Sheila Olmstead

Impacts of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act Arsenic Rule on Arsenic Occurrence † This study provides the first retrospective analysis of the causal impacts of the 2001 US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Arsenic Rule on arsenic (As) occurrence in public drinking water systems. Using...

How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social

Join us at Cornell as a post-doc working on enhanced geothermal systems! Lots of interesting work at the intersection of engineering and economics that will benefit from a new NSF grant and earlier investments in CUBO (sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/living-labor...).

Looking forward to gathering with environmental and resource economists from six continents at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in Summer 2026. Submit papers and session proposals between now and Jan. 16!

Did you know that the COVID-19 pandemic caused ⚡⚡⚡ lighting ⚡⚡⚡ strikes to decline a lot across the globe?

Why?

Less travel ➡️ fewer anthropogenic aerosols in the air ➡️ fewer clouds ➡️ less lightning.

So when the world paused during the pandemic, storms got notably less intense.

Cool, eh?

President Trump has warned CEOs of some of the top U.S. automakers that they had better not raise car prices because of tariffs
This gets weirder and weirder as economic policy. Tax imports but don’t allow domestic producers to raise prices? Next stop: production quotas?

Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!

Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).

Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768

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Hyperlink to a PhD scholarship in coral reef fisheries sustainability

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful.

www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

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Two workshop for potential grantees @equitablegrowth.bsky.social
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The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions.

Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic...

Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic...

Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

Served with “freedom fries”?

I'll point out that even threatened tariffs can cause price increases as firms accelerate orders/demand in the face of constant supply.

Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent refer...

This is strange and wasteful theater. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...

Great new geospatial data for researchers working on drinking water in the U.S.!

I know this is not the most urgent matter in your feed today, but @AERE members - answer your survey by Friday! Provide input for AERE's future and help choose some swell swag at the same time! @aereorg.bsky.social

Fellowship Opportunity:
The AEA Summer #Economics #Fellowship allows fellows to spend a summer in residence at a sponsoring research institution. The application portal is now open: www.aeaweb.org/committees/s...
Application deadline: February 1, 2025. #Econsky

How could EPA's finalized power plant rules alter power sector outcomes? Our new study in Science uses nine models to assess impacts of these rules on emissions, generation, and cost.

A 🧵 of key takeaways

World Resources Institute is looking for Senior Environmental Economist. World Resources Institute is looking for Senior Environmental Economist. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

@worldresources.bsky.social is hiring a natural resource/environmental economist - looks like a terrific opportunity! See: jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/obo1...

New year, new social media - very excited about joining Bluesky today!