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Empowering people, driving solutions for a sustainable world. │ RT ≠ endorsement │ 🎙️: @AskPossibly │ https://t.co/iY4vAp4d9O
Providence, RI
Joined May 2015
Join the IBES team! We seek an Associate Director of Administration and Finance to oversee budget management and planning, HR operations, building facilities, and more. Learn more and apply by February 24:
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RT @the_herald: The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society hosted the Climate Careers Exploration Fair in Sayles Hall on Feb. 7. h…
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RT @jeremyhobson: On the latest @TheMiddleradio @Brown_IBES on Trump releasing water in #California that will have no impact on Los Angeles…
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RT @WatsonInstitute: Climate Action and the 2024 Election: Science, Policy, and Disinformation — At this pivotal moment in U.S. history, @B…
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RT @AskPossibly: This week on Possibly, a new program in Framingham, MA is leading the transition from gas to geothermal heating and coolin…
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Coming up this Friday, Feb 7! Join 18 employers, 25 alumni, and over 300 students for @BrownUniversity's first-ever Climate Careers Exploration Fair. Learn more:
Spread the word: All Brown students are invited to connect with employers and alumni at the University's first-ever Climate Careers Exploration Fair, Friday, Feb 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sayles Hall! Learn more and register to attend:
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IBES' signature class, Humans, Nature, and the Environment, bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world solutions, connecting undergraduates with local organizations to address pressing environmental issues. Learn more in our new article!
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“Scientists take professional risks, risks to reputation, sometimes to their economic livelihoods and career trajectories by speaking out, which is one of the reasons why a lot of science organizing and science activism is invisible,” IBES Prof Scott Frickel told @statnews ⤵️
Trump’s first term birthed the March for Science. Where are the science activists now?
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"The new study is one of the first lines of hard evidence linking the recent acceleration in global warming to burning fossil fuels, said Kim Cobb [@coralsncaves], director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society." Read on in @business ⤵️
The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to new findings
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RT @AskPossibly: Hospitals have to use (and throw away) a lot of single-use plastics to deliver care for patients. But on this week’s episo…
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Spread the word: All Brown students are invited to connect with employers and alumni at the University's first-ever Climate Careers Exploration Fair, Friday, Feb 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sayles Hall! Learn more and register to attend:
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RT @the_herald: The next time you’re planning on going for a run, check more than just the weather — the air quality might affect your perf…
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A recent @newscientist article features forthcoming research from IBES Assistant Professor @Dan_E_Ibarra and Physics Professor Brad Marston, an IBES faculty fellow ⤵️
Carbon removal schemes on farms could change Earth’s reflectivity
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IBES advisory council member & @encouragecap founder Ricardo Bayon ’89 teaches Brown's popular "Finance and the Environment" course. Without knowing how money flows, "it's hard to have an impact on any given environmental issue," Bayon told @BrownAlumniMag:
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RT @AskPossibly: With the second Trump administration underway, the Possibly team looks at a group hoping to shape the US's energy policy:…
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.@heatmap_news queried more than 30 climate insiders, including IBES Director Kim Cobb (@coralsncaves), about the future of environmental policy under Trump. Read their forecasts ⤵️
“What’s the piece of climate jargon you wish you could ban? ‘Climate crisis, climate emergency, global heating: anything that implies the primary impediment to cutting emissions is scientists using the wrong word.’”
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Career Spotlight: Lucas Gussman-Toh ’17⭐ "The instructors and community at IBES constantly reminded me that nothing happens in isolation," said Gussman-Toh, an Environmental Science alumnus and senior associate for @Sol_Systems.
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RT @brown_alumni: Congratulations to the 11 #BrownAlumni who were named to the 2025 #ForbesUnder30 list for their innovative work in AI, he…
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RT @HarvardWCFIA: NEW Podcast: Commodities are all around us, but we rarely think of their impacts. Scholars of commodities—like soybeans,…
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"According to Brown University's @ClimateDevLab, many of New Jersey's anti-offshore wind groups are affiliated with the Caesar Rodney Institute, a Delaware-based libertarian think tank that is aligned with fossil fuel advocates," @AsburyParkPress reports. Read on ⤵️
New Jersey offshore wind industry faces new lawsuit and Trump executive order
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