My day job is 2 support state climate action. Views my own; personal focus: global climate mitigation, active transportation, land conservation, & UNFCCC.
@EOPAmerica Mahalo 4 an inspiring evening w/ local and state electeds doing such important work at the community level. So honored to be w/ these celebrities in the climate change space, on behalf of @huananipartners’ State Funding Readiness Project providing free help to states
Elected officials who are military veterans say IRA investments in clean energy are key to national security
On November 16, EOPA will convene their annual Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit in DC.
@energy@epagov#IRA#EOPA#Summit
Subnational actors (like states) are the thrill craft to the federal govt’s barge— much more nimble and low on the water, feeling every wave. So honored to be here with @GovInslee and fellow program committee members Rebecca Berg and Jen Kaminski at #theclc.
Thank you @TheCLC2023, @theclimateregistry and the team of industry experts who nominated me for this honor. This award serves as a reminder that we are making progress in the fight against climate change, but there is still much work to be done.
@TheCLC2023@EleniForCA says there’s an alarm sounding (referring to the climate crisis) and we in this room are responding to it (just as there’s an actual fire alarm going off !)
Last night's CLA Ceremony was one for the books!
@GovInslee provided inspiring, lively remarks after
accepting the 2023 Climate Pioneer Award, including that a shared trait of those within the climate activist community is "unbridled optimism and dumb persistence!"
#TheCLC
Starting out day 3 of #TheCLC with remarks from State of Washington @GovInslee, a true climate leader and champion! Gov. Inslee inspires us all to move state #climate solutions farther and faster.
Lt governors @JoshuaTenorio2 from Guam, and @EleniForCA from California address how their jurisdictions are addressing the transition to a clean green economy at #TheCLC
If we could tech our way out of this, we’d be done with the problem (of climate change) by now! @NREL’s Suzanne Macdonald quotes @BrightlineOrg’s Eddie Ahn at #TheCLC
We are excited to share some snapshots from our Wednesday morning workshop for #TheCLC, "Down the Garden Path: Transportation Mobility and Equity Walking Tour," which featured partnerships between @metrolosangeles, @CaltransHQ, and @LADOTofficial.
What an informative & fun tour!
Energy storage panel at #TheCLC makes a point of talking about equity, following up on plenary from the day before- brava and thank you to (L-R): Rebecca foster @veic, Karen Glitman @energycenter, Julia Souder @LDESCouncil, and @EnvNM !
Hawaiis Gwen Yamamoto Lau of HGIA (the green bank) shared the critical financing work they are doing for renewable energy at #TheCLC’s Innovative Financing for Climate @EnergyHawaiiGov@HawaiiGovOffice