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We're a diverse collaboration of local groups in the Cowichan Valley working on local solutions to the climate emergency & supporting & working together with local government so no one is left behind.

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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
climateinstitute.ca/map-climate-...
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Map - Climate costs tracker
The Canadian Climate Institute’s Climate Costs Tracker maps the accelerating damages from global heating, and the Institute’s ...
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Go beyond talking about the challenges of the climate crisis (& yes they're big). This study says talking about how to implement solutions is how we get people to act.
nationalobserver.com
Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it
A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/wha...
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What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Sustainable agriculture strives for the best long-term outcomes for forests, climate stability, human rights, and livelihoods.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 25/03/2025
Don’t believe the deception: clean energy is good for the planet AND good for your wallet. #RenewableEnergy
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Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills
Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/03/2025
Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵
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Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World (Mar 25)
Mar 25, 2025 07:00 PM Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of clim...
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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our latest episode of Break In Case of Emergency is live! ➡️ Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau) Please listen & share with a friend ✨ Listen in Spotify, Apple, or here: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Vancouver folks: Tomorrow! 👇
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
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Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The Tyee
Canada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report.
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
On the importance of highlighting solutions to address climate impacts: from adaptation measures to keep communities safe from floods, fires & storms, to reducing emissions with clean energy projects. Climate communication emphasizing concrete solutions matters.
nationalobserver.com
Want people to act on climate? Tell them how to fix it
A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take ...
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We will be here for an hour
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Gratitude to @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social & allied groups for bringing the urgency of climate action to Parliament Hill this week!
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...
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Carney: no subsidies and no new fossil fuel infrastructure - Leadnow
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Biking is one of the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprints from transportation, esp compared with car ownership & even monthly public transit passes. Regular bicycle maintenance is also very affordable. Especially if you do it yourself, with used parts and borrowed tools.
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The Enduring Power of Community Bike Shops | The Tyee
The scalable model keeps thousands of bicycles out of landfills every year, and helps cyclists fix their rides on the cheap.
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
One take on why the US will never be a climate leader.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq14...
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Why America Will Never Be A Climate Leader
YouTube video by Our Changing Climate
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“There’s an order of operations in which we need to implement climate solutions,” said Daniel Jasper, the policy director for the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. “Methane is something we call an emergency brake, because we’ve got to do it now.” grist.org/politics/tru...
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Trump repeals America's first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect
The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 18/03/2025
Last weekend: Wildfires in Oklahoma. Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Missouri. Dust storms in Kansas & Texas. Those responsible have names and job titles. Time to #MakePollutersPay.
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Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest
Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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How Do 'Future Climate Scenarios' Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?
A deeper look at why emissions scenarios are essential for understanding climate change impacts and mitigation strategies.
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Sarah Cooley @co2ley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thanks @sabs.bsky.social for a fun conversation and for telling my story!
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Tell PM Carney to champion a People's Power Grid and deliver bold action on affordability, climate, and energy independence in the face of U.S. aggression. allofustogether.ca/peoples-powe...
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People’s Power Grid
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It’s time to future-proof Canada’s economy. We don’t do that by backsliding on climate. We do it by getting big finance behind job-creating climate solutions. Tell party leaders to include climate-aligned finance principles in their election platforms now. 👉 ecojustice.ca/tell-party-l...
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Climate Action Network Canada @canrac.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Here's the letter we sent today to incoming PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, following his Liberal leadership race win last night. ✍️ The new PM must build on 🇨🇦Canada's climate progress from the past decade—and fight climate change and economic threats at the same time. shorturl.at/ogmIJ
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Climate Action Network Canada urges incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend Canadians from climate and economic threats - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Today, Climate Action Network Canada sent the following letter to newly elected Liberal Leader Mark Carney: Dear Prime minister-designate Carney, On behalf of Climate Action Network Canada, I congrat...
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
“Just like that Carolyn was gone. I had been mowing Carolyn’s lawn every Thursday for the past eight years. She was a lovely lady who didn’t deserve to die like that. I still miss her today. We need to address #climatechange now.” – Amber Read more Canadian stories👇 allofustogether.ca/fedup/#stories
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Fed Up: Stories from this moment of crisis
Canadians are facing overlapping crises — skyrocketing rent, unaffordable groceries, student debt, and a climate emergency. But here’s the thing: our voices matter, and it’s time to make sure every si...
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?” READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.
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Trump EPA Takes Sweeping Aim at Rules to Gut Climate ‘Religion’
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.Most Read f...
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One Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A climate disaster in waiting...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 11/03/2025
Physics doesn’t care about your feelings.
