This "About" Ron Roman was plagiarized shamelessly from his LinkedIn profile:

You can find out more about Ron from the links below which take you to his LinkedIn page and Twitter.

Ron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvolvedBusiness

Ron's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-roman-5966a57

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Biography from CSU MB: https://csumb.edu/directory/person/cogarza  

Dr. Corey Garza is a Professor in the Department of Marine Science at  California State University, Monterey Bay. Prior to arriving at CSUMB he  was a research ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration (NOAA) where he served as scientific liaison to the  United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Long Island  Sound Study. His research interests are in the area of marine landscape  ecology. He uses marine technologies and spatial statistics to study the  relationship between habitat complexity and patterns of species  distribution and abundance in marine communities. Dr. Garza serves as  the director for the Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Program, an NSF and  NOAA funded program that administers the Monterey Bay Regional Ocean  Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates, the NOAA Center For  Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and NSF ASPIRE (Active Societal  Participation in Research and Education). He is also a fellow of the  California Academy of Sciences and serves on the board of directors for  the American Geophysical Union (AGU).  

Corey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profcgarza 

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Biography from the GEP department at Sonoma State: Dr. Daniel Soto's teaching interests are in energy efficiency and energy generation. He enjoys teaching both large-scale issues involving energy and analysis of small-scale energy systems. The potential for energy efficient technologies and approaches to improve human wellbeing motivates his research. In the developing world, he investigates new approaches to lower economic barriers to energy access and how energy efficient appliances can lower the cost of energy access. Daniel is also interested in the use of computation and communication technologies to impact energy problems and disseminate information.

https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Ron Place is a comedian, musician, political commentator, and host of  Get Your News On With Ron. He has a virtual comedy show this coming  Friday, February 26, 2021. You can find more information on his website.  

Ron's website: https://www.ronplacone.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonPlacone 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ronplacone/?hl=en 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/RonPlaconeComedy/  

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Dr. Kevin Fang is an assistant professor in the department of Geography,  Environment, and Planning at Sonoma State University. Kevin's teaching  and research interests center around the geography of cities. About 80%  of the US population lives in urban (vs. rural) areas, and a majority of  the US population has been urban for a century. The UN estimates that a  majority of the world’s population lives in cities as of 2014. He looks  at cities through the lens of “community planning” – the process by  which cities consider their future physical form and the provision for  the needs of residents. In many of his classes, he discusses the  inexorable challenges cities around the world are facing such as  contributions to – and impact from –climate change, air and water  pollution, social equity, housing unaffordability, and fiscal and  economic constraints.  

Note after uploading: When I was sharing my thoughts about the bike  lanes in downtown San Jose, I was unintentionally overly critical about  the policy. I did note this in the video, but I wanted to reiterate.  There were many things I did not consider, and my thoughts were poorly  worded. Obviously I was lacking information and perspective.  

My twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Lynne Trulio joined the Department of San Jose State University in 1991.  She is currently the Department Chair.  Dr. Trulio teaches a wide range of courses including Introduction to Environmental Studies, Globalization and the Environment, the introductory and advanced courses in Environmental Restoration, and graduate seminars in proposal writing and methods.  Dr. Trulio conducts research investigating human impacts to species and habitats and seeks effective methods to mitigate or eliminate those impacts.  Specific research with colleagues and graduate students includes studies of the ecology and recovery of the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in California, the effects of recreation on wildlife, and tidal salt marsh restoration in the San Francisco Bay.  She has been a committee member or chair for scores of Environmental Studies master of science students.  For many years, she has been the faculty advisor to the Environmental Resource Center, a student-run center in the Department focused on promoting campus and community sustainability.

San Jose State Department of Environmental Studies: https://www.sjsu.edu/envs/

SJSU ENVS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/envs_sjsu

My Twitter: My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Dustin Mulvaney teaches in the Environmental Studies Department at San  Jose State University, one of the first six interdisciplinary  environmental studies programs in the USA, founded as a result of the  first Earth Day 1970.  His research focuses on the social and  environmental dimensions of food and energy systems where he researches  questions about innovation, emerging technologies and environmental  change.  

Dustin's website: http://www.dustinmulvaney.com/ 

Dustin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DustinMulvaney  

Dustin's books 

1. Solar Power: Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520288171/solar-power 

2. Sustainable Energy Transitions: Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Decarbonization: https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030489113  

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Robert is author of the book When Workers Shot Back and Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Labor and Society. In years past he worked as a staff member and campaigns director for several NGOs working on debt, development, and ocean conservation issues, was Executive Director of the NGO Seaflow, and for two members of the Texas legislature. He has lobbied the UN, Congress, EU Parliament, and California Legislature on issues of ocean conservation and achieved the first international law protecting marine wildlife from industrial longline fishing. Most recently, he teaches undergraduate political science and no-profit management in the Master of Public Administration program at San Jose State University in California, USA.

You can read more about Robert at:

https://www.sjsu.edu/polisci/faculty/lecturers/robert-ovetz.php

Robert's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OvetzRobert

Robert's Books:

1. When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1339-when-workers-shot-back

2. Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle: Strategies, Tactics, Objectives

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340869/workers-inquiry-and-global-class-struggle/

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_kolenko

Kyle Pascoe joined me for the first episode of 2021 and seventh episode of the show.  The episode focused on the following three articles, but we also drifted away at points to talk about related topics.   

Disclaimer: I make some positive and negative judgment calls about  certain politicians in this episode. Those judgments did not come off as  eloquently as I would have liked; however, I kept them in regardless of how they would be perceived.   

1. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/24/environmental-groups-covid-relief-bill-biden-trump Source: The Guardian Title: Environmental groups hail Covid relief bill – but more needs to be done Author: Ed Pilkington Date: Dec. 24, 2020   

2.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mining-congress/miners-praise-u-s-spending-bill-that-funds-rare-earths-programs-idUSKBN29424R Source: Reuters Title: Miners praise U.S. spending bill that funds rare earths programs Author: Ernest Scheyder Date: Dec. 30, 2020   

3. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/531487-epa-declines-to-tighten-air-quality-standard-for-smog Source: The Hill Title: EPA declines to tighten air quality standard for smog Author: Rachel Frazin Date: Dec. 23, 2020

I wasn't planning on doing an episode this week, but for the sake of consistency, I made myself do something.

Article:  https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Long-term_permafrost_record_details_Arctic_thaw

Title: Long-term permafrost record details Arctic thaw

Publisher: European Space Agency

Date: Dec. 16, 2020

Other references:

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about

ERA5

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/dataset/ecmwf-reanalysis-v5

Picture of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Trans_alaska_international.jpg