Sheila Foster
Detroit/Miami girl turned New Yorker. Prof, Columbia U. Climate, Law, Environmental and Climate Justice, The City as a Commons, Co-Cities sheilarfoster.com
- Finally someone said it. The "housing supply"/Abundance strategy only goes so far if we are not paying enough attention to what kind of housing we are building and for whom. Seems intuitive for me, but good to see new empirical data documenting this reality check. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...
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- Proud to announce that my article "Racialized Landscapes and Climate Adaptation Economies" is now out in the Journal of Law and Political Economy's symposium on Racial Capitalism, Climate Change, and Law. Article can be accessed here: escholarship.org/uc/item/1f56...
- Reposted by Sheila FosterThe rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterScience has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/493Tpgx
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- Recently back from #COP30. This is spot on- "if it wasn’t clear already, fundamental changes must now be made in the UNFCCC rules. A small number of rogue nations cannot be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world."
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterNEW: As world leaders meet at #COP30, Oxford research reveals which countries are turning climate promises into action and which aren’t. 🌍 The Climate Policy Monitor gives the clearest picture yet of how national laws stack up against global climate goals. 🧵 [1/10]
- Zohran Mamdani would not be the first Dem socialist Mayor of NYC. Other Mayors, like LaGuardia and Dinkins, governed like socialists and/or embraced socialism. Though "City Hall has never had a leader with ties quite that close to democratic socialism," as Mamdani. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
- Hoping for more candidates like this. We need to reclaim Christianity and the moral/ethical high ground from those who have used it as a weapon against the most powerless and marginalized populations in our society. substack.com/@luciaromano...
- 12 Benchmarks of our slide to autocracy. We are not there yet, but we will be if we are complacent. I found this a useful read from the NY Times editorial board. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Sheila FosterNOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.
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- It's smart politics and ultimately more responsive to everyday voters' concerns to push for policies to achieve"energy affordability," understanding that addressing climate change (mitigation) is embedded in the DNA of those policies. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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- Worth a read. Why you should blame the current administration when your energy bills go up. "You do not have to care about climate change to believe that clean energy is an important and strategic resource." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterFor the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterI can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterNew on MSNBC: According to the court transcript, only 14 of the 23 grand jurors voted in favor of indicting James Comey on the two counts that went forward.
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- Reposted by Sheila Foster🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court RULES that election officials violated voter’s rights by rejecting mail-in ballots with technical errors without notifying voters. Voters must be given notice their ballots won’t count so they can challenge the disqualification or cast a provisional ballot.
- To our national democratic leaders, please take note. Let's embrace and not run from the next gen of leaders.🙏🏾 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
- Reposted by Sheila FosterJimmy Kimmel: “Maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don’t support my show and what I believe, but support my right to share those beliefs anyway. People I never would have imagined, like Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul. Even my old pal Ted Cruz.”
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- Reposted by Sheila Foster"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterThat was fast. This is also why you don’t surrender to autocrats - you fight them and beat them.
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- This is huge. Among other reasons the Gov is endorsing him, she says: "...[I]n light of the abhorrent and destructive policies coming out of Washington every day, I needed to know the next mayor will not be someone who would surrender one inch to President Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterCouldn’t have said it better myself…
- Reposted by Sheila FosterThe Supreme Court is taking on a case that challenges part of the Voting Rights Act. It ensures voters of color can elect representatives of their choice. I'm leading a group of AGs to defend this law and protect voting rights for everyone in our country.
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- Having taught at two Jesuit universities (Fordham and Georgetown), I am happy to see this Op-Ed that aligns DEI with Jesuit values. From my former Dean at both places, William Treanor. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...
- Reposted by Sheila FosterIf you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
- Sadly emblematic of how much we've retrenched in a few months.“Are we that much of a threat to society that we have to be policed like this?” ...“There was some true equality that was starting to form within our nation, but now it’s just like we took 100 steps back.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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- NYTimes: Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington "Republican governors did not want to answer why they were willing to send their National Guard troops to Washington while not inviting the same attention to their cities." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
- Reposted by Sheila FosterWhat could possibly go wrong?
- “This is an attack on Black women — fully.” Black women lost 319,000 jobs (public and private sectors) between February and July, while White women saw a job increase of 142,000, and Hispanic women of 176,000. White men saw the largest increase, 365,000. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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- Reposted by Sheila FosterHere's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
