Nick Mailloux, PhD

Researcher/Lecturer @UWMadison. PhD @NelsonInstitute. Air quality, health, climate, energy. Past: @UCSUSA, @JohnsHopkins. he/him

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

“While any new president could quickly transform policies around scientific integrity through new executive orders, the union contract provision is one advocates had urged as a way to make the protections harder to undo without a legal fight.”

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The union representing nearly half of Environmental Protection Agency employees approved a new contract with the federal government, it included a provision that had nothing to do with pay or benefits: protections from political meddling into their work. https://t.co/CUe8FTyYC6

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

“For many Minnesotans, Wisconsinites, and Michiganders confronting the mildest winter they’ve ever experienced, the realities of fast-warming winter temperatures and markedly declining ice cover are becoming difficult to ignore.” https://t.co/zDFCgIVgPe

[Craig Gilbert @WisVoter]

My look at WI's new legislative maps, which barring more legal fighting would for the 1st time in decade-plus put both chambers in play, with one key exception: GOP would almost certainly hold state senate this fall because only 16 of 33 seats are up in 2024

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin signed into law on Monday new legislative maps that could drastically alter the state’s balance of power, giving Democrats a chance to win control of the state’s legislature for the first time in more than a decade.
https://t.co/JN3xMeU7TD

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

(Map by me, air quality surfaces from EPA’s 2022 PM NAAQS RIA.)

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

This map shows regions of the country that would see air quality improvements under EPA’s new particulate matter rule.

It assumes full attainment of the new standard of 9 ug/m³ in 2032, relative to a baseline scenario in which the old standard of 12 ug/m³ is met.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The EPA tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade. https://t.co/SWwkRCGZzJ

[U.S. Global Change Research Program @usgcrp]

Today, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5): https://t.co/6eij4sVOX0

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

“The Alabama factory continues a trend of states in the US South and Midwest winning new solar, battery and electric-vehicle investments, signaling a shift in the politics of clean energy.” https://t.co/iGTvkofOsA

[AGU (American Geophysical Union) @theAGU]

Call for Papers: A new special collection invites papers addressing the interlinked problems of threats to air quality from accelerating #climatechange, and the impact of climate action on air quality.

Learn more here: https://t.co/nJQ3pN0pz1

#AGUPubs @EarthsFutureEiC @RMetS

[Gretchen Goldman @GGoldman46]

Join @WHOSTP and @HEIresearch Dec 7 for an Evidence Forum, Leveraging Air Pollution Research for Environmental Health Policy Decisions. Speakers include @rmfrosch, @BeamerPaloma, @DrKristiPullen, @ProfAnaBaptista, @dan_greenbaum, and more.

Register here: https://t.co/QiivBv2Gia

[U.S. Global Change Research Program @usgcrp]

NEW: The public draft of the Fifth National Climate Assessment is out for comment and we want to hear from you! Review the draft and share your feedback through January 27, 2023. Learn more here: https://t.co/DnbjAMZ6af #NCA5

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

If you want an idea of just how bad Brazil has been on climate action on the global stage

From the latest UNEP emissions gap report

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Brazil has ousted President Jair Bolsonaro, rebuking the far-right incumbent and electing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former leftist leader known as Lula. https://t.co/MDBobxeF50

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is bringing cleaner air to hundreds of communities across the country.

With funds from the BIL, the EPA just awarded nearly $1 billion to 389 school districts so they can purchase low- and zero-emission school buses.

[U.S. EPA @EPA]

Today we are proud to announce that EPA's #CleanSchoolBus program is awarding $1 billion to 389 school districts for electric and low-emission school buses! 🚍⚡️

This funding will help schools purchase over 2,400 buses, delivering cleaner air for communities.

[Renee N Salas, MD, MPH @ReneeNSalas_MD]

Please join us tomorrow (Wed, 10/26/22) from 12-1:30 PM EST for the virtual launch of the 2022 @LancetCountdown Global Report & U.S. Brief. Embargo lifts tonight.

Hear from @ginamccarthy46 @JWhiteNewsome46 & more! #LancetClimate22

Details & Registration:
https://t.co/5OGW7LIj98

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

100% Clean Electricity (2035 Version)

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

@MaibachEd @theNAMedicine @jonathanpatz @ReneeNSalas_MD @howardfrumkin @drjbalbus @dickjackson23 @rmfrosch @DiarmidCL @tracey_holloway Congratulations, Ed!

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The transformation of American manufacturing that is unfolding in Ohio promises to reshape the nation’s economy and its politics, with new solar energy, electric vehicle and semiconductor plants sprouting in faded factory towns. https://t.co/1KXsetifU8

[Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx]

Act of Protest Elicits Canned Responses

[Damien Gayle @damiengayle]

Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall.