Dr. Catherine

Mom, avid reader, geographer for equity & justice, movement builder @CenValAir + lecturer @stan_state (she/they) Opinions all mine (duh!)

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

Thanks to leadership from frontline communities w/@VoicesCA, backed by dedicated leaders like @SenGonzalez33 @MoniqueLimonCA @ib2_real, #SB1137 for common sense health & safety setbacks just passed out of #CALeg! On to @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom for ✍️📝!

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

Was riding the sky glider at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk around 12:45 today when I spotted a building and bunch of debris floating in the water. 😱🤯 Luckily local news reports the 3 people who fell in with it are OK. #extremeweather #santacruzwharf

[Emily Hoeven @emily_hoeven]

My latest column: CA has another big vote Friday that could increase gas prices. It’s a political liability for Democrats, who want to disincentivize gas cars but also keep gas cheap. They need to be honest w/ residents that they probably can’t do both. https://t.co/0apRFmss3i

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

1/ I’ve been wondering a bunch of things about a potential AMOC collapse: "When will it tip?" "What are the most likely effects?" "Can we stop it?" So I looked for answers in the many scientific papers published on this. Here’s a super plain language thread with what I found.🧵

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

We urge the @AirResources Board to reject staff’s harmful approach to the #LCFS and demand amendments that are responsive to the needs of Californians who are deeply invested in the program — not with their investment portfolio, but with their lives.

https://t.co/JMUgATKfF4

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

"We conclude that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation cannot be considered a low-probability event anymore." - Prof. Sybren Drijfhout et al.

#ClimateEmergency

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

Recap of CARB briefing:

•CARB has no plans to tell CA consumers how much gas prices will be as a result of the LCFS vote

•CARB staff won’t recommend a delay to that vote on Nov. 8.

•CARB is doing all of this because state law tells it to.

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

#MeasureT sets aside pennies on the dollar for what the most disadvantaged communities in #MaderaCounty need to have functioning roads, public transit, sidewalks, and complete streets.

Vote NO on Measure T this November. Learn more at https://t.co/gEDvaOoE6I.

[CVAQ - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition @CenValAir]

🚛🚂 More trucks, more trains, more pollution! The Malibu Vineyards project will increase freight traffic through our Valley EJ communities. We do not need to be disrupted by more air and noise pollution! Demand protections during tonight's meeting @ 7pm at 1115 Truxtun Ave. 📣

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

Spent most of last week hearing from autoworkers in the U.S. & EU about their frustrations with Stellantis and the transition to EVs: it's not about climate rules or Chinese "over-capacty" but that CEOs have dropped the ball and governments have let them https://t.co/92PTcpLK7q

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

@ZavalaA CARB is absolutely a PR machine. Just look at their social media accounts, press releases, and the number of comms staff they have. They have time to shoot and post videos touting how great they are, but they can’t talk to the press about a timely topic? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) @SRAProject]

Join us for a webinar with @foe_us & @LCJandA, covering our latest report on how California's #greenwashed climate policy drives factory farm expansion & environmental injustice. Hear directly from the impacted community members taking a stand! Register:➡️https://t.co/0iBNkpcdpv

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

🧵Update: The California Air Resources Board continues to ignore interview requests ahead of its vote that’s expected to raise gas prices.

I sent an email Monday, Tuesday and this AM to @AirResources comms director @lysmendez and have yet to get even a reply…

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

@ZavalaA @AirResources @ilike_mike As a member of CARB’s own environmental justice advisory committee, I feel your pain. When they do respond to us, it’s mainly to dismiss or gaslight. Our latest letter on LCFS: https://t.co/Gq17q2R24j

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

We are witnessing a genuinely extraordinary, and regionally quite deadly and destructive, period for extreme #weather in the United States. And, quite frankly, the fingerprints of #ClimateChange are all over what has transpired in recent weeks and may yet occur in coming days.

[CaliPesticideReform @CAPestReform]

Thank you Gov @GavinNewsom for signing #AB1864, protecting kids from #pesticide exposure at school and extending the protection to students in private schools & thank you @AsmConnolly for authoring this critical protection! @pesticideaction @VIP_Stanislaus @safeagsafeschls

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

Tesla trucks are ugly. There, I said it @elonmusk

[Leadership Counsel @LCJandA]

We have just days left to urge Gov. Newsom to #VetoAB98. #AB98 ignores warehouse cumulative health impacts. The combined pollution from diesel trucks and increased personal vehicle traffic tied to warehouses can travel miles and directly harms #California communities. @CAgovernor

[CVAQ - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition @CenValAir]

#AB98 ignores warehouse cumulative health impacts. The combined pollution from diesel trucks & increased personal vehicle traffic tied to warehouses can travel miles & directly harms #CA communities. @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom #VetoAB98
Read our letter here: https://t.co/22II4zSKk7

[Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment @CRPE_EJ]

ACTION ALERT: Advocacy Day to #VetoAB98

#AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting and operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new and expanding facilities. One tweet or one call CAN make a difference.

[Dr. Catherine @catgaroupa]

@CAgovernor @GavinNewsom Veto #AB98

[CVAQ - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition @CenValAir]

#AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting and operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new and expanding facilities. One tweet or one call CAN make a difference.
@CAgovernor @GavinNewsom veto #AB98