She/her. Dog-owner, Peace Corps Mauritania alum. Tweets are my own.
Portland, ME
Joined March 2008
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Wish Maine would go the same way. Unfortunately, the fact that CMP and Versant outspent Pine Tree Power initiative <30:1 is going to carry the day....
#Kauai is a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid.
Read more from @JulianSpector: bit.ly/3Mu3rwY
And most or many of whom would likely vote to roll back clean energy support if they could, despite the benefits to their constituents.🤔
Many of the districts poised to see the most job growth from the clean energy boom are represented in Congress by Republicans, none of whom voted for the Inflation Reduction Act.
Learn more about the #ChartOfTheWeek: bit.ly/3Rlnjp8
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Onshore wind power is the leading renewable energy source in the US, but its growth was sluggish last year. The latest report from @BerkeleyLab shows reasons for the industry to be optimistic.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3…
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ICYMI: @CanaryMediaInc chart of the week (from @IEA's latest Renewable Energy Market Update). TLDR: Global #renewables are growing faster than expected b/c of policy support, energy security concerns, and competitive #solar, wind, & storage $$. #energy bit.ly/44v6jzZ
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Incredible progress can be made in short amounts of time with the right policy incentives -- see @CanaryMediaInc article on #IRA factory impact in 1st yr. Now we need to ensure new manufacturing facilities & expanded factories are powered by #cleanenergy. bit.ly/3skMca2
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I've met many people who say that California's 2020 orange sky day was the moment they understood what a warming world really looks like.
It was a wake up call. Some changed careers. Others got politically involved.
Maybe this week is that moment for people on the East Coast.
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A particularly useful podcast from @drvolts, and one to share with your local school board: leasing electric school buses is a win win win proposition
volts.wtf/p/getting-electric…
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The 12 most popular Canary Media stories of 2022 @CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/cle…
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Visited the nation’s (world’s?) largest EV school bus fleet today! “We have drivers of 25yrs who were skeptical but now love the electric buses and choose them over a brand new diesel. Kids love them, too. They’re silent, less smelly.” - Jim, dispatch manager @HighlandFleets – at Baltimore, MD
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canarymedia.com/articles/cle… Electric school buses coming on strong, but they're not cheap. Interesting stat: SC’s state Dept of Education uses about 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day when buses are running. #electricschoolbus #electromobility
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The largest electric school bus fleet in the US just launched in Maryland electrek.co/2022/10/25/large… by @michelle0728
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A common smell of American childhood, the diesel fumes wafting through school buses, may soon be obsolete. Yellow school buses turn green (and electric): washingtonpost.com/climate-s…
Check out @mymcmedia's piece on @MCPS's celebration of the nation's largest #EV school bus deployment: mymcmedia.org/mcps-boasts-la…
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Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
Systemic change & stakeholder education are always an uphill struggle in any industry. From @electrekco -- "#Electric school buses are a no-brainer, yet decision-makers somehow still need educating" electrek.co/2022/08/30/elect…
ICYMI, check out this excellent op-ed by @JustinHGillis & @hal_harvey that offers concrete, "doable" suggestions for how people can fight climate change at the local level, including getting electric school buses on school board dockets. nytimes.com/2022/08/26/opini…
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Two V2G-capable E school buses in MA sent energy back to grid for 80+ hours this summer. Partnership w/multiple players deployed two buses offering 7+ MWh, (in add'n to 3 MWh one bus did last yr). V2G pilots today, mainstream tomorrow. #V2G #EVs
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US gasoline prices have almost retraced their level at the start of April – at Washington, DC
A great piece by Jia Tolentino. Dark days. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/… #WomensRightsAreHumanRights