Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD

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Personal account of a DC climate scientist, policy wonk, politico, mom, cat servant & occasional poet ❤️🧑‍🧑‍🧒🐈📚⚽️🦉🌲🏔️🌎

Sunset on the Chesapeake Bay from Ferry Beach in Rock Hall, MD
Stats from Ember on Spain’s energy mix including 42% from wind and solar
Scene from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: a worker is in the water with a type of vacuum while police, national guards and tourists are nearby
Picture of the NY Knicks logo adapted to say Undefeated Algae
My dad with a lot of rolls at Texas Roadhouse restaurant
Bumi the cat lies on a mat soaking up the Sunday sunshine in front of our door.
Screenshot of NY Times election results for the Republican runoff for Texas attorney general showing Chip Roy losing
My tabby cat Bumi curled up behind some flowers in the yard
Scoreboard showing the final score 4-0 and “Win” while fireworks go off above
Leicy Santos hits the volley for the Washington Spirit’s first goal
Me and the crowd starting to cross the memorial bridge walking to the Lincoln Memorial at the DC No Kings rally. I’m wearing my Free DC hat.
Collection of NY Times updates from Saturday morning around 7:30 am ET February 28, 2026 LIVE Just Now Tehran Retaliates, Firing Missiles at Israel and U.S. Bases in Region • Trump's case for striking Iran rests on questionable claims. 52m ago • The initial focus of the strikes is military targets, U.S. officials say. 3h ago • Trump calls for a change in Iran's leadership. • The U.S. last bombed Iran in June, striking three nuclear facilities. See more updates ›
Screenshot of Bad Bunny singing on a transmission pole
My cat Bumi curled up and napping
The revised orders leave out dozens of references to other documents and standards, including the department's entire manual for managing radioactive waste. Some lines from the 59-page manual have been integrated into a new 25-page order on radioactive waste management, but pages of detailed requirements for waste packaging and monitoring have been removed.
Martín Luther King, Jr memorial in DC framed by cherry blossoms. Taken March 2023
Book cover of How Big Things Get Done
Small ceramic Christmas tree lit up in the dark with a small ceramic snowman in front
Book cover of How Big Things Get Done
A holiday greeting from me! Picture of part of the 2024 White House Christmas tree with a the head of a polar bear decoration in the foreground and the colorfully decorated tree stretching up above it. At the top of the picture is my holiday haiku: Holidays Galore! Happy Merry Everything To you & to yours
Picture of the book cover of MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER Al OVERLORDS, SPACE EMPIRES, AND SILICON VALLEY'S CRUSADE TO CONTROL THE FATE OF HUMANITY ADAM BECKER
Picture of a post of mine from December 11, 2015 It says: Today's #Paris #COP21 mom-ku: In 2050 My child will be my age now How will climate change? Clean energy now Carbon pollution goes down Keep it in the ground Metrics for success Nations coming together In Paris for the kids
My cat Bumi laying on a porch chair in the sunshine
GALLEGO LEANS IN ON PERMITTING IN ENERGY PITCH: Sen. Ruben Gallege (D-Ariz.), a potential 2028 presidential contender, is proposing an "all of the above" energy plan that promotes permitting reform to benefit clean sources and fossil fuels as a pillar to addressing voters' affordability concerns. His plan calls for easing permitting rules for natural gas pipelines and interstate transmission line siting to connect renewables to the grid. "There are still some areas of the country you have to have natural gas, but if we reform permitting, renewables will win the day because they can be deployed faster and cheaper," Gallego told Josh in an interview Wednesday. Gallego, an Energy and Natural Resources Committee member, added that including "permit certainty" measures in a package is essential to boost "investor confidence."
My cat Bumi sleeping on a cozy blanket on my bed
Alfred Stevens (1817-75) Truth and Falsehood 1857-66 At the Victoria & Albert Museum London
Me standing on a bridge over the Thames with Big Ben and the UK Parliament behind me
Women cheering metro riders on this morning. One of them holds a sign that says “You Got This!”
Washington Spirit (yellow) takes on Portland Thorns (black) in the NWSL semifinal
Picture of the cover of my copy of the report
Audi Field scoreboard showing Washington Spirit win
Washington Spirit celebrate after scoring a goal
Me with my rally hat
Washington Spirit on the field for their quarterfinal playoff game
The other side of my No Kings sign says: For Freedom Freedom of Speech Freedom of Worship Freedom from Want Freedom from Fear For America
Picture of me and my sign at the No Kings rally. It says: I’d rather be rowdy at Audi cheering for the Washington Spirit but I’m here cheering for America, freedom & democracy.
Picture of a monarch butterfly with its wings open
My cat Bumi looking handsome but also probably looking for a treat. Photo credit our cat sitter
Picture of Green Day performing on the stage with a mini blimp above it
Picture of my cat Bumi, a shorthair tabby, lying on his favorite green blanket on our couch
A portion of Scientific American showing the masthead and date September 13, 1856 and the top of the article “Scientific Ladies.-Experiments with Condensed Gases.” The article describes the experiments Eunice Foote conducted which demonstrated that carbon dioxide traps heat.
Picture of my attempt to order the book with a red box that says: We’re sorry! Due to the present state of tariffs, we are unable to ship to United States’ addresses at this time.
Picture of 4 federal law enforcement officials walking around the Wharf in DC around 7pm on Sunday August 17. 3 have DEA on the back of their vests.
Picture of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
Picture of the top part of the Grizzly Giant, the 2nd biggest giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park. The sun is shining through the upper branches against a bright blue sky
Picture of my tabby cat Bumi sitting by the spotted lanternfly that he caught just before I smashed it
Picture I took of Audi soccer stadium in Washington DC at the end of the game between the Washington Spirit and the Portland Thorns. The scoreboard shows the Spirit winning 2-1 while the players gather in the middle of the field and the fans in the stand stand and applaud.
Album cover for Arrested Development which shows the title “3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of…” and the band dancing in an open field with one dead tree in the background and a few live trees on the horizon
The movie poster for The Muppet Movie (1979)