Jeff C

@JeffC1956
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Former c# developer, essayist and short story author. Enjoy art, philosophy, science, and baking 🍞 Collapsonaut examining depopulation scenarios. Based in #LosAngeles. Header: mural by Judith Baca
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California neighbors cut carbon together

The EcoBlock project helped 15 homeowners on a single Oakland block get new rooftop solar, heat pumps, and insulation.

Yale Climate Connections

Maybe other countries should copy China's "National Civilized City" awards, to promote the reduction of carbon consumption...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275126001915

#climate #climatechange #sociology

A lot to chew: urban sciences approach climate mitigation:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-026-00362-9

#climate #climatechange

Urban sustainability science: from adaptation to regeneration on the road to 2050 - npj Urban Sustainability

Our Editorial team reflects on the journals’ first five years and discusses our continued aspiration to be an outlet for thought provoking and effective syntheses of essential advances in urban sustainability science and policy.

Nature

#LosAngeles #infrastructure #solar

'...a new executive order March 25 [codified] a partnership between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Bureau of Street Lighting to install 60,000 solar-powered street lights over the next two years.'

https://wavepublication.com/mayor-plans-to-install-60000-solar-powered-street-lights/

Mayor plans to install 60,000 solar-powered street lights - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass signed a new executive order March 25 codifying a

Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Earth's "energy imbalance" is the highest on record:

"We will live with these consequences for hundreds and thousands of years.”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23032026/wmo-report-highlights-global-emergency/?nowprocket=1

#climate #climatechange

Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes - Inside Climate News

As warning lights flash, U.N. Secretary Gen. AntĂłnio Guterres calls out a global climate emergency.

Inside Climate News

Europeans flock to green energy during Iran war:

"The UK ... has seen heat pump sales in the first three weeks of March increase by 51 per cent compared to the same period the month before..."

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/31/iran-war-sparks-renewables-boom-as-europeans-rush-to-buy-solar-heat-pumps-and-evs

#climate

Europeans rush to buy solar and heat pumps as energy bills soar

The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas.

euronews
Six trillion ways to solve climate change

New research shows that mixing and matching manageable climate policy 'wedges' can add up to real solutions.

Yale Climate Connections
Virginia set to enact a flurry of laws boosting cleaner, cheaper power. Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign bills promoting solar power, batteries, grid tech, and, above all, affordability. https://www.bocvip.com/1271007/virginia-set-to-enact-a-flurry-of-laws-boosting-cleaner-cheaper-power-gov-abigail-spanberger-is-expected-to-sign-bills-promoting-solar-power-batteries-grid-tech-and-above-all-affordability/ #CLIMATE

"Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them."

#quotes #war

Yikes... more climate policy reading than I can shake a stick at. Wondering how much this actually "moves the needle" though...

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tcpo20

#climate #climatechange