Congestion pricing has been a wild success
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Congestion pricing has been a wild success
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
Huge bike growth in San Diego after making it safer to ride!
Annual bike trips jumped 50k to 115k after the lane was installed in 2021. By 2025, 132k.
โThe lesson is straightforward: when people feel safe, they ride.โ
www.planetizen.com/news/2026/02...
Federal Judge Upholds NYC's Congestion Pricing that has:
-reduced traffic
-made buses faster and more reliable
-helped businesses
-reduced pollution
Time for other cities to replicate this successful policy!
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/03/b...
We cannot ditch coal fast enough. Beyond the climate damage, itโs poisoning us.
โThe EPA on Friday weakened pollution limits for coal-burning power plants, allowing them to release more heavy metals including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin linked to brain damage.โ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...
"New housing in Oregon must be built with energy-efficient heat pumps instead of ducted air conditioning following an update to the stateโs residential energy code." www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/heat-pu... via Ryan Kushner ๐๐ก
We need stronger protections against manufactured opposition. Submitting a comment in a regulatory proceeding in someoneโs name without their knowledge or consent needs to have real consequences.
Fossil fuel industryโs latest tactic: flood regulators with AI generated comments. In California, 20k+ fake AI emails helped kill @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social clean air rules. People actually want heat pumps, their efficiency, and cleaner/healthier indoor air. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Local and state governments are key to US climate policy and will keep moving forward. At @runonclimate.bsky.social, weโre advancing climate policy in partnership with city and county governments across the country.
Weโve come to take for granted what Trump is doing on climate and energyโฆ
But this is insane, dangerous, outrageous, and willfully distorting reality.
Agent tampers with evidence and brags about shooting this woman and his colleagues love it.
Weโre fortunate that Marimar Martinez wasnโt killed like Good and Pretti.
Another instance of DHS lying about what happened and smearing a preschool teacher as a domestic terrorist.
Just gave!
Especially for those of us in the climate and energy community, this fundraiser to pay energy bills for those affected by ICE terror is a great thing to donate to. #energysky
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Ein vollkommen passender Vergleich. Natรผrlich ist nicht alles dasselbe aber in beiden Fรคllen:
-weit verbreitete, terrorisierende Gewalt
-Unterdrรผckung und Deportation von ethnischen Minderheiten mit dem Ziel, ihre Zahl im Land zu reduzieren
-Truppen neulich von einer autoritรคren Regierung errichtet
Our LCPN is gaining #Minneapolis! We are thrilled to welcome City Council Member Soren Stevenson to the Local Climate Policy Network. ๐ค๐ฑ
Read more about @sorenwithward8.bsky.social and the rest of our LCPN๐
๐: runonclimate.org/our-network
INSANE
Why are developers choosing to build all-electric homes? Theyโre faster and cheaper to construct than dual-fuel homes, and heat pumps are more efficient.
Also, fewer emissions and less indoor air pollution! @buildingdecarb.org @carabuckley.bsky.social
#energysky
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
We're hiring our first ever Communications and Development Director!! Come work with me at @runonclimate.bsky.social! :)
Keep up the pressure and push harder. Theyโre feeling the heat. Congress gut ICE. Noem/Miller out.
A great short piece on doing climate work when fascists are trying to destroy your country.
John Mitnick @JohnMitnick I helped to establish DHS in 2002 and 2003 and later had the homeland security portfolio as a White House Counsel and served as General Counsel of the Department. I am enraged and embarrassed by DHSโs lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty. Impeach and remove Trumpโnow. George Conway โ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ @gtconway3d The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts. The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help
Rest In Power. Your bravery will not be forgotten.
Senate Democrats CANNOT fund ICE this week.
Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Donโt forget that local governments can and are continuing to make critical climate policy progress!
Ryan in Boulder, CO and others around the country are doing the Lordโs work.
@runonclimate.bsky.social and the Local Climate Policy Network are eager to support, get in touch!
Efficient electric systems bring down costs!
Efficient:
-lower power use, same outcome
-less infrastructure needed for growth
All-electric:
-build/maintain one distribution system instead of two
-more overall power consumption >> lower fixed costs per MWh
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/effi...
Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
13) klima update von @taz.de und @klimareporter.bsky.social
Sehr informativen Updates zur groรen Geschichten und Entwicklungen in der hauptsรคchlich deutschen Klimapolitik.
Eine Folge pro Woche
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Giving Tuesday (@givingtuesday.bsky.social) is one week away! ๐
This #givingtuesday, consider supporting nonprofits, like us, by giving local! Your donations help us to create a more sustainable future. ๐
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#givingtuesday #climateaction #climatechange #localpolicy
12) The India Energy Hour
Discussions about the major issues in Indiaโs energy transition with a different guest every episode.
One episode every two weeks
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