Piper

Continually learning and undergoing maintenance. If not in codes, probably out doors.

[Aaron Levie @levie]

US politicians are extremely out of touch with talent in tech. There is a belief that if you cap immigration, jobs stay. The opposite happens. Jobs go elsewhere, tax dollars are lost, local economies suffer, and when that talent builds the next Google or Apple, it won’t be here.

[Al Gore @algore]

The chances for real progress at COP28 were badly damaged early this year when an oil company CEO was appointed to lead the negotiations. And now investigative journalists have confirmed some of the worst fears of those who criticized that absurd appointment with the shocking news that the President-designate has been using the meetings he has set up with nations around the world to sell more oil and gas. At the same time, the fossil fuel company he leads (the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) has been preparing to launch one of the largest expansions of oil and gas production of any company in the world — timed to begin immediately after COP28 concludes.

Using international climate talks as leverage to shore up support for pumping more oil and gas at a time when we urgently need to phase out fossil fuels is — to say the least — utterly appalling.

[Yishan @yishan]

West Maui has power but internet is harder to restore. People who need support/food/services are being asked to go online but can't get online.

@Starlink and @Elonmusk can you send some units to the island? We have a fire captain who can pick up and deliver to West Maui.

[sam @sam_d_1995]

China can build over ten thousand miles of high speed rail in the same amount of time it took America’s capital to build one single bike lane

what are we even doing here?

[Switchbox @switchbox_data]

Learn all about the policy and politics of the #NYHEAT Act from @agreenewyork's Jessica Azulay on the latest episode of the Empire State of Carbon podcast!

https://t.co/XU89eqGf3k

[Chris Skinner @Chris_Skinner]

ONE Bitcoin transaction uses the same amount of energy as a US household uses over a month

https://t.co/1z5HgzRLRo

[Switchbox @switchbox_data]

Yellow skies giving you climate anxiety? 😰

Then let us show you how we're going to end New York's climate pollution! 💪

https://t.co/J3ifuKm5rt

[sam @sam_d_1995]

This isn’t a 10% increase. Not a 100% increase. But a 1,000% increase in biking thanks to protected bike lanes.

If you build the bike lanes, the bikes will come. And the cars will leave. Traffic goes down, sustainability and safety goes up, everybody wins!

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

On climate change, we often assume people are either believers or deniers.

I don't like either label, because climate change is not a religion.

Instead, I prefer the 6 categories identified by @YaleClimateComm for the US. https://t.co/mxGR45pA65

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Florida will now require rape and incest victims to show “documents” to prove they got raped.

If they can’t provide them, the government will mandate they give birth to their rapist’s child. https://t.co/NUgzak59sP

[Rewiring America @rewiringamerica]

NEW: New York’s buildings are the state’s largest source of carbon pollution. What’s the solution? To power heating, cooling, and appliances with clean electricity rather than fossil fuels.

More in our new memo on the All-Electric Buildings Act: https://t.co/ERbRCQjLJc

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

BP just announced that it will join Shell in slowing its transition to clean energy.

The company plans to use record profits from 2022 to invest an additional $8 billion in fossil fuels.

BP also plans to aim for 20% carbon reductions by 2030 vs. its original 40% target.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

8 days ago, over half a million gallons of crude oil started leaking from the Keystone pipeline. This is bigger than the last 22 Keystone pipeline spills combined and the largest onshore spill in the U.S. in over ten years. TC Energy must be held accountable for this disaster.

[New York Communities for Change @nychange]

Snigdha Sinha with @winclimate details how people would save money.

On Long Island, a new one family home would save about $200 yearly on geothermal vrs gas and about $100 yearly with an air-source heat pump (pictured) vrs gas. Propane is especially an expensive waste.

[Switchbox @switchbox_data]

🚨Big announcement!🚨

Today we presented a report to legislators on how much new single-family homes would save under the All-Electric Building Act that's being considered in New York State 👇

https://t.co/S0Gx4QcCMe

#GasFreeNY
@GovKathyHochul (1/11)

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

.@POTUS is coming to Oregon next week. Twitter do your thing. We need President Biden to ride the #BikeBus.

[Jamie Henn @jamieclimate]

When can we start naming climate disasters after fossil fuel companies?

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

We often talk about climate change in terms of global averages, e.g. the world has warmed 1.2C since preindustrial.

But no one lives in the global average; land areas have already warmed more than 1.8C on average, and many high latitude regions have already warmed more than 2C:

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Stuff like this worries me. Selling carbon credits for changing ag practices is deeply problematic given huge uncertainties in how much will actually be removed. The fact the article highlights no-till which does not actually remove carbon is a bad sign. https://t.co/87wRy1hz6G