.Anne Junod on East Palestine's record of train derailments: "There's a constellation of problems that have deep historical roots." (via Tyler Buchanan) urbn.is/3Z9hSek

.Anne Junod: "This is the cost of doing business. It's just that these costs are being externalized mostly to these very small communities that are becoming victimized by these catastrophes." (via Chris Wilson) urbn.is/3yb03PY

Hey #housing researchers! Zachary Lamb, Esther Sullivan and I are proposing a special issue of Urban Studies on manufactured housing and manufactured home parks. Please consider submitting an abstract (due April 15) and please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1pg…

From Anne Junod: Why hazardous train derailments happen, who pays, & how to prevent them urbn.is/3XVoWtA

We need more of this coverage re: the East Palestine (and many similar) derailments - focusing on rural environmental equity and social+psych impacts from these disasters. Really pleased to speak with @aydalicampa for this important piece: insideclimatenews.org/news/08032023/… Urban Institute

.Anne Junod: "How do you access bank statements... that were washed away with your home?" (via Ayurella Horn-Muller) urbn.is/3KXKKkS

.Corianne Payton Scally & Anne Junod continue their great work pushing the importance of good data on rural places, offering add'l ideas here on how better evidence & investments in rural research can support better policy & rural outcomes Urban Institute urban.org/urban-wire/how…

Today Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee will vote on the Railway Safety Act of 2023. My research on why hazardous train derailments happen, who pays for them, and how to prevent them informed the legislation. Read my recommendations on the Urban Institute blog: urban.org/urban-wire/why…

This real world, world class soc sci researcher (as honored by ⁦AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG)⁩) @kelliroem⁩ is just what U.S. Department of Energy needs. Bravo! Go Cats! ⁦Montana State University⁩ montana.edu/news/22982/mon…

Something I pitched at DOE was to figure out a way to fund dedicated staff to work on transition planning in communities with retiring fossil assets. I'm so excited that they pulled it off -- $3.5 mil avail (no cost share) for govs, cmty groups, NGOs go.ratio.exchange/opps/challenge…

I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on the topics of climate change vulnerability, resilience, and houselessness along urban streams in the SF Bay Area. Please share this position with your students and networks! drive.google.com/file/d/1IMZk87…