Climate Program Manager & #localgov nerd with @fortcollinsgov - staying curious; tweeting on my own.
Fort Collins, CO
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It’s not the $1.7T of BBB, but this could be a huge deal. Please let mid-term politics actually work in the favor bold action this time. 🤞
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Democratic Senator Whitehouse (RI) calls for WH to deploy "executive Beast Mode" on climate through unilateral actions
Does not seem like WH will be able to point to courting Manchin as a reason to hold off
Whitehouse has specific demands here too -->
Remember when “activist judges” was a talking point…
Today's Supreme Court ruling makes it even harder to address the climate crisis at a time when we need to be doing all we can. #WVvEPA nature.ly/3udRwKq
Valuable and hopeful (but not overly optimistic) take on bringing kids into the world
#ClimateCrisis
“I unequivocally reject, scientifically and personally, the notion that children are somehow doomed to an unhappy life”. The great @DrKateMarvel in @ezraklein's new column (also feat. @leahstokes, @dwallacewells, and me): nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opini…
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Some argue that we have to choose between the environment or the economy … as if the economy - or humans themselves - could float around in outer space without the air, water, land, and resources this planet provides. The planet doesn’t need us: we need it. #WorldEnvironmentDay
#CSU Climate Transitions Dialogue underway. Barriers and opportunities to #actonclimate being discussed with a focus on collaborative action and “useable science” @CSUCPD @SOGES_CSU @CSUEnergy
You know you’re in a book-loving community when there are 20 ppl waiting outside the #FortCollins #library at 11:59AM when it opens at noon on a Sunday. #booknerds 📚
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Heat pumps are an essential climate solution. But there's very little data on how much they actually cost.
To fill some of the gap, we surveyed homeowners and analyzed publicly available data.
Here's what we learned:
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#energytwitter #climatetwitter
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It’s time to embrace climate hope. “Fear is useful to wake us up and make us pay attention,” says Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University. “But if we don’t know what to do, it paralyzes us.” loom.ly/fMhP70k #ClimateChange #Hope
This is really big news for disrupting wasteful practices and increasing recycling in #Colorado. #extendedproducerresponsibility is a huge step towards changing “business as usual” to a #circulareconomy
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Fine, here’s what I think is going on:
White men have long been a minority in US society (currently 29%), but until very recently, they controlled all the ladders of ascent into cultural, political, media, or economic relevance.
Incredible performance by the @nocohailstormfc in their fourth game to beat MLS team @realsaltlake and advance in the #LamarHunt US Open Cup!! 16-5 shots on goal against. Going to be fun to watch this young team playing in #northerncolorado
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So folks have been comparing the weird @GMB morning show interview with the climate activist in the UK with *that* scene from #DontLookUp.
So we at the @MehdiHasanShow put them side by side & the results are.. astounding. Reality mirroring art!
Watch:
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"If everyone could see what I see coming," said scientist Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), "society would switch into climate emergency mode and end fossil fuels in just a few years." cdreams.news/3DRTuny