ENVIRO-HISTORY explores the environment and history through maps, visualizations, essays, music, art and other media. By @leiffredrickson
Joined March 2018
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For your #EarthDay reading, my article in @envhistcom on Charlton Heston's apocalypse trilogy & the rise of eco-fascist catastrophism. There may be the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, but there is also the possibility of capital in life's ruins. enviro-history.com/heston
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Fascinating forgotten history, dug up by @envhistcom - turns out Tom Lehrer wasn't the first person to write a Pollution song...
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4/ The new website also includes an interactive timeline of the #EPA. Explore here: apeoplesepa.org/home/interac…. #APeoplesEPA #EPAat50
👀 And follow @ApeoplesepaA for announcements as more resources are added to the website!
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3/ For years, EDGI has collected oral histories with past & present EPA staff who tell the story of the agency under Trump. @ApeoplesepaA makes these publicly available. We’ve posted a few to start & will roll out more in coming months. Check them out: apeoplesepa.org/home/intervi…
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2/ Since Dec 1970, the EPA has been charged w/ implementing laws regulating air pollution, dirty water, & hazardous waste. @ApeoplesepaA compiles resources from EDGI, @EEW_Network, @UCSUSA, @EnvProtectioNet, @ToxicDocs to understand @EPA. Press release: bit.ly/3oIQPnc
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1/ 📣📣📣Today, EDGI launches A People’s EPA! This new collaborative digital project tells the complex history of the #EPA—both under Trump and before—to help illuminate a path forward under Biden and beyond. Check out @ApeoplesepaA: apeoplesepa.org/ #APeoplesEPA #EPAat50
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Abstracts are trickling in for Succession: Queering the Environment! A @NiCHE_Canada series to be published in June! #envhist
I'd love to see one from you in my inbox! Just submit a 100-300 word abstract and short bio by the end of Saturday, Feb 15th!
niche-canada.org/2020/01/14/…
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A great mural from Baltimore making the connection between the street music (or "noise pollution" as some saw it) of early 1900s street organists and late 1900s boomboxes
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In celebration of #EarthDay, read my article on Charlton Heston and the rise of Eco-Catastrophism! "There may be the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, but as Soylent Green teaches us, there is also the possibility of capital in life's ruins." enviro-history.com/heston
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The Lead Industries Association (LIA) fought back regulation of leaded gasoline for decades, even though it knew about its dangers.
Here's a peek at one of its own internal memos that shows how it put together anti-regulatory arguments.
toxicdocs.org/blog/lead-pois…
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Public Health Then & Now: Previous presidential administrations have undermined the #EPA w/deregulation, budget & staff cuts (Reagan), & undermining science-based policy (Bush). The current administration is using both approaches (Open Access) goo.gl/fx5dfn
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The EPA is in the news seemingly every day for all the wrong reasons. But would firing Scott Pruitt save the agency? washingtonpost.com/news/made…
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Japan’s cherry blossoms: In 14 Japanese cities, the dates logged for full bloom were the earliest ever or tied the record, with blooming occurring 7 to 11 days earlier than average
buff.ly/2wD1aen #climate
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Reading Roman economic history thru traces of lead in Greenland’s ice - a proxy for coin production! #climhist #envhist theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Long-time Hartford columnist Tom Condon reviews my book Free the Beaches and recounts his own memories of Ned Coll in the CT Mirror: ctviewpoints.org/2018/05/16/…
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40 years after archaeologist Bill Rathje’s pioneering work on garbage, it’s still not clear where exactly archaeology of the contemporary belongs. Historical archaeology? Heritage studies? Material culture studies? bit.ly/2Gw2bJU
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U.S. air pollution has been on a steady decline since the 1970s buff.ly/2JNMsTp via @grist
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How Boston's tides shaped and will continue to shape the city, my latest in @BostonGlobe. bostonglobe.com/ideas/2018/0…
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Exposure to prolonged hot spells can raise the risk of heat-related illnesses like heat stroke, especially in urban areas where the impacts are compounded by the urban heat island effect buff.ly/2voeUJk
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Mean global atmospheric methane (CH₄; potent greenhouse gas) updated through January 2018
+ Graphic: columbia.edu/~mhs119/GHGs/
+ Data: esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trend…
