Aaron Vaden-Youmans

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

"The world as we knew it is coming to an end, and it’s up to us how it ends and what comes after." - Rebecca Solnit

https://t.co/B1WMKqul8H

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

I have just added my name to #Earth4All's open letter calling for world leaders to tackle inequality. Add yours! https://t.co/qudIp2lMGx

[owen gaffney @owengaffney]

Excellent article in @Nature by @jasonhickel @g_kallis and all Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help https://t.co/Z9xaAXRpv2

[C2ES @C2ES_org]

The @WHCEQ announcement that USG will require federal suppliers to disclose supply chain emissions is a crucial 1st step to curb emissions. As US businesses track & reduce emissions they'll set the bar to compete in the global low-carbon economy.
https://t.co/LreEi7fR2p

[Acyn @Acyn]

Hannity: Not a single Republican has ever said they want to take away your Social Security..
Mike Lee: It will be my objective to phase out Social Security. To pull it up by the roots and get rid of it.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

If we lose our Democracy, it will be because of a beltway media that thinks near-term inflation (which is due to global trends such as pandemic and supply chain problems, and largely beyond domestic policy control) is more important than a functioning Democracy.

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

via @NYTimes hard to read but important to better understand - the future for Dems needs to include a better linkage of a new economy, a well-being economy that works for all, with representative government and basic accountability https://t.co/767uyrlDz2

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

@MichaelEMann Time for Biden to declare a climate emergency? Are POTUS’ emergency powers not justified/applicable?

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

It is now Cheaper to Switch from Coal directly to Wind and Solar than to Natural Gas

https://t.co/EZOSNzAcxN via @jricole #WWS #WindWaterSolar

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/uegtM5y2Nu

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

“…there are no elected officials claiming that the only way to stop a bad guy with a bomb is a good guy with a bomb.” https://t.co/xsY48a0nGD

[Christine Arena @ChristineArena]

I am once again stumped by how climate orgs and venture capitalists view “politics” as an ancillary issue. When IPCC scientists & the UN say politics are the primary barrier to climate action, what they mean is power structures.

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

When we criminalise abortion – as Texas has done, and as half the US is now poised to do – we implicitly criminalise miscarriages too. Any pregnancy that doesn’t end in a live birth becomes suspect. What did they do to cause this? How did they kill their baby?

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

@Sammy_Roth @latimes @rgaut999 Is there a Los Angeles Energy Atlas that shows our grid’s supply (and demand) graphically by type and locations, etc.?

[owen gaffney @owengaffney]

Brilliant summary of all the reasons addressing #Inequality is essential to build social cohesion for #ClimateEmergency A really important deep dive paper from @Earth4All_ Greater equality promotes cooperation.

[Aaron Vaden-Youmans @avy1976]

via @NYTimes “Among Mr.Trump’s desires was to put 10,000 active-duty troops on the streets of Washington on June 1, 2020, after large protests against police brutality erupted” Mr. Trump asked Mr. Esper about the demonstrators, “Can’t you just shoot them?” https://t.co/LFWQCGTswo

[Prof. Peter Strachan @ProfStrachan]

Awesome @mzjacobson

Renewable electricity powered #California 100% for the first time in history

"#RenewableEnergy met 100% of California's demand for the first time on Saturday, much of it from large amounts of #SolarPower"

@BrianVad @ChristianOnRE

https://t.co/eoOPNdFddR

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Fossil fuel interests are now cynically using the war in Ukraine to try to lock in a high carbon future.

A shift to renewables is crucial to mending our broken global energy mix & offering hope to millions suffering climate impacts today.

[Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience]

A recent study has demonstrated that a future in which the #SDGs have been achieved with limited pressures on #PlanetaryBoundaries is possible.

Main human needs are achieved at ∼US$15,000 measured in 2011 US$ purchasing power parity across world regions.https://t.co/QeQpPAcVsZ

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

We have known for 30 years that fossil fuels need to be phased out to reach zero by 2050. Big oil/gas/coal agree in public. Still they continue, after 6th IPCC warning, to invest 450 billion$ (until 2030) in new fossil-fuels. Must change and is hypocrisy https://t.co/qQbSN1SJGa