Greg Pierce

Day jobs: @LuskinCenter @UCLAurbnplnning @UCLAwater @uclaluskin Affiliations: @UCLAIOES @UCLALewisCenter @UCLA_ITS @UCLA_CSolutions @HWISE_rcn @PPICWater

[Greg Pierce @gregspierce]

Our @NatureWaterJnl comment “Redefining expectations for urban water supply systems to fight wildfire”⬇️.

Started working on this w/ Edith de Guzman and Megan Mullin @LuskinCenter 10 days after fires started.

We lay out 3 implications from the fires for water supply systems.

[Seth @Negatron_85]

@WindyCOYS I liked the comment where “we didn’t want to change coach in Jan in case it impacted our January recruitment”.

Er… what January recruitment? We failed entirely that month

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

We’ve changed the faculty performance system! Sign up for a training on how to copy and paste things from your vita into the new system. A possible 1% merit raise depends on completing this activity!

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.

Details in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: https://t.co/kLx1aQBXlQ

[Sarah Fletcher @SFletcherH2O]

Submit to our Special Collection in WRR on water and equity! @theAGU @aguwater

[gabe @allgarbled]

Please make sure you are only drinking as much water as you REALLY need. We need that for the datacenters. If you’re thirsty, grok is thirsty too.

[Greg Pierce @gregspierce]

And @latimes coverage of on-ground mobile water fire-suppression techniques, which draws in part on our report

https://t.co/swxdaA8rBH

[Greg Pierce @gregspierce]

Check out our @UCLA report with @LADWP on fire innovations in four spaces

https://t.co/B60xZlY59O

[UCLA @UCLA]

ICYMI: The UCLA professor draws a line from the Hurricane Katrina disaster to the nationwide struggle for healthy housing. https://t.co/j6gtBt6mHr

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

After fire hydrants lost pressure and went dry, the LA Fire Department faced costly delays in getting more water to fight the Palisades fire. @Hannahnfry https://t.co/glLFns9ndA @latimes

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

No, you misunderstood, when I said I wanted feedback I meant I wanted you to compliment me a lot

[Christian Borys @ItsBorys]

Remember when they said Zelensky desecrated the sanctity of the White House by not wearing a suit

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

The Onion is undefeated.

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

Not just electricity that's getting too expensive in Southern California -- water bills are a growing problem too, @ByIanJames reports: https://t.co/AfAEeSyxdc

[Water Mark 🚰 @OtayMark]

Who manages your water in Southern California, and why it matters

A new @UCLA Atlas reveals fragmented water governance has unequal impacts on affordability, quality, and resilience.

https://t.co/twzh7hpir9 via @LuskinCenter

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

when do the groceries get cheaper

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

"What about Bill Clinton?!?!?!"

Oh no not Bill Clinton, I am going to have to take off my Bill Clinton Hat and return all of my Bill Clinton Coin and stop reading my Bill Clinton Bible

[Nick Shapiro @zBoratory]

My book “Homesick” comes out in a month! The book asks the question of how shelter became exposure in the US and what we can do about it. https://t.co/MLTN1BLn14 (discount code: E25SHPRO)

[The Water Research Foundation (WRF) 💧 @WaterResearch]

🚨 We're seeking proposals for nine new research projects 🚨

View Open RFPs ➡️ https://t.co/FsrPPccVzZ

💧 Taking a One Water approach, these requests for proposals (RFPs) focus on pathogens, condition assessment, microplastics, biosolids, methane emissions, and more.

📥Proposals for these projects will be submitted via WRF’s new online portal ✨

🔎 Refer to our training materials to gain familiarity with the new submission process and allow extra time to navigate the new system ➡️ https://t.co/bzuUQcqtF1

📅 The first deadline to submit is October 22, 2025, by 3 pm MT.

[Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem]

NEW: Now that $300+ million in UCLA grants are frozen, will the university follow Columbia, Brown to settle with Trump? @DanielNMiller and I look at the possibility of a big payout — and how California complicates the Trump higher education battle https://t.co/hRSYUpYivK

[Ben Inskeep @Ben_Inskeep]

Record transparency in new utility filing on a data center customer! 🔥