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Seattle City Councilmember. My vision: economic prosperity for all & environmental sustainability.
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Congratulations, ! Exciting to see fresh leadership from a new, diverse board of directors. ❤️
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Congratulations Cheyenne Skye Branscum on your election to the Sierra Club’s volunteer-run Board of Directors for the next three years. Thank you to the 52,924 Sierra Club community members who voted — helping continue our legacy of a board selected by our members.
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Welcome aboard the new season of #TrailheadDirect! Next stop, the great outdoors! @iheartkcparks
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As a 20 year member of excited to see my local chapter firmly supporting the growing movement to ban single family home only zoning.
It’s long overdue to recognize its creation of suburban sprawl/super commute pollution & racist origins:
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Someone just shared this screen shot with me from my former colleague. This is not merely “uncivilized”. It is misogynistic and laced with gender-based threats at YOUR HOME. It is wrong. We can disagree without demoralizing each other. This movement demands that of us.
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Not an employee enough to collect unemployment, not "be your own boss" enough to get small business help. Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers face sharp losses and little help amid coronavirus outbreak. w/
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This is such an amazing day - a day many told us was impossible. This is what we can do in America - help solve a global problem and improve people's lives, one coal plant at a time. Hell of a coalition and remarkable staff/volunteers at the campaign.
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Big milestone alert - today the 300th US coal plant since 2010 was announced for retirement, SWEPCO’s Dolet Hills plant - one of the most expensive and polluting coal plants in Louisiana, and the focus of 7+ years of advocacy.
We are moving @BeyondCoal: sierraclub.org/press-releases
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William Ruckelshaus was a great man on many levels. This is a huge loss. He is one of my heroes.
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This is the type of action that will help break through the status quo and get us out of the strangle hold of the fossil fuels industry. Thank you.
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Here's the captain of the Harvard football team saluting the students and alumni who disrupted the year's big game. He's a real leader and he and his teammates deserve everyone's gratitude twitter.com/DivestHarvard/…
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Reckoning is coming for WY as it flails around trying to keep uncompetitive coal plants and mines operating. Market interventions to “save” coal won’t work. The state has lost years that could have been used for transition.
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The coal companies operating in the Powder River Basin were once among the best known in the world. But some of the recent arrivals to America's most production coal basin are unknown even to industry insiders.
The first of two dispatches from the PRB:
eenews.net/stories/106142
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Here is a heat pump that heated to -30F. That’s pretty amazing. Clearly cold temperatures are not a barrier to heat pumps in Seattle.
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Replying to @gschivley
This heat pump went close to -30F last winter in Minnesota. It has no mode other than "heat pump" (no electrical resistance supplement/backup).
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Keystone Pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons of oil in North Dakota. It’s time to stop this madness.
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It's 7 am and we're celebrating a million rides across the Fremont/Ballard bridge with commuters!!
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Boom- another win! just adopted a Berkeley-style gas ban. 4-1 vote. We are at a clean dozen. please follow this local #leadership in your statewide code update.
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1,000,000 bike trips in less than ten months!
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Yay, Fremont bridge will reach million riders today, recording our earliest time of year to reach this number! 999,943 riders as of 10/18/2019. Who will be the 57th rider to cross? Million riders was reached on two times in the last 7 years. 12/26/2014 and 11/29/2018.
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. says the foundations of USA are also the foundations of the climate crisis. If we are going to be part of the climate solution we must redefine who we are as a country. Thank you Jamie! #TheFutureWeWant
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. speaking to his new effort called . We must eliminate coal, oil and natural and fracked gas from our energy systems.
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. addressing speaking to how cities, counties, state and businesses are upholding our commitment to the Paris Climate Accord despite opposition from Wash DC
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“We must make our entire transportation system in our cities fossil fuel free by 2030” -@MarkWatts40 #TheFutureWeWant
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Thrilled to share the good news: Camila Elena Valdes-Mosqueda is here, happy and healthy! Many of you have sent well wishes and advice through my pregnancy. Thank you again for your notes and support! council.seattle.gov/2019/10/09/cou #newmama #BabyCamila
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Paris Mayor is addressing mayors from around the world world mayors summit. “The present economy is not serving humanity.” #TheFutureWeWant
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Fire consumed several Ballard businesses yesterday. Two ways to show our support: Donate to the Ballard Business Relief Fund and continue patronizing local entrepreneurs. gofundme.com/f/ballard-fire
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This is the largest crowd I’ve ever seen at Seattle City Hall. #ClimateStrike
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Young people taking the lead at Cal Anderson park. They are about to march to city hall #ClimateStrike
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Ten years ago with 50% of our electricity from #coal and inefficient resistance electric appliances I thought gas in buildings was part of our climate solution. No more.
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Kimaya Mahadran reminded us this morning, “Students want to participate...they feel the greatest pressure on their shoulders for saving the world.” let’s show our students TONIGHT that we feel the same responsibility and shoulder the burden. #StudentsAreChangeMakers
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Rooting for Seattle students #ClimateStrikes at tonight’s Board meeting. Hopeful will remember that a *lot* of learning happens outside the classroom, too. #ExcuseAbsenceForTheEnvironment
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Santa Monica builders confirm: a new building w/electric instead of gas equipment is $5,000 to $10,000 cheaper to construct and twice as efficient--as the city council encourages residents to switch from #gas to electric appliances to cut pollution.
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Thank you for all the amazing community folks - Got Green, Sierra Club, 350Seattle - I'm really proud to have had the last ten years to work with you all.
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Way to go (the other) @LorenaAD80 Gonzalez. California classifies Uber and Lyft drivers as employees. This will allow workers access to minimum wage, social security, unemployment, workers comp, etc. nytimes.com/2019/09/11/tec
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