Writer, climate change scholar, and environmental philosopher. Postdoc @ UChicago. Book review editor for Environmental Ethics and co-organizer of Philosophy in the Wild. Coauthor of Dialogues on Climate Justice (2023). He/him. arthurrobst.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.social/post/3mu2owuk3fc2bFor any Chicago area followers… come check out this Climate Action Museum event on environmental ethics! Should be a great discussion. More info: https://givebutter.com/environmental-ethics-past-present-and-future27 Aug 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:e4p7cchfv37sn7x77xo7sdrq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2owuk3fc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.social/post/3md4lhjl6cc24Another publication! Steve Gardiner and I wrote a paper defending his 2018 “Tollgate Principles” (proposed with Augustin Fragnière). In our latest piece, “Beware the Toll Dodgers,” we clarify the point of governance principles and respond to some objections. Check it out: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-04060-w23 Jan 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:e4p7cchfv37sn7x77xo7sdrq/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4lhjl6cc24https://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.social/post/3mcjx5fn6ic2pI had the pleasure of reviewing Roy Scranton's Impasse for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Within, I discuss the concept of civilizational impasse, the possibility of a politics without progress, and the alleged virtues of pessimism. Check it out here: https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/impasse-climate-change-and-the-limits-of-progress/16 Jan 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:e4p7cchfv37sn7x77xo7sdrq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjx5fn6ic2phttps://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.social/post/3mc7vtgdj5s2xI welcome the new year with a new publication in the journal Climatic Change! I ask: What would Aldo Leopold think about Geoengineering? In reply, I contend that from his vantage both success and failure in geoengineering should deeply trouble us. Check it out open access here: rdcu.be/eYFAC https://rdcu.be/eYFAC12 Jan 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:e4p7cchfv37sn7x77xo7sdrq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7vtgdj5s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/arthurobst.bsky.social/post/3lmzaqlyhcc2a*Cop stun guns a protestor* MTG: “This is a peaceful town hall.” [simultaneously] Dystopian. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:e4p7cchfv37sn7x77xo7sdrq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzaqlyhcc2a