Inspired by students & communities making sustainability real. Coordinator at UMN Institute on the Environment & former Falcon Hts Councilmember. Tweets my own.
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I am speaking at The 2023 MnSTA Conference on Science Education. Please checkout the details of my talk at: whova.com/xems/apis/opengrap…
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...And a little over an hour after tying the record of 85, it's has reached 89.
MSP just tied their record high of 85, with another few degrees expected to be added on yet this afternoon. #mnwx
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If we were brave enough to bring American dynamism back to Minnesota, we could build a great neighborhood at Les Bolstad near the university that would preserve green space, build 300 housing units 10 minutes from Minneapolis and Rosedale, and give 800 people a place to live.
ALT perpexity ai Using the uploaded Google Earth image of the Les Bolstad Golf Course, transform it into a lovely walkable 100 acre sustainable housing community that could improve the area, promote missing middle density, and still respect local desire to preserve some green space
I knew this stupid 'Save the Golf Course' movement was coming.
Let the U sell the damn property- people need places to live, not urban golf- Falcon Heights is going to be their Falcon Heightziest about this.
ALT https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/golfers-take-a-swing-at-saving-university-of-minnesota-golf-course/ar-AA21zAFY?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Economist Katheryn Anne Edward, I'll tag her in the comments below if you want to follow her.
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Our mistake is expecting incumbent utilities to solve transmission problems just because they own transmission lines. WRONG. Utilities are not transmission problem solvers, *they are the problem*.
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IonE is #UMNProud of the University of Minnesota’s #COP28 delegation – composed of over a dozen interdisciplinary staff, faculty, and students who will be in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the next two weeks as the annual climate negotiations begin!
z.umn.edu/students-cop28
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The first Africa Climate Week #ACW / #ACS ended with a key message that Africa is a growing hub for climate innovation and transformative climate leadership and NOT a hub for climate charity. #ClimateJustice #IonE #UMN.
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"Emissions are skyrocketting, you are failling" underscore youth delegates @IYCM during the closing plenary of the #BonnClimateConference @UNFCCC
"You must secure a liveable planet for all, do not let us down"
ALT A crowd of youth delegates and delegates from other observer constituencies stand behind the youth delegates making a statement in the closing plenary.
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In the closing plenary of the #BonnClimateConference, many parties underscore their disappointment over the conduct of negotiations on the @IPCC_CH #AR6 report
They emphasize #AR6 is 𝙩𝙝𝙚 most comprehensive and robust assessment of climate change to date
ALT A view of plenary.
ALT The Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies sitting on the dais during the closing plenary.
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“To deliver our Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) we have to unlock trillions of dollars by 2030.” @simonstiell, @unfccc Executive Secretary at the closing plenary of the #BonnClimateConference (#SB58).
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The "Great Escape" of US & developed countries from their responsibility for climate action, including providing climate finance to the Global South, continues to be the primary obstacle to global climate cooperation. @1TeresaAnderson has the update from Bonn #UNFCCC #SB58👇
We are mid-way through week 2 of #SB58 climate talks in Bonn, which- fun fact - have not *officially* started.
You read that right.
Governments have been here negotiating for 8 days. But because the Agenda has not yet been agreed, in UN logic, SB58 hasn't *actually* begun.
1/x
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🔴 #BonnClimateConference live
Want to stay up-to-date with the major news and developments coming from the #SB58 conference in Bonn?
Our conference live blog has got you covered 👇
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So if developing countries are going to ⬇️ fossil fuels or ⬆️ renewables, they want $$$
This point was made by Bolivia 🇧🇴 for the LMDCs (group of emerging economies inc. big fossil fuel producers) who submitted a request saying:
If mitigation is in, we need an item on finance.
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The fight is over the inclusion of the "mitigation work programme" in the agenda, which is about scaling up emissions cuts to hit climate targets.
Some developing countries object to setting targets when rich developed countries have failed to provide the cash to back them up.
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1/2. “What we used to call #Mitigation is averting #LossAndDamage. What we used to call #Adaptation is minimising #LossAndDamage. And now we have entered into addressing #LossAndDamage.” @SaleemulHuq of @ICCCAD. #BonnClimateConference (#SB58).
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And more evidence pointing to why a simulation-based approach with En-ROADS works: our beliefs are driven by what we do - and esp what we do with other people. Simulated collective efficacy supports real-world collective action. @climateinteract @MITSloanSusty @SustainableUML 2/2
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PRESS RELEASE
There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & adapt to human-caused #climatechange available now, said scientists in the latest #IPCC #ClimateReport released today.
➡️ bit.ly/SYRPR23
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Today we passed HF7 through the House to achieve 100% carbon free energy in MN by 2040!
This huge win means cheaper power, more jobs, and doing our part on climate change. Next stop, Senate floor!
#mnleg
