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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So sorry for the late reply! I don't often get much of a response on Bluesky - the meeting ended around 7

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So far I haven't heard any definitive support from anyone else!

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

City council budget meeting is this Monday! Meet by the Spirit of Detroit for a demonstration in support of #DoubleDDOT at 4PM (optional) and then public comment happens in the council meeting at 5 PM. We've already got some support from some council members, time to make it unanimous!!

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Shutting down Mauna Loa CO₂ observations while atmospheric CO₂ keeps skyrocketing is like turning off a fire alarm because you don’t like the noise www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...

nytimes.com

Mauna Loa Observatory’s Lease May End Because of NOAA Cuts

NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We had a great lobby day in Lansing yesterday! We have to keep the pressure up but over 100 people came to Lansing to support more funding for buses!

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This book was essentially just this Jack Handy quote

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Tell your legislators you support transit funding in the MI Road Ahead plan, which includes $250M annually for public transportation. It takes 30 seconds! secure.everyaction.com/MAdOma0m7UyJ...

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Registration link for the Transit Lobby Day in Lansing on March 12th! We're looking for people from all over the state to join! Don't worry if you've never lobbied before, this is a great opportunity for first timers! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Transit Day at the Capitol RSVP Form

Join TRU and other transit supporters on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from 10 am to 3 pm, at the state capitol in Lansing. Let's come together and show our policymakers just how essential transit invest...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Short answer: Yes "Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In an effort to keep tabs on climate stuff happening during the second Trump term, we've got a running tally going. Please send updates and tips if you've got em! drilled.media/news/trump2

drilled.media

The Drilled List: A Running Tally of Trump’s Climate Impacts

What Trump is doing and un-doing about climate policy in his second term.

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Stephanie Chang @stephanielilychang.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Ok, so we're going to do weekly-ish video updates on what's going on at the Michigan Capitol. Here's the first one -- 5 updates from the week!! Should we call them "Staying in touch with Stephanie"? "Stand up with Stephanie"? "Stepping in with Stephanie"?? www.instagram.com/reel/DFiDkwt...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Or maybe State of the State with Stephanie if you really want to push it to the limit

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I like Staying in Touch with Stephanie!

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I see you got fancier with the suit for them! NYC exceptionalism indeed. Is there a recording available, will this be issued in podcast form? Would love to see it!

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

People in and around Detroit loved that show, I'm so glad it's getting another boost after people loved ITSYL. I used to work in the building where they do the Quicken Loans pitch.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A whole bunch of my neighbors and I are getting our lead service line replaced in the next week, thanks to funding from the Biden administration. 🎉

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

As I am often saying, if in this age of climate change the professionals are struggling to grow as much food, why do I think I would do any better at feeding myself?

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The Greater Detroit Chapter I'm a part of meets with Rep John James's office often as part of our bipartisan lobbying strategy. We're clearly making inroads with protecting IRA investments!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

More evidence he thinks "asylum" is a synonym with "insane asylum"

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

You spend years platforming and agreeing with Nazis and the next thing you know people are not charitably interpreting a hand gesture

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My strategy is to blindly trust the person at the running store

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/01/2025

Tl;dr analysis of the energy and climate EOs: bad for your wallet, bad for your lungs, bad for the climate.

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Cassandra @bunnysmash.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A comment about public support vs group chat criticism for Left leaning policy. Dani is correct, the Right is VERY good for "rah rah thank you!" coms. We should be critical about policy but we also need to better about celebrating. It is hard when some wins are half baked but it still is a win.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

“New York City’s congestion pricing, which began this month, might already be one of the most effective climate policies ever enacted in the United States.”

newrepublic.com

New York’s Congestion Pricing Is Working. Now Comes the Real Test.

Commute times are down, and subway numbers are up. But the conservative attacks have not stopped.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What a fascinating and important legacy. So sorry for your loss.

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Rail Passengers Association @railpassengers.org · 17/01/2025

Putting together the "who's who" of the advocacy world. If you know of a state/regional account that we should add, let us know! Let's make our voice heard together!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/01/2025

You'll notice this chart above ends in 2023. What happened in 2024? US EV sales grew to 20% of all sales; but EV sales in China increased by 40% which roughly puts EVs at 55% of all sales, more than double the US proportion.

apnews.com

China's electric car sales grew in 2024 as sales of gasoline cars plunged

Sales of all types of electric vehicles rose more than 40% in China last year while those of gasoline-powered automobiles plunged.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/01/2025

The US just revoked an executive order aimed at making EV sales 50% by 2030. “The US will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity,” Trump said. But China is already stomping the US in EV sales. This decision will widen the gap. Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Four charts from Our World in Data comparing the share of EV car sales around the world, in the EU, China and the US. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

New episode! What are the stakes as we go from Amtrak Joe and DOT Secy Buttigieg to an administration made up of oil barrels disguised as people? We asked Dani Simons, who led DOT's office of public affairs, about the Biden legacy and how to survive the next 4 years. thewaroncars.org/2025/01/21/1...

President Joe Biden, wearing a suit, stands at a podium in front of an Acela train.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It's been one day and I'm already tired

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Tern Vektrons! It's been pretty cold so we've just been practicing folding and unfolding them haha, but once it gets to a nice balmy 20 degrees we'll take them out for a spin 🚲⚡

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This is one of the reasons I just bought e-bikes

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

big scoop: i got my hands on a draft executive order ending offshore wind sent to the trump transition team not only would it stop permits but includes a stop construction order and potentially rfk jr studying the health impacts of living near wind turbines heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

heatmap.news

Scoop: The Draft Order that Offshore Wind Opponents Sent to Trump

If even only a few of these ideas are enacted, it would be a harbinger of doom for wind energy in America.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I’ve had a lot of unlikely things left in my bike basket over the years, but a bunch of fresh flowers as a florists’ marketing gimmick is definitely the most unexpected.

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Not sure! I haven't been to one of these things in like ten years

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

"Wavin' Flag" has the original, the World Cup version, then versions in a couple different languages, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" by Shakira

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Amy Hemmeter @amyhemmeter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Geriatric millenials will be like "i know a banger album" but it's just the music from the 2010 World Cup

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

“300 people die via transit every year” factoid actually just statistical error. Average transit system kills zero people per year. Brightline georg, who lives in a swamp and pancakes four cars daily, is an outlier and should not be counted.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/01/2025

LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.

independent.co.uk

Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for climate goal, MPs promised

Lifestyle change, such as diet and travel, are not in the scope of the 2035 goal

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