New legislation could be a game-changer for environmental justice advocates using civil rights claims to fight permits & policies with disparate impacts on communities of color. We unpack what’s at stake
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Don't miss this timely and critically important WildEarth Webinar on February 3rd exploring the links between resource extraction, far-right extremism, and insurrection with celebrated authors @betsygquammen and @jfkeeler. Register here: https://t.co/2AiuWu998H @TorreyHouse
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LDWP): 1846 MWh
Coal: 836 MWh
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Natural gas: 836 MWh
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Other: 44 MWh
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Solar: 18 MWh
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Hydro: 5 MWh
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Wind: 107 MWh
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THREAD: How do we get to #30x30? By using all the tools at our disposal, and improving those tools. Private land conservation MUST become a priority!
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Just centimeters below the Earth’s surface is a ticking time bomb that could detonate as global temperatures rise. It's called permafrost https://t.co/nMg2vadMR3 via @ReutersGraphics 1/6
Just started reading “The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers,” and I had no idea that the constitutional convention resulted in great part from George Washington wanting to move goods on the Potomac River.
Wow. A new study finds that 55% of water consumed in the Colorado River Basin is used to grow crops to feed cattle. And almost 75% of the decline in Lake Mead over the last 20 years can be attributed to cattle-feed irrigation. https://t.co/ip2Nn9jmn5
Big news for national park fans: An iconic #ZionNationalPark hike, the Narrows Trail, is now permanently and completely public! #zionnarrows@TPL_org https://t.co/O1IIgw8b3b
Here is my go-to recipe for a climate-friendly thanksgiving meal:
Step 1) Talk to your family about the scientific necessity of radical, rapid large-scale goverment action on climate change
Step 2) eat whatever the fuck you want. this is not an individual-scale problem
Lewis & Clark College has the nation's top environmental law program and regularly produces alumni who are climate hawks on the state and federal level. But it's still struggling to achieve carbon neutrality.
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According to the science, we have a short window of time to radically restructure the economy, transportation, and energy.
Any plan that—according to science—isn’t enough to prevent catastrophic climate simply isn’t enough. That’s not radical, it’s just fact.
#ClimateStrike
"Yurok biologists, foresters and cultural experts are nearly finished with a comprehensive plan to create the one-of-its-kind Salmon Sanctuary." Yurok Tribe Acquires 50,000 Acres From Green Diamond; Land Along Blue Creek,
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