Rachael Shwom

Associate prof. researching society and risk, consumption, energy and climate.

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

@DrGlitterbear I missed this news!! Well deserved!

[SciLine @RealSciLine]

"A just transition is responding to climate change while taking into account why some people are suffering more than others." - @rlshwom on a key take-home message from the #NCA5 report. Download & use this & other free videos for news stories. https://t.co/oGdz9riw0s

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

Department of Human Ecology is hiring a Lecturer for Energy and Society( undergraduate class) https://t.co/bYaszOPBx2

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

The veil of silence limiting discussions of environmentalist and climate activist strategies is everywhere. I have an unpublishable example in my in-box related to @riverkeeper's opposition to hyper-diluted tritium releases in the Hudson (after the group signed off on the Indian Point closure plan including these releases).

[Rachel Carson Council @RachelCarsonDC]

Applications for the 2023-2024 RCC Campus Fellowship cycle are open! Fellows propose projects in their campus communities focused on sustainability, environmental justice, & the climate crisis. All undergraduate & graduate students at US colleges & universities are eligible.

[Adam Stein @Dr_A_Stein]

When I talk to journalists and tell them that there is a lot of variation across electricity markets—this is what I'm talking about. This patchwork of ever-changing policy and layers of decision-making with often opposing objectives is a reality https://t.co/jDP3efoVo8

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

@EnviroAnth_prof has been an amazing leader!

[A.R. Siders @sidersadapts]

the #NCA5 chapter team on Social Systems and Justice is 🔥
w/ @EnviroAnth_prof @EisenhauerEmily @candiscallison @mdhDuBois @FayolaJ_
@ezramarkowitz @EnvironMel @rlshwom @kylepowyswhyte @ajerolleman

I can't wait to see the final version of their work

[Sara Hughes (@sshughes.bsky.social) @Prof_Shughes]

Thrilled to have this out in the world! The Municipal Drinking Water Database is a 2 year labor of water-love with @KirchhoffLab and @NSF. We have integrated data for >2,000 U.S. cities and their drinking water systems. Link to full description and pub coming very soon...

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

Neat "qualitative informing quantitative research" story: Lytle & Schelly led home interviews on FEW consumption & id'd mechanisms for social influence w/in homes https://t.co/ygyIMJU5KI. Then @holcaggiano operationalized those mechanisms and tested them in household surveys.

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

Some of Rutgers new climate hires - departments of ecology evolution and natural resources, environmental sciences, history, Asian language and culture studies, school of public health, and business school @RutgersU

[Michaela DeSoucey @mades_78]

Hi #soctwitter and especially @SocConsumption - I’m organizing the @ASAnews regular session on Consumers & Consumption this year in Philly. Consider submitting! Remember that you can submit (by Feb 22nd) either full papers or extended abstracts.

[Behavioural Public Policy journal @BPPjournal]

Studying behavioural spillovers through a system lens. Latest article on our #FirstView page

#climatechange #foodpolicy #energypolicy #water #NetZero @holcaggiano @rishwom #behavioral

https://t.co/K3ItERl2oW

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

I am NOT that academic #suboptimalbuthappy #reformedperfectionist

[Matt McAdam @mxmcadam]

Something I've noticed about many academics over the years is that if they're into something--running, chess, violin, painting, etc--they can't stand not being really, really good at it. They consider themselves terrible at something if they're not nearly world class.

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

New paper demonstrates gas and oil companies privately understood emissions and temperature impacts but publicly voiced and organized denial (a la tobacco industry).

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

3/n: We began by collecting every available global warming prediction reported by Exxon scientists in internal memos & peer-reviewed papers. This yielded 16 temperature projections from 1977-2003 in 12 graphs, shown here with subsequent *observed* temp changes overlaid in red.

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

Dept. of Human Ecology at Rutgers is hiring a non-tenure track Assistant Teaching Professor with expertise in social science theory and the practice of environmental, urban, and societal sustainability. https://t.co/AX8owCYW4R

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

@jane_e_palmer Brilliant

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

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[Jamie L. Jones @JamieLJones8]

Hi new followers, nice to meet you here at the (maybe) end! I'm bad at twitter, and I usually tweet about literature, history, and the environment. Please look out for my book, coming next year from @UNC_Press: "Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling"

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

For the last month I've been reporting on a group of people who travel across America blocking wind and solar projects.

This group has passed clean energy opposition laws in states across the country.

Here's the story of one man who has been doing this for 10+ years.

🧵

[Rachael Shwom @rlshwom]

@RachelHYAu @bairdlet Awful 😞