#EMicroMobilityReducesEmissionsFastFairFrugalForEssentialWorkers: #congestionpricing accommodates cars and sprawl as a way of life and divests from the city. #15MinuteNeighborhoods linked by bikes with #ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl are #UnGlamorousSolutions that don't accomodate #ForeverWarSubsidizesFossilFuelsAndSprawl all of which the democratic governor, who sent #CopCity to #Columbia, doesn't control.

#KeepItInTheGround

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/06/06/congestion-pricing-new-york-city-traffic-gridlock/

https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-12-21/column-who-will-make-sure-l-a-reaches-100-clean-energy-by-2035-boiling-point

#EnvironmentalJusticeIsAClimateSolution: Some climate activists are frustrated by DWP’s plan to convert several power plants from burning fossil gas to #hydrogen — a top priority for the politically powerful labor unions whose members operate those plants, but a nonstarter for environmental justice groups who worry that hydrogen combustion would lead to continued #airpollution in low-income communities of color.
More broadly, DWP will need to make sure its clean energy programs bring proportionate benefits to low-income families and communities of color — which they historically have not, according to a recent report commissioned by the utility.
#CoBenefits #ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl

https://www.propublica.org/article/after-hermits-peak-calf-canyon-wildfire-quantifying-victims-suffering-becomes-legal-battle

#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence: A year ago, the attorney general’s office filed a public comment on FEMA’s proposed rules, saying victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire should be paid for noneconomic damages.
Now FEMA is being sued by victims who claim the agency is improperly denying them the money they deserve for the federal government’s mistake.
People with high-dollar ranches and some residents of a hard-hit subdivision with a golf course have already received substantial checks for their losses.
#DeterioratingCarbonSinks #ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #StopIntrusionIntoTheWUIAndRematriateLandBack

https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2024/01/02/states-warn-of-band-aids-and-duct-tape-for-road-maintenance/

#RemoveRoads: Across the country, state transportation departments are warning that public safety is at risk if lawmakers don’t overhaul how road maintenance gets funded.
#ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #EMicroMobilityReducesEmissionsFastFairFrugalForEssentialWorkers

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-california-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

California Air Resources Board released a preliminary greenhouse gas inventory suggesting the state's emissions increased slightly last year compared with the previous year… the state's greenhouse gas inventory undercounts emissions in the first place… excludes emissions from a variety of sources, including wildfires and industrial sectors such as shipping, aviation and biofuels.
#15MinuteNeighborhoods
#BeyondEVs #RenewablesAreDeflationary #ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #EMicroMobilityReducesEmissionsFastFairFrugalForEssentialWorkers #CARB2022RequiresReducedVMT #UnGlamourousSolutionsAreClimateJustice

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Who-Are-The-Biggest-Buyers-Of-US-Oil.html

Canadá buys the raw product, then Europe, Mexico buys the finished product, and it’s mostly for sprawl connected by SUVs replacing walkable communities and functioning transit with zero solar.

#ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #SlowStreets #15minuteCitiesLikeTheRestOfThePlanet

Revealed: US utility firms offer builders cash and trips to fit new homes with gas appliances https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/21/new-home-builder-contractor-fossil-fuel-utilities-natural-gas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#StopBusinessAsUsual: The longstanding relationship between gas interests and the building sector could be a major impediment to decarbonizing buildings, which account for roughly one-third of US greenhouse gas emissions
#ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #SlowStreets #15minuteCitiesLikeTheRestOfThePlanet

#ZionistProjectProtectsCarbonBombShippingLanes: U.S. EV sales are growing, but not enough to offset gasoline cars. That's because sales of those vehicles are growing faster… with gasoline cars accounting for most of that growth... average age of the vehicle fleet currently 12 to 13 years.
#BeyondEVs #GenocideJoeKnows #SuburbsAreCarbonBombsOfOilAndGas #ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl #LandBack

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1141751_us-ev-sales-are-growing-but-so-is-the-gasoline-fleet