scholarly journals Tweeting About Climate: Which Politicians Speak Up and What Do They Speak Up About?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512110338
Author(s):  
Chao Yu ◽  
Drew B. Margolin ◽  
Jennifer R. Fownes ◽  
Danielle L. Eiseman ◽  
Allison M. Chatrchyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Role Analysis ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
Level Of Concern ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Speak Up

This study examines tweets ( N = 1,103,119) sent by 638 US politicians regarding climate change ( N = 10,135). Using data reflecting the risks faced and opinions held by their constituents, the extent to which politicians lead—tweeting about climate change for those most at risk, called trusteeship—or follow—tweeting about climate change for those who are already concerned, called playing to the crowed—is examined. Results reveal that while Democrats generally tweet about climate change more often than Republicans, within each party, tweeting frequency is mostly explained by the level of concern in a politicians’ constituency. Objective risks faced by constituents play no role. Analysis of behavior across different office levels—federal, state, and local—also shows that while federal politicians are more partisan, state and local politicians play to the crowd to a greater degree. Analysis of the tweets shows the politicians’ unequal engagement leads to over-representations of some topics (e.g., “calls for action”) and under-representations of other topics (e.g., criticizing fossil fuels and deniers).

Financing the Education of At-Risk Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry M. Levin
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Failure ◽  
Educational Investments ◽  
Academically Able ◽  
State And Local

Students who are considered to be at risk of educational failure because of their social and economic origins represent about one third of all elementary and secondary enrollments. This article explores the financial requirements for bringing these students into the educational mainstream so that they are academically able. First, it provides an elaboration on the rising demography of at-risk students and the deleterious consequences to the economy and society of failing to meet their educational needs. Second, it summarizes the evidence on the payoffs to educational investments in at-risk students and finds that benefits are well in excess of costs. Third, it evaluates criteria for determining the financial requirements for addressing educational needs of at-risk students and suggests that additional spending of about $21 billion a year (about 10% of present elementary and secondary expenditures) may be appropriate. Finally, it reviews the roles of federal, state, and local governments and the private sector in providing the additional financial and other resources needed to succeed.

scholarly journals Advocating for Preservation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kimball M. Banks ◽  
J. Signe Snortland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
State And Local

Abstract Over the past few years our body politic has become increasingly polarized: Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals. That polarization filters down to governmental actions, policies, and decisions, evidenced in disagreements over regulation versus deregulation and fossil fuels versus renewable energy. Such polarization—whether legislative, administrative, or judicial and whether at the federal, state, or tribal level—can and does impact the management of our archaeological resources and the way cultural resource management is practiced in the United States. Given that most archaeologists in the United States are employed in cultural resource management, these actions affect their employment. Consequently, it is more critical than ever that archaeologists become cultural resource management and historic preservation advocates. This article discusses the whys and hows of preservation advocacy. Active, science-based advocacy by preservationists can engage governmental decision-makers to give due consideration to cultural resources and their management when making decisions or drafting and voting on legislation. Although the discussion focuses on advocacy at the federal level, the observations and suggestions are applicable at the state and local level.

A National View of Storm Surge Risk and Inundation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Zachry ◽  
William J. Booth ◽  
Jamie R. Rhome ◽  
Tarah M. Sharon
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Inundation Maps ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Evacuation Routes ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The U.S

Abstract The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), specifically the National Weather Service’s (NWS) National Hurricane Center (NHC), utilizes the hydrodynamic Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model to simulate storm surge in 27 basins along the U.S East and Gulf Coasts. This information is provided to federal, state, and local partners to assist in a range of planning processes, risk assessment studies, and decision making. Based on climatology, tens of thousands of hypothetical hurricanes are simulated in each basin, and the potential storm surges are calculated. Storm surge composites—maximum envelopes of water (MEOWs) and maximum of maximums (MOMs)—are created to assess and visualize storm surge risk under varying conditions. While MEOWs and MOMs provide a local assessment of storm surge risk, they do not provide a national perspective owing to the 27 discrete grids. National assessments must therefore merge the grids together, which is a laborious task requiring considerable SLOSH and hydrodynamic modeling expertise. This paper describes the technique used to create national inundation maps for category 1–5 hurricanes using the SLOSH MOM product, and it provides a simple quantitative assessment of the potential societal impacts. Approximately 22 million people along the U.S East and Gulf Coasts are vulnerable to storm surge. For all hurricane categories, a substantial portion of the coastal population and housing units are at risk, and many evacuation routes become inundated. Florida is the most vulnerable state with 40% of its population at risk. These maps and analyses provide a new way to view, analyze, and communicate national storm surge risk and inundation.

scholarly journals Climate Prosperity: A Greenprint For Southwest Florida

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Joseph Heinzman ◽  
Ken Sneeden ◽  
Katie Rhodes ◽  
John Avola ◽  
Frank Blake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Southwest Florida ◽  
State And Local

Southwest Florida has been chosen as one of the 8 pilot regions for the Climate Prosperity project. One of the main goals in Southwest Florida is to create and attract jobs to help energize the Southwest Florida economy now as well as future generations. Climate change has edged its way to the top of federal, state, and local agendas. Scientists and leaders across the nation are taking numerous steps to prepare for the positive and negative consequences of a new weather era so that ecosystems, human life, and infrastructure can adapt and survive.

