We have something big coming out today. My colleagues and I have been working for months on a project examining the Colorado River's crisis. I'm excited to finally share the first parts of our series.
Here is Part 1: A Water Reckoning
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Zach Millimet
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Legislative Fellow for . U.S. Federal Government -- Views are my own. Kadampa Buddhist Meditation teacher. Energy & climate policy.
Alexandria, VAJoined April 2009
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I still do not have the words. Rest in peace, Tyre Nichols. You should be alive today. You didn’t deserve what happened to you. No one does. We have so much work to do and we must do it. This cannot continue.
Black Lives Matter.
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Holy cow! Vancouver implemented the 3H proposal where all one way ACs become two way heat pumps!
Industry is supportive!
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Reminder: Vancouver no longer allows AC/Cooling only installations in residential settings. All permanently installed new air conditioning systems in existing detached homes must provide both low carbon heating and cooling. #HVAC #ClimateAction #VanRE
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In the next years, we need WAY more electricians. These are really great jobs with amazing benefits.
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The Energy Transition Has a Labor Shortage Problem. This Startup Is Taking It On. - Nexus Media News
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Everything billionaire/corps want hinges on weakening democratic govt.
Everything Americans need depend on strong effective democratic government
Good economies, schools, legal protections for all etc
And what is single GOP mission? Dismantling our democratic govt. That’s it
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Every journalist should ask every company reporting record profits amidst tough #inflation : why are you enriching investors at the expense of harming average Americans by making inflation worse. Every single company. Every time.
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Outstanding piece by . Active economic industrial policy, a true pro family and pro-community centered agenda to not just strengthen America but help it start to heal the wounds of a bankrupt ideology of consumption and profit.
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Unbelievable. The House Republican leader says the GOP will end military and financial aid to Ukraine if they take back the House, delivering a giant gift to Putin. The Republicans will walk away from the defense of democracy and freedom. Vote accordingly.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “signaled that additional aid to Ukraine, now in the ninth month of war with Russia, is unlikely if Republicans have a House majority.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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A vast new study finds there are 70 percent fewer wild animals sharing the earth with us than there were in 1970.
Read that again. And again.
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“From 1970 to 2018, monitored populations of vertebrates declined an average of 69 percent”
We have lost so much #biodiversity, and our efforts to feed ourselves - fishing and agriculture - are driving this along with #climatechange.
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The interview by with Etherium’s founder was thoughtful-but I still think crypto is largely a solution in search of a problem and the decentralization and trust less ideals leave people even more unmoored and disconnected from each other
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For my entire life, we Americans have lived off the fruits of investment by prior generations to build this country & its modern infrastructure. We've so often barely maintained what we were bequeathed. Can this generation be the one that recalls how to build great things again??
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CA high speed rail: an infuriating story of political and bureaucratic incompetence. When French rail experts say theyd rather work in Morocco bc its less politically dysfunctional that should be a huge 
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New study confirms what #localenergy fans already know: we need very little "new" land for solar. Floating solar, brownfield locations, and of course, rooftop solar, offer a giant opportunity to host solar without further disturbing the environment.
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Some pretty impressive young leaders in the liberal democracies, no?--makes you wonder if all the narrative of decadence and decline is overdone?
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Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin was asked about a potential off-ramp for Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Her reply:
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Excellent interview with the CEO of TikTok US by ! It’s hard to get at, but fundamentally the actions of the Chinese government under Xi has created an environment of complete distrust of its actions and intent globally. Trust has to be earned by actions.
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Is the hottest app among teens and air fryer lovers a national security risk? Hard no from the @tiktok_us head @v_ness about the push to ban the service and much more in an interview on my latest On with Kara Swisher podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-
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This is an important call that is convening today, especially for anyone who will be attending the climate summit in Egypt next month. We have a chance to help free some political prisoners, if we don't look away twitter.com/NaomiAKlein/st
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Impt piece looking at the global economy for the world’s developing nations and the crisis they face. Deployment of clean energy technology will support #climate goals, development goals, and reduce financial vulnerability from fossil fuel prices.
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Cleaning up the power sector is job #1 in the fight against climate change. How is the EPA doing?
Grades are in and unfortunately the EPA is way behind where it needs to be. Check out + share this new power sector report card from . evergreenaction.com/blog/falling-b
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A few things that are 100% compatible:
(1) Supporting near-term early SMR development to expand potential zero-CO2 options
(2) Skepticism on likelihood of significant commercial US SMR uptake before mid-2030s or even 2040s
(3) Supporting ambitious near-term RE+storage deployment
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This tells you everything you need to know about the true state of our “relationship” with the Saudis. They are not our allies in a democratic world, supporting #ikraine or addressing the #climatecrisis.
