Maria Akchurin
@makchur.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago | Environmental and Urban Sociology
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More cases against the Trump Administration. The is one by farmers who are dealing with funding cuts and the dearth of climate data that they had come to rely on:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Farmers sue USDA after agency deletes climate change data
The lawsuit says the Agriculture Department is hindering farmers from using the data to make “agricultural decisions” while they also face a recent funding freeze.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
More cases against the Trump Administration. The is one by farmers who are dealing with funding cuts and the dearth of climate data that they had come to rely on:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
I wrote an essay on mining, water, and climate change in Chile's Atacama desert. For anyone new to the topic, it offers a short introduction to water conflicts around intensifying copper and lithium extraction. doi.org/10.1525/curh...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Mining, Water Conflicts, and Climate Change in Chile’s Atacama Desert
Global demand for lithium and copper is rising, fueled by the renewable energy transition. Chile is the top producer of copper and the second-largest producer of lithium in the world. It is also recog...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wrote an essay on mining, water, and climate change in Chile's Atacama desert. For anyone new to the topic, it offers a short introduction to water conflicts around intensifying copper and lithium extraction. doi.org/10.1525/curh...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Don’t worry; we and our collaborators at Public Environmental Data Partners have stood up a copy of EJScreen, the environmental justice mapping and screening tool taken down by Trump's EPA last week.
You can access it here: screening-tools.com
You can access it here: screening-tools.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Don’t worry; we and our collaborators at Public Environmental Data Partners have stood up a copy of EJScreen, the environmental justice mapping and screening tool taken down by Trump's EPA last week.
You can access it here: screening-tools.com
You can access it here: screening-tools.com
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A very clear statement of what is happening to science right now.
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A very clear statement of what is happening to science right now.
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."
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“One of the things that’s worrisome is when you start to take down resources like this, you start to construct a knowledge sphere that doesn’t acknowledge that environmental or climate injustices exist”. - EDGI's @ericnost.bsky.social
grist.org/politics/the...
grist.org/politics/the...
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump's war on DEI
Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“One of the things that’s worrisome is when you start to take down resources like this, you start to construct a knowledge sphere that doesn’t acknowledge that environmental or climate injustices exist”. - EDGI's @ericnost.bsky.social
grist.org/politics/the...
grist.org/politics/the...