Banks, Bernedoodle (4 y/o), W 11th & Hudson St., New York, NY • “He’s incredibly stubborn and strong-willed. I work in SoHo, and he stops in three to four different coffee shops on the way home for people to either pet him or feed him. He most of the time gets what he wants.”
Officials are cutting the ribbon on part of the new I-66 Parallel Trail today. The mile-plus stretch from Vienna to Cedar Lane will be open shortly as well as a few other segments. 18 miles of trail total.
Here are the big takeaways from the @IPCC_CH Synthesis Report released today.
First, climate change has already caused widespread and substantial losses to almost every aspect of human life on this planet, and the impacts on future generations depend on the choices we make NOW.
“Simply converting the existing U.S. car fleet to battery-powered #ElectricVehicles, for example, would require 3x more #lithium by 2050 than the world currently produces, according to new research…” @Sciam
Fewer (and smaller) vehicles, & less driving.
https://t.co/JF0BFIuyvo
Biden authorized a giant ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska that environmentalists argue has no place in a warming world https://t.co/HRABt3wYh9
Today in the @nytimes:
Cities are FINALLY overhauling and eliminating their parking requirements.
Will your city be next?
Why not make it so?
https://t.co/y2hR7K7mib
Europe is presently in the grip of a massive drought driven by climate breakdown. Governments have been forced to ration water.
We are at 1.2 degrees. The notion that business as usual can continue at much higher levels is delusional. https://t.co/T4bQCUb7W4
EPA approves a new jet fuel made with disposable #plastic that has 250,000 times the normally acceptable air pollution #cancer risk, alarming health experts: “That kind of risk is obscene...You can’t let that get out.” https://t.co/PagrFdjFlZ @fastlerner@propublica@guardian
One of the people injured in a mass shooting this week told @GavinNewsom he was trying to get out of the hospital ASAP because he couldn't afford the medical bill.
We asked: how much lithium do we need to decarb US transportation?
Our Answer: HOW we decarb matters. We can reduce lithium need up to 92% (!!) in 2050 by investing in mass transit, limiting battery size, & recycling.
SO proud of @cpluscp's latest.
https://t.co/lqOkwiB3vX
A new @RockyMtnInst analysis shows that clean energy portfolios receiving federal IRA incentives will be cheaper than virtually all new gas plants proposed from now through 2035: https://t.co/LTbryAYYZD by @JulianSpector