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This is really exciting news from ! Their battery technology has the potential to change the renewables calculus yet again and further drive costs down and adoption up of utility scale solar and wind plus storage.
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And for some good news…hooray for the start of Fat Bear Week! #FatBearWeek explore.org/fat-bear-week
Dan Conant, of Solar Holler, a solar installation company in WV found sufficient numbers of skilled workers by unionizing, thus allowing them to access workers from . He told me it was hands down the best business decision he ever made.
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The and his “plan” for Virginia’s #energy infrastructure is not only wrong for dealing with the #climatecrisis, it would also cost utility customers more $, make the state less resilient and harm the State’s economy. And he hates Legos.
The Gov's new Energy Plan proposal to abandon VA's carbon-free mandate seems to have lost sight of why Lego made a $1 BILLION commitment to VA - Youngkin for President is going to single-handedly destroy our VA's business climate in its zeal to make headlines
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BIG NEW UTILITIES REPORT! Today launches the Dirty Truth Report 2.0!
The 50 dirtiest electric utilities are failing to retire coal, stop building new gas, and move rapidly to clean energy, despite their (empty) climate pledges. THREAD... 🧵! coal.sierraclub.org/the-problem/di
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This is excellent advice 
. There's SO much work to be done, and plenty of entry points. Also, if you're not sure what to do & want to join the front lines of the clean energy transition, consider the Department of Energy's Clean Energy Corps for a spell: energy.gov/CleanEnergyCor
. There's SO much work to be done, and plenty of entry points. Also, if you're not sure what to do & want to join the front lines of the clean energy transition, consider the Department of Energy's Clean Energy Corps for a spell: energy.gov/CleanEnergyCor1
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This. and everything the Administration has been working to do to develop a new public - private industrial policy model is essential to our national security, American jobs and competitiveness, education and opportunity, and dealing with the #ClimateCrisis.
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The only way to counter an increasingly effective Chinese industrial policy is with an even more effective American industrial policy. Ours will be very different than theirs, but pretending the private sector alone can compete with China is foolhardy. nytimes.com/2021/12/22/bus
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In other news: our labradoodle always wants to hold hands when she’s laying down next to you. ❤️
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This has been a great series by and the last interview with and doesn’t disappoint.
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Clean energy is known to help grow economies and reduce carbon emissions. Can it also help strengthen democracies?
Listen to our newest episode with @jsfreed of @ThirdWayEnergy via @CanaryMediaInc or wherever you get your podcasts! bit.ly/3UZyZh0
Listen to our newest episode with @jsfreed of @ThirdWayEnergy via @CanaryMediaInc or wherever you get your podcasts! bit.ly/3UZyZh0
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Dan’s piece highlights an incredibly important part of the #EnergyTransition: we must use our existing built infrastructure where we can and reimagine old power plants into clean ones or other related infrastructure. This…plus lots of rooftop #Solar - which help with buy in.
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My @washingtonpost op-ed on big opportunity to fight #ClimateCrisis: retrofit old energy plants w/ $250B in IRA @stanforddoerr @StanfordWoods @ENERGY @IrvingInstitute @EFIForTheFuture @ACORE @JigarShahDC wapo.st/3E6TT7I
A stunning lack of agency & efficacy is our greatest challenge. We don't believe we can act--or if we do, we don't think it will make a difference. That's why we need that vision of a better future + real world examples of the actions that will take us there today more than ever.
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3. Over the past three years, collectively, it seems we have lost that sense of agency. (5/7)
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Take it from Russian soldiers: "Mom, this war is the stupidest decision our government has ever made."
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Leah has an uncanny capacity to translate scientific facts into language anyone can understand. Her work helped us pass this country's largest investment in clean energy.
I was honored to write her TIME100 Next biography – congratulations, Leah!
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Her relentless focus on the actual needs of her constituents in Alaska, on the health of the AK fishing community, reproductive freedom for women, and resiliency and infrastructure makes awesome.
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We can never have enough pro-fish legislators.
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Virginia’s kids are standing up for their rights, human rights and the rights of the #LGBTQ community. Gov Youngkin is learning there is no place in VA for far right culture wars. 1400 students at her High School walked out yesterday. #protecttranskids
"1400+ students walked out at West Potomac HS today - I've never seen students this engaged in politics - maybe our Governor will start to realize that governing for Republican Presidential Primary doesn't sit well with Virginians" - Sen. bluevirginia.us/2022/09/video-
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