news & press

social media and national parks

Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2024, “This Joshua Tree search and rescue team tries to head off calamity before it strikes”
The Guardian, August 18, 2024, “The number of hikers visiting US national parks is increasing. So is the challenge of keeping them safe”
Resources Radio, July 9, 2024, “Loved to Death? Social Media and Rising Visitation to National Parks, with Casey Wichman”
Outside Magazine, June 4, 2024, “A New Study Finds Crowds at National Parks May Be Due to Social Media”
Men’s Journal, May 18, 2024, “Study Finds the Impact Social Media Is Having on U.S. National Parks”
CBS News (Minneapolis), May 17, 2024, “Social media is boosting national park visits, study finds”
Alaska Public Media, May 16, 2024, “New study says social media drives visitation in national parks, especially in Alaska”
Sierra (The Magazine of the Sierra Club), May 10, 2024, “Are Social Media Videos Ruining the National Park Experience?”
Mountain West News Bureau (a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Nevada Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, KUNR in Nevada, KUNC in Colorado and KANW in New Mexico), April 15, 2024, “Social media steers more visitors to national parks in Mountain West and beyond, study finds”
Outdoors.com, April 3, 2024, “Influencers Are Driving National Park Visitation—How Do We Feel About This?”

charitable giving

Associated Press, August 3, 2023, “Does being in a good mood make you more generous? Researchers say yes and charities should take note.”
Fortune, August 3, 2023, “Beyond ‘sadvertising’: Charitable giving is more likely if potential donors are in a good mood, research suggests.”
Quartz, August 4, 2023, “People who donate to charity seem to have one thing in common.”

water

Inside Climate News, June 17, 2023, “As the Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up Rates”
China Daily, July 19, 2022, “Water affordability affects low-income US communities.”
New Scientist, November 10, 2020, “When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?”
Politico, Mar. 17, 2016: “Allow only a glass half full, or charge more to fill it up?”
The Washington Post, Sep. 24, 2014: “Why inequality makes it harder to stop climate change”
Vox, Dec. 20, 2014: “One small study that explodes the myth that inequality is efficient”

climate change

The Conversation, July 26, 2023, “Persuading businesses and people to reduce climate emissions is key to slowing climate change – research-based techniques and new approaches from the behavioral sciences can show how to do it”
AARP, June 1, 2021, “What You Need to Know About Climate Change”
Bloomberg, July 26, 2019, “Navigator: Baby It’s Hot Outside.”
CityLab, July 26, 2019, “It’s getting too damn hot to have fun in the summer”
The Washington Post, Dec. 12, 2017: “The Energy 202”
Axios, Dec. 11, 2017: “One interesting thing: bike-sharing and global warming”

social cost of carbon

National Academies of Sciences’ Report, “Valuing Climate Damages,” cited in President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis, January 20, 2021.
Vox, Oct. 17, 2017: “Scott Pruitt’s quest to kill Obama’s climate regulations is deeply shady — and legally vulnerable”
Utility Dive, Aug. 31, 2017: “Carbon Calculus: More States Are Adding Carbon Costs to Utility Planning Guidelines”

urban transportation

Interview on KJZZ (Phoenix Public Radio), Jan. 17, 2018: “Bike Share Industry Evolution Playing Out In Phoenix Metro Area”
The Economist, Dec. 21, 2017: “How bike-sharing conquered the world”
Gas2.org, Sep. 18, 2015: “Bikesharing Programs Shown To Cut Traffic Congestion”
Curbed DC, Sep. 14, 2015: “Capital Bikeshare is Booming—and Helping Traffic Too”
Vox, Sep. 6, 2015: “Study: Bike Share Has (Slightly) Reduced Congestion in Washington, DC”
WTOP, Aug. 27, 2015: “Study: Capital Bikeshare Easing Local Traffic Woes”