Unitary-Multiple Election Districts

1945 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
District Court ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Similar Action ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Multnomah County ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
State And Local

An important innovation in the method of filling elective offices in multiple-member districts, applicable to the federal, state, and local governments alike, was inaugurated in Oregon in 1893 by an act providing that the several judges of the circuit court for Multnomah county should be elected by “departments,” consecutively numbered. Similar action was taken in the casé of the district court for Multnomah county in 1913. Likewise, an act of 1929 provides that the offices of the seven judges of the supreme court shall constitute seven “positions” and be so indicated on the ballot. The charter of the city of Portland was amended in 1934 to apply the “position” principle to the four city commissioners. Next, the three circuit judges of the second district became elective by “positions” in 1935, and so, in 1941, did the two circuit judges of Linn county. At the 1941 session of the legislature, a futile attempt was made to do the same thing for the thirteen members of the state house of representatives from Multnomah county.When the voters of any district are limited to the selection of a single officer, the “short ballot” simplifies the voters' task in choosing from among candidates at the election, prevents the “single-shotting” more or less prevalent in multiple districts, and discourages small pluralities. But in reducing these difficulties, it at the same time promotes others. In case of any office, the narrow range of choice is likely to reduce the quality of the officers. When the office is legislative, the incumbent is likely to be “district-minded” and “machine-controlled,” and so to neglect the general interests for those of the district or those of the local politicians. Such considerations were urged in favor of the compromise involved in the “position” method employed for the Portland commissioners and the representatives from Multnomah county; and they are, of course, applicable, in a degree, to the judges.

scholarly journals Portuguese Wood Pellets Market: Organization, Production and Consumption Analysis

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Leonel J. R. Nunes ◽  
Margarida Casau ◽  
Marta Ferreira Dias
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Wood Pellets ◽  
Wood Pellet ◽  
Northern European ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
National Production ◽  
Market Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
European Markets

Wood pellets are a form of energy that can be seen as an alternative to fossil fuels, thus contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, wood pellets can be considered a solution contributing to the mitigation of climate change. The use of wood pellets has grown significantly in recent years, with different markets emerging, such as Portugal, both from production and consumption perspectives. The wood pellet industry in Portugal began its development about 15 years ago, with the companies installed in the country initially almost exclusively dedicated to the production of wood pellets for export to central and northern European markets. However, over the years, the domestic market, initially considered insignificant, began to develop; it recently reached a considerable consuming share of the national production. This study presents an analysis of the Portuguese wood pellet market using data collected on the sector, and specifically on producers and consumers. The information was gathered using surveys presented directly to consumers and producers and through interviews with other stakeholders in the sector. From the analysis of the information, it was possible to understand the market’s dynamics, its current evolution and its prospects for the upcoming years, since it can already be considered mature and consolidated.

scholarly journals Using Two Government Food Waste Recognition Programs to Understand Current Reducing Food Loss and Waste Activities in the U.S.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chen ◽  
Rachel Chen
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Waste Prevention ◽  
Source Reduction ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S

Food waste mitigation is a critical means of addressing current and future economic, social and environmental concerns, to ensure enough food to feed the world’s growing population in a sustainable way. U.S. federal, state, and local governments have recognized the importance of food waste issues. A variety of policies associated with food waste management, food reduction, and food donation are set to allow and incentivize individuals, organizations and businesses to reduce their food waste. This study focuses on investigating current food waste prevention and diversion activities using data drawn from two U.S. waste reduction recognition programs, the U.S. Food Waste Challenge (FWC) and the EPA Food Recovery Challenge (FRC). Participants involved in these two programs follow the EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy to prevent and divert their food waste. Descriptive statistics, crosstabs, and content analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that a majority of participants were in the food store category, and that Region 9 had the highest participation rate; the top three food waste prevention and diversion activities were food donation, source reduction, and collaboration/partnership. Different strategies used in different categories by FRC awardees were identified. The results of this study can be used to identify changes and strategies needed in practices, programs, and policies. The outcomes of the study provide a clear picture regarding what has been done and what needs to be done more in the future.

Improving Speech and Language Services through Effective Time Management

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara W. Travers
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
School Based ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Paper Work ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Therapeutic Services

This paper presents strategies for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the school-based speech-language pathologist. Various time management strategies are adapted and outlined for three major areas of concern: using time, organizing the work area, and managing paper work. It is suggested that the use of such methods will aid the speech-language pathologist in coping with federal, state, and local regulations while continuing to provide quality therapeutic services.

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