Alex Johnson

Proud dad, husband, farmer, river resto guy, work @virridy. @DukeU, rugger, economist.

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@drvolts Oh man - if this was Mt Hood then I would’ve had you covered here in Parkdale! Don’t have any easy Bachelor spots in my Rolodex tho. Hope the snow is good.

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

Thank you @FeliciaMarcus for the great quotes in this article 👇🏼

[KQED Science @KQEDscience]

“We have no water rights. We’re the Winnemem Wintu tribe. Winnemem means ‘middle water’– middle water people. That kind of tells you our culture, our spirituality is based on water.” —Gary Mulcahy of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe https://t.co/5EYMtKq7qO

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@OlufemiOTaiwo Wish you could cross-post it over to Bsky. I’m spending much less time here as it falls apart

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@OlufemiOTaiwo Gotcha. I’d let it ride… it’s a good thread overall.

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@OlufemiOTaiwo Just a heads up - the Navajo generating station shut down for good in 2019. (https://t.co/aKmfGB1cpO) The gist of this thread still very correct though!

[Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @OlufemiOTaiwo]

how's the most powerful country on Earth doing?

"The report found about half of the river and stream miles and lake acres across the U.S. are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking."

what are we doing

https://t.co/DVGCneQbra

[Alex Steffen @AlexSteffen]

There are days the surreality of the American climate just blows my mind.

Treating inevitable changes as negotiable, the inexorable loss of predictability as a move to a "new normal" & rapid, shattering ecological upheaval as just another issue to be balanced with others.

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@maccoinnich All that E OR blue is probably less than 3,000 people total though right? Still, bucking the trend pretty hard. Seems similar in E WA. Possibly just a net positive for most rural PNW counties, bc climate refugees?

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

Rooftop solar? Wind turbines? Nuclear power? Electric stoves? Big solar farms in the desert?

There’s no such thing as a perfect climate change solution.

But we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of saving life as we know it.

My latest for @latimes: https://t.co/kdCwpqxjZi

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@DannyMarang Hope you jump over there. It’s missing NBA content but otherwise a refreshing change

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@lukeybonner Come on over to bluesky you’ll be a king with this #content

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

Hoping that my climate, water, and trailblazers people will jump over to Bluesky with me - I'm at @alexhjohnson there.

[Alex Johnson @AlexJohnsonOR]

@SamLMontano Um, fellow enviro nerd here and *yes please*

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

It's hard to describe the sadness I feel over the Nat Geo layoffs, and the coming loss of the magazine at news stands. It was the magazine that helped convinced me to become a journalist, nurtured my interest in weather and climate... 1/

[Virridy @Virridy]

A great question and answer at @aspenideas - “The basic idea is that [carbon credits] create a fungible instrument for buying energy reductions or energy efficiency or restoration activities that offset emissions somewhere else”

https://t.co/muJz4Xn8xD

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

This is absolutely bananas.

There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.

But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?

Nope.

[Brett Walton @waltonwater]

In discussing the draft, council members favor a cabinet agency, but wonder how it would interact with the EPA.

Many members come from transportation, energy, telecoms. Having learned about water for this report, they marvel at the sprawling patchwork of water providers.

[Brett Walton @waltonwater]

In a draft report, the expert council that advises the White House on infrastructure says to "elevate water as a national priority."

It suggests a national water strategy or even a cabinet-level Department of Water

https://t.co/xQ83m6mD1C

[Emily Kirk @EmilyKirk_]

Anddd we're back to winter in the Cascades! We're seeing snow down to the West Village Lodge at @mtbachelor, too.

Cold air lingers for us here in Central OR, but we'll warm back up midweek.

@CODaily | https://t.co/mmAwNSaU7V