Research Coordinator for @citizensclimate, environmental scientist, climate journalist for @CC_Yale. Author of Climatology versus Pseudoscience. Views my own.
West Sacramento, CA
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For @CC_Yale this week, I dive into the research showing that urban forests aren't just a good climate solution, they're also great for our physical & mental health. But there's a tree inequity problem we need to solve! Article and thread🧵follow [1/11]
yaleclimateconnections.org/2…
Dana Nuccitelli retweeted
Emissions from Ag are rising and soon Ag will become the biggest-emitting sector of the US economy, says a new @ewg study. This, as lawmakers balk at including climate-focused measures in the Farm Bill insideclimatenews.org/news/0… @insideclimate
Interesting – California, New York, and now Illinois have passed laws removing the ability of local governments to limit or ban wind and solar power, which has been a problem due to widespread disinformation
insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
Dana Nuccitelli retweeted
Rooftop solar is great. I have solar panels on my roof. But the majority of the solar we built in the US in the future will likely be utility scale for one simple reason: its approximately half (or less) the cost per kWh generated. nrel.gov/solar/market-resear…
Dana Nuccitelli retweeted
WOW – stunning new @IEA data shows one in every seven new cars is now an EV. Globally.
Five years ago, it was just one in 70!?
Meanwhile, conventional car sales have crashed, falling a massive 25% in five years.
Dana Nuccitelli retweeted
There's a middle ground on #PermittingReform where we can protect communities and also speed the approval of infrastructure needed for the clean energy transition. The two sides must talk to and listen to each other.
@maxinejoselow @RepScottPeters
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Here are some of our samples from the #chemicalspill and fires in the #EastPalestine #Ohio area.
We were there for 1.5 days and got 163 discrete samples from creeks and 14 homes.
VOCs, SVOCs, and metals….and more.
Wow @ rich Americans in this chart 😲
Can "we" do something about climate change?
Who is we? 🧐
w/ graphics by @rjnskl
nytimes.com/2023/02/28/clima…
Dana Nuccitelli retweeted
For @CC_Yale this week, I dive into the research showing that urban forests aren't just a good climate solution, they're also great for our physical & mental health. But there's a tree inequity problem we need to solve! Article and thread🧵follow [1/11]
yaleclimateconnections.org/2…
But analysis by @AmericanForests found that neighborhoods with majority of people of color average 33% less tree canopy than majority white communities, and those with the highest poverty have 41% less tree coverage than the wealthiest communities [10/11]
treeequityscore.org/
In short, efforts to reduce tree inequities by planting more urban forests in disinvested communities could provide the dual benefits of improving physical & mental health among their residents while also helping to slow climate change. Win-win! [11/11] yaleclimateconnections.org/2…