How might we do climate action in academia under a second Trump administration?

With the reelection of Donald Trump, a candidate who has flaunted his desire for autocracy—aided and abetted by a Republican-controlled Congress that will not constrain him with guardrails—the United States is now poised to become an authoritarian state ruled by plutocrats and fossil fuel interests. It is now, in short, a petrostate. –professor Michael Mann, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists How can we do climate crisis work within the higher education ecosystem under a second Trump administration? With today’s post I’d like to explore strategic options in the present and near future.  This is for everyone, but I’ll conclude with some... [Read more...]