Delightful to speak tot he Governor’s Institute on Global Issues. They had a panel on climate change and it was so lovely to speak with kids who are motivated to make a difference in their world!
China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Given all that is going on consider this quote from Bertram Russell's 1930 book The conquest of Happiness:
“The man who can be interested in the structure of atoms or the way in which a beetle navigates, is likely to get a joy in life which no amount of success in the pursuit of power can give. ”
Racism is when you believe a white guy is innocent after a jury has concluded 34 times that he isn’t, and you immediately decide an immigrant is guilty when the immigrant hasn’t even had a chance to present their defense.
I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books
Next year!
Today we successfully fended of a attempt by Republicans to circumvent the the committee process and bring a bill to the floor for a vote without having taken testimony. Democracy and good governance won today. @vtdigger.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=eOVUy1akyag I’m in this week’s Climate Dispatch!
