am very much looking forward to joining you next week!
My book is coming out this summer! You can see a preview of it here: www.routledge.com/Securitizing...
January 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM
My book is coming out this summer! You can see a preview of it here: www.routledge.com/Securitizing...
The world's largest cold water coral reef lies beside the first experimental deep sea mining test site... www.southernfriedscience.com/the-worlds-l...
January 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The world's largest cold water coral reef lies beside the first experimental deep sea mining test site... www.southernfriedscience.com/the-worlds-l...
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"Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning"
Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
www.wired.com/story/norway...
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Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
www.wired.com/story/norway...
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Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning
Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2024 at 11:07 PM
"Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning"
Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
www.wired.com/story/norway...
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Politicians claim the move could provide vital minerals for the green transition. Critics say opening up exploration creates geopolitical headaches and is environmentally unsound.
www.wired.com/story/norway...
🦑
New to Blue Sky, hoping it's less toxic than Twitter? Looking for good #MarineConservation conversations... ☺️
January 11, 2024 at 3:58 AM
New to Blue Sky, hoping it's less toxic than Twitter? Looking for good #MarineConservation conversations... ☺️
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January 11, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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