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Dr. Catherine

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Mom, avid reader, geographer for equity & justice, movement builder @CenValAir + lecturer @stan_state (she/they) Opinions all mine (duh!)

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Thanks to leadership from frontline communities w/@VoicesCA, backed by dedicated leaders like @SenGonzalez33 @MoniqueLimonCA @ib2_real, #SB1137 for common sense health & safety setbacks just passed out of #CALeg! On to @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom for ✍️📝!

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My latest column: CA has another big vote Friday that could increase gas prices. It’s a political liability for Democrats, who want to disincentivize gas cars but also keep gas cheap. They need to be honest w/ residents that they probably can’t do both. sfchronicle.com/opinion/emilyh…


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1/ I’ve been wondering a bunch of things about a potential AMOC collapse: "When will it tip?" "What are the most likely effects?" "Can we stop it?" So I looked for answers in the many scientific papers published on this. Here’s a super plain language thread with what I found.🧵

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We urge the @AirResources Board to reject staff’s harmful approach to the #LCFS and demand amendments that are responsive to the needs of Californians who are deeply invested in the program — not with their investment portfolio, but with their lives. leadershipcounsel.org/california-air…

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New study on #AMOC Collapse published today. We already understand how Greenland’s melting ice sheet (5 times faster now than in 2004) is adding freshwater that slows down the Atlantic’s circulation.


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"We conclude that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation cannot be considered a low-probability event anymore." - Prof. Sybren Drijfhout et al. #ClimateEmergency

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Recap of CARB briefing: •CARB has no plans to tell CA consumers how much gas prices will be as a result of the LCFS vote •CARB staff won’t recommend a delay to that vote on Nov. 8. •CARB is doing all of this because state law tells it to.

🧵 CARB (@AirResources) is doing a media briefing now on its upcoming vote that is expected to raise gas prices. Aware of the public interest, @kcranews planned to livestream. CARB would not allow us to. They also won’t allow us to post the full briefing once it’s over.



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#MeasureT sets aside pennies on the dollar for what the most disadvantaged communities in #MaderaCounty need to have functioning roads, public transit, sidewalks, and complete streets. Vote NO on Measure T this November. Learn more at buff.ly/3YC8zpi.


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🚛🚂 More trucks, more trains, more pollution! The Malibu Vineyards project will increase freight traffic through our Valley EJ communities. We do not need to be disrupted by more air and noise pollution! Demand protections during tonight's meeting @ 7pm at 1115 Truxtun Ave. 📣


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Spent most of last week hearing from autoworkers in the U.S. & EU about their frustrations with Stellantis and the transition to EVs: it's not about climate rules or Chinese "over-capacty" but that CEOs have dropped the ball and governments have let them newrepublic.com/article/187470…

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Join us for a webinar with @foe_us & @LCJandA, covering our latest report on how California's #greenwashed climate policy drives factory farm expansion & environmental injustice. Hear directly from the impacted community members taking a stand! Register:➡️sraproject.info/3YgaUVA

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🧵Update: The California Air Resources Board continues to ignore interview requests ahead of its vote that’s expected to raise gas prices. I sent an email Monday, Tuesday and this AM to @AirResources comms director @lysmendez and have yet to get even a reply…


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Sh*t! Two neighboring mega-dairies, equal sized, between Shafter and Buttonwillow in Kern County, CA, both have very large emission rates of methane. The one on the right has the higher rates. It also has a taxpayer subsidized methane digester and is part of the LCFS.

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We are witnessing a genuinely extraordinary, and regionally quite deadly and destructive, period for extreme #weather in the United States. And, quite frankly, the fingerprints of #ClimateChange are all over what has transpired in recent weeks and may yet occur in coming days.


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Thank you Gov @GavinNewsom for signing #AB1864, protecting kids from #pesticide exposure at school and extending the protection to students in private schools & thank you @AsmConnolly for authoring this critical protection! @pesticideaction @VIP_Stanislaus @safeagsafeschls


Tesla trucks are ugly. There, I said it @elonmusk


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We have just days left to urge Gov. Newsom to #VetoAB98. #AB98 ignores warehouse cumulative health impacts. The combined pollution from diesel trucks and increased personal vehicle traffic tied to warehouses can travel miles and directly harms #California communities. @CAgovernor

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#AB98 ignores warehouse cumulative health impacts. The combined pollution from diesel trucks & increased personal vehicle traffic tied to warehouses can travel miles & directly harms #CA communities. @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom #VetoAB98 Read our letter here: bit.ly/VetoAB98

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#AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting and operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new and expanding facilities. @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor Set the bar higher and veto #AB98


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ACTION ALERT: Advocacy Day to #VetoAB98 #AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting and operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new and expanding facilities. One tweet or one call CAN make a difference.

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#AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting and operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new and expanding facilities. @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor, VETO #AB98. Read our letter here: bit.ly/VetoAB98

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