📢 Urgent Action Alert! 🚨 The I55 managed lane proposal is now before the Senate. This project poses a serious threat to Little Village and Pilsen, increasing climate and diesel emissions. We need YOUR help to stop this! Call your Senator TODAY and demand opposition to HJR23 #IL
On December 9, @ErinAlemanCMAP joins @NARCregions for a conversation on climate extremes and #GreatLakes infrastructure. Register at https://t.co/4tnXl5nEyH
This new paper is hugely important. It demonstrates empirically that when it comes to meeting human needs what matters is *not* aggregate economic growth (beyond moderate levels), but rather provisioning systems. https://t.co/AHhJO3NtzL
Here's a little game motivated by absolutely nothing called "which US power plants emitted more CO2 than entire states' energy sectors in 2019?"
OVERALL WINNER: James H Miller, a coal plant in Alabama, at 18 million metric tonnes, comes in ahead of 6 states (just behind Hawaii)
This chart of the 20 biggest wildfires in modern California history is a terrifyingly vivid illustration of the trend of fire in the state. When it was prepared, last fall, each of the 2020 fires on the list were still burning.
"We found fossil fuel projects already in the pipeline will, by 2030, produce 35% more oil and 69% more coal than what's consistent with a pathway towards a 1.5℃ temperature rise." https://t.co/h0rbs8aPMj
The high levels of resource consumption that rich countries enjoy depend significantly on *net appropriation* from the rest of the world. The damage from extraction is inflicted "elsewhere".
Nora Beck received the individual Core Values Award. Nora is a leader in CMAP's water supply work, bringing partners together to collaborate on tough challenges. She also excels at finding innovative ways to include water sustainability in projects. Congratulations, Nora! #PSRW
“A new study found that fine particulate pollution generated by the burning of fossil fuels was responsible for one in five early deaths worldwide in 2018—far more than previously thought.” https://t.co/Bk5aaUYBRW
“Scientists at say they have gathered snow samples from 20 different Siberian regions - from the Altai mountains to the Arctic - and that their preliminary findings confirm airborne plastic fibres are turning up in snow in remote parts of the wilderness.” https://t.co/6C05xMcZFH