We have all the state and tech capacity needed to start reducing US transportation emissions, and we could do it in weeks. Los Angeles metro ridership soaring after downed freeway is all you need to understand
how a congestion charge would trigger a similar effect. 1/
@California_ISO @Sammy_Roth What if somebody looked at the @California_ISO “Today’s Outlook” and announced best time to use electricity? No sacrifice necessary for many, just adaptation
"California is moving to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a climate solution. Yet pro-sprawl interests question whether this is necessary, given the advent of electric vehicles.
"The answer is unequivocally yes, and here are the top five reasons: https://t.co/c86h0aDiqS
What’s the most underrated material in the modern world?
How about CONCRETE?
Often dismissed as boring, ugly & inert.
Concrete is actually surprising, dynamic & incredibly complex.
With that in mind here are a few reasons why we need to start talking about concrete 🪨
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@jrockstrom@PriceofOil This demonstrates the utter nonsense that is ‘net-zero by not-in-my-term-of-office’. Rising oil production, airport expansion &more gas pipelines all fit with net-zero, but not with 1.5-2°C carbon budgets. Sadly politicians love net-zero & academics are unprepared to call it out.
The media needs to stop reporting the LAPD budget as anything less than $3 billion. The entire @LAPDHQ budget is $3.078 billion, not $1.7 billion, as stated on page 174 of the mayor's budget packet.
Please update your story @JillCowan@chrisychung@nytimes
With 3 billion dollars, Los Angeles could house all of our homeless, clean up every article of trash, repaint every tagged surface, plant thousands of trees across south LA, and have plenty left over.
Instead, we're giving that money to a trigger-happy, gang riddled institution.
REMINDER: Starting Jan. 1, residential solid waste customers must place bagged food waste into their YARD WASTE bins. This organic waste will then be converted to renewable energy⚡ Learn more: https://t.co/xdsDSl3qBT
Questions? Contact the Citizen Service Center: (626) 744-7311
Please read this story about the most pristine river in California and how the battle for its estuary unearthed a history of trauma – trauma to not just the land, but also the native people of the land.
Let me introduce you to the Smith River valley... https://t.co/h5hkwoohSa
@ACShilton @KendraWrites I once did a clicker training exercise with PEOPLE. We took turns designing a course in a living room and trying to get another person around it. So fun.
Lots of people not professionally involved in climate change may be finding it difficult to understand what is going on at COP26. Many of the people here have no idea either! So I have tried to summarise where we are with three days to go. Hope it may be helpful. 🧵/1
@gspeng @boyonabike62 We give ours away. I just always assumed they got the “deposit” back. Wasn’t the whole point to incentivize recycling? Especially for those who are not desperate for money and are not worried yet about the environment? Hope the money is being spent wisely