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Zbigniew J Grabowski
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Natives should NOT have to pay taxes. That stereotype should be true. This entire country is sitting on our land tax free like wtf
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Zelenski ze specjalnym przesłaniem dla zachodu.
Mówi w języku angielskim.
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Register to get the zoom link. Looking forward to this.
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How does your city stack up when it comes to incorporating #equity in green infrastructure planning? Find out more in a virtual webinar organized by @caryinstitute this Thursday at 1pm EDT featuring @timonmcphearson and @zjgrabowski 
eventbrite.com/e/building-equ @TheNewSchool1
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New research: "Toward a more inclusive definition of green infrastructure" | The first systematic review of the use and definition of the green infrastructure concept in US city plans.
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New analysis of 20 US cities found that many city plans fail to define green infrastructure. When they do, they tend to focus on stormwater management, favoring built facilities over parks + larger urban green spaces. More in : doi.org/10.1002/fee.24
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📰 Green infrastructure has become an important resilience strategy for US cities, but new paper finds approaches vary widely revealing limits but also opportunities. Led by , , , , 👇
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So excited to see this article out in the world! A Herculean task by coding & analyzing these plans with fabulous visualizations of the results! This article pairs nicely with our GI lit review, reinforcing findings across theory & practice: sciencedirect.com/science/articl
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Green infrastructure has become an important resilience strategy for US cities, but new paper finds approaches vary widely revealing limits but also opportunities. Led by @zjgrabowski, @timonmcphearson, @oh_the_urbanity, @PeterGroffman, @UrbanSteward
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The evolution of urban planning during the pandemic will continue to drive interest in the assets cities have been classifying as green infrastructure, according to .
reports on a new report:
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WOW! incredible work! UWash research shows racism and redlining hurt local wildlife, too | Crosscut #BlackInSTEM #blackaf
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Important work here, setting up lots more to be done!
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I am beyond thrilled to share our new paper in Science today, "The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments". #urbanecology #BlackLivesMatter @aaas @BEcologists @BlackAFinSTEM @uwearthlab @UWEnvironment @uwtacoma science.sciencemag.org/content/early/
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“NYC urgently needs is an approach towards coastal management that addresses the paradox of luxury coastal development and highly vulnerable coastal zones”. A striking conclusion echoing one of my photographic work bit.ly/2RxOspk. Have a nice day. Yky
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Congrats to 's , , and for publishing this important paper on coastal #flood #risk and #EnvironmentalJustice in NYC! bit.ly/2XwiZqL
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The #EnvironmentalJustice of Flood Risk in #NYC: "Shifting landscapes of coastal flood risk: environmental (in)justice of urban change, sea level rise, and differential vulnerability in NYC" #OpenAccess urbantransformations.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… w @PabloHerreros4 @zjgrabowski @V_Olivotto @USL_NYC
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‘Star-spangled fascism: American interwar political extremism in comparative perspective’. This is a brilliant article by contextualising literatutre on US interwar fascism & arguing that there was an all-American native tradition of fascism tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10
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I’m about to finish up my time in the fields, and wanted everyone to know that we (farmworkers) are paid $7 for two gallons of blueberries. How much do you pay for your blueberries?
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This is possibly the best thing I have seen on Twitter, ever. To all the anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-everything people, this is the logical conclusion of “freedom”. Please read it. All of you.
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Seems the ‘justice departments’ across the country need some systemic readjustment, as it takes actions outside the law to make them transparent ...
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The BlueLeaks hack of 251 law enforcement websites exposes personal data of over 700,000 cops. Here is my analysis of the massive 269gb data set theintercept.com/2020/07/15/blu
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Maxwell’s arrest is a significant development.
I hope the SDNY and all relevant parties have conducted an extensive review of the failures of Epstein’s custody to ensure Maxwell’s safety as this case bears out.
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BIG NEWS: Sources -- Ghislaine Maxwell is in custody. Arrested on charges in the Southern District of NY. Story soon.
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Are parks critical infrastructure? Read our latest post exploring the critical role #parks and #greenspaces play during #COVID, and how to ensure equitable access. With contributions from the 's , and others: bit.ly/2YSYYKC
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A DC teacher making $60K pays the same tax rate as a CEO making $350k. Does that seem fair to you? A #JustRecoveryDC means people earning 350K+ pay their fair share to help those suffering due to the pandemic.
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The blood of the land is rising and it tingles
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Part two of Ngā Hine Pūkōrero's performance at #BlackLivesMatter in Auckland today.
Cannot overstate how powerful and affecting this piece about colonial brutality was, delivered to a crowd of several thousand in Aotea Square.
Aotearoa, we got a ways to go. 2/2
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I’m attending Janeese for Ward 4’s event, “Environmental Town Hall” – sign up now to join me! #Janeese4dc
We need to take drastic action to protect tenants now against the long-term effects of COVID, including CANCELLING RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS and providing longer-term relief to residents. Sign our petition here: bit.ly/cancelrentdc
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If Pragmatism entails truthiness based on benefits derived from beliefs, then what do we call a mental system that benefits from purposeful ignorance? Is the denial of reality of others a form of Pragmatism?
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Looks like the US is poised to force reopening business in the face of a pandemic while continuing to critique communist countries with a far more effective response. Suicidal capitalism?
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Isn’t it cute that Canada says it won’t go to the Olympics while it speeds up construction on illegal, climate destroying, and pandemic spreading pipelines through Wet’suwet’en Nation? #ClimateCrisis #WetsuwetenStrong #LockdownNow #shutdowncanada
Will suburbia save the US? As we in the climate world already know: probably not
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This is urgent! I just called my DC Councilmembers asking for their support to finally finish the 9th St. NW protected bike lanes. It only takes a few minutes. Take action here.
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
., prioritize public safety and health by supporting the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane! More than 60 people have been injured since put this project on hold. Vote YES on March 3rd, and lets protect housing while we roll out bike lanes
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The energized movement @BernieSanders is building will deliver the big win we need in November. This fact is undeniable 
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Even “Science” now frames evolution as a political question
Science Magazine - February 7, 2020 - Discovering the limits of ecological resilience
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Have always wondered about this for the Eastern US, is it just a matter of time?
Forests Rebounded in Europe. Then, With Climate Change, So Did Fires.
Who would have thought? 🤦Our best weapons against cancer are not magic bullets but improving public health #greeninfrastructurenow
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