Josh Apte
@joshapte.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Engineering + Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley.
Research: air pollution, health, climate, EJ.
Research: air pollution, health, climate, EJ.
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Shutting down the Energy Star program will raise your energy costs and make you sicker. There is no good policy reason to shut it down. None. It saves people lots of money and helps cut pollution. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Shutting down the Energy Star program will raise your energy costs and make you sicker. There is no good policy reason to shut it down. None. It saves people lots of money and helps cut pollution. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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Global science is not going to end at the whims of some ideology. More than 17,000 Earth and space scientists are gathering at #EGU25, including many from the U.S. www.egu25.eu
April 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Global science is not going to end at the whims of some ideology. More than 17,000 Earth and space scientists are gathering at #EGU25, including many from the U.S. www.egu25.eu
I took advantage of the spring weather to sneak in a little hike in the Viennese Alps this morning before the start of #EGU25.
Awesome to see this old smokestack being repurposed for solar energy.
A nice metaphor for the change we need!
Awesome to see this old smokestack being repurposed for solar energy.
A nice metaphor for the change we need!
April 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I took advantage of the spring weather to sneak in a little hike in the Viennese Alps this morning before the start of #EGU25.
Awesome to see this old smokestack being repurposed for solar energy.
A nice metaphor for the change we need!
Awesome to see this old smokestack being repurposed for solar energy.
A nice metaphor for the change we need!
Reposted by Josh Apte
Reposted by Josh Apte
NIH-supported Environmental Health Perspectives is the open-access flagship journal in environmental health. They have paused all new manuscript submissions "due to changes in operational resources". Is this the transparency and open discourse we were promised?
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/b...
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/b...
EHP Publishing
ehp.niehs.nih.gov
April 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NIH-supported Environmental Health Perspectives is the open-access flagship journal in environmental health. They have paused all new manuscript submissions "due to changes in operational resources". Is this the transparency and open discourse we were promised?
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/b...
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/b...
Most rail services in the US still use polluting diesel locomotives. Recently, our commuter rail system in San Francisco, @caltrain.com, was electrified.
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Dramatic Air Quality Improvements after the Complete Electrification of a Commuter Rail System
To limit the impact of climate change, there is an urgent requirement for infrastructure decarbonization and a transition to lower-emission energy systems. This is expected to result in local air qual...
pubs.acs.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Most rail services in the US still use polluting diesel locomotives. Recently, our commuter rail system in San Francisco, @caltrain.com, was electrified.
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Good news: we found DRAMATIC air quality improvements once the electric trains replaced the diesels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Hey everyone, nice to be back online here at Bluesky.
I love how fresh and earnest this place feels - reminds me of the good old days.
I love how fresh and earnest this place feels - reminds me of the good old days.
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hey everyone, nice to be back online here at Bluesky.
I love how fresh and earnest this place feels - reminds me of the good old days.
I love how fresh and earnest this place feels - reminds me of the good old days.