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Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies - Inside Climate News
March 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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One Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: allofustogether.ca/homepage/
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Build a Future for All of Us
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Are we surprised? Nope.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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How Hurricanes Can Fuel Wildfires in the Southeast - Inside Climate News
A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern U.S. last week. Hurricane-downed trees may help fuel the flames, experts say.
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One Cowichan @onecowichan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A Crown Corporation can be more effective, efficient & save money over a public-private partnership - a Crown Corp is a great alternative for building high-speed rail in Canada. Imagine connecting the whole country by high-speed rail.. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/07/o...
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Is high-speed rail viable in Canada? Depends how we build it
High-speed rail in Ontario would decrease traffic along Highway 401 and Highway 20, by replacing trucks with rail and giving an alternative to cross-country commuters.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
One of the most important solutions to climate change is *stopping deforestation* -- yet we still largely ignore it. We need to work on this...fast. After all, deforestation emits more CO2 than the *entire US economy*. Some thoughts about moving forward: drawdown.org/insights/how...
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How stopping deforestation is a powerful “emergency brake” climate solution
When people think of climate solutions, they often focus on smokestacks, tailpipes, and other artifacts of our fossil-fueled economy. That’s fitting since roughly two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse ...
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In the last couple of decades, the flow of CO2 in Canada's managed forests has completely reversed. Chainsaws and fossil fuel pollution are cranking open the floodgates releasing this enormous reservoir of forest carbon into the atmosphere. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/a...
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Canada is opening the floodgates on one of Earth’s greatest living reservoirs of CO2
Canada’s forest is in trouble – and so are we. Chainsaws and fossil fuel burning are draining billions of tonnes of CO2 out of our managed forest and pouring it back into the atmosphere. And the outfl...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Looking forward to joining this event tonight...
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The time is now for Canada to lock in maritime decarbonization and ensure it meets global social and environmental commitments by locking out dangerous LNG & keeping it out of our ports. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/30/o...
nationalobserver.com
Canada's key to decarbonizing marine shipping? Locking out LNG
Saying no to LNG and locking it out of current and future zero-emission pathways for the marine shipping sector is crucial to avoiding runaway climate impacts and tax payer boondoggles.
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Big Oil & billionaires are profiting while the rest of us pay the price. It's time for bold action. Join @350Canada's campaign to tax their billions and build a better future for #AllofUs. Take action now: allofustogether.ca/homepage/
allofustogether.ca
Build a Future for All of Us
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 06/03/2025
Great news! Better batteries means more renewable energy, which means better energy security. Who needs pipelines of the past when we can have renewable energy for our future? ☀️ 🌬️ #goodclimatenews
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Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grows 46% in five years, reports CanREA - Electrical Business
February 19, 2025 - The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) announced that Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage sectors have grown by 46% in
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
American billionaires want the BC govt to fast-track approval of the PRGT gas transmission line to boost their profits &support Trump’s “drill-baby-drill” plan. Join @dogwoodbc.bsky.social Mon, Mar 10, 5:30pm PT &hear what’s at stake if PRGT is built. Sign up at: www.dogwoodbc.ca/.../webinar-...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Many of the Trump administration's actions will kill millions of people worldwide in the coming years, including those related to weather, the environment, and climate. That's not hyperbole.
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Trump's firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists say
Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Exciting news! Project Drawdown receives funding to launch a new global food and climate solutions campaign! drawdown.org/news/project...
drawdown.org
Project Drawdown receives US$300,000 grant from the Seeding the Future Foundation for a global food and climate solutions campaign
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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Sarah Cooley @co2ley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Despite what you see in movies-- only a few Wx forecasters use storm chaser trucks and hurricane hunter airplanes! The rest use desks. Save the desks!
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025
🔥New InfluenceMap Report: The Global Campaign Against Building Electrification 🔎 How the Fossil Fuel industry has deployed its pro-gas playbook around the world, threatening the planet and public health. Read the report:
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The Global Campaign Against Building Electrification
A new report by InfluenceMap shows how the oil & gas and utilities industries are leveraging a common fossil fuel playbook to prolong the use of fossil gas in buildings globally.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025
A former Microsoft Green AI employee, Will Alpine, reveals his shocking journey of confronting how Big Tech enables Big Oil and the alarming reality of AI’s role in the climate crisis. Watch his powerful story and join us in urging Microsoft to take meaningful climate action.
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We're Wrong About AI - Will Alpine
YouTube video by Ignite Seattle
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 03/03/2025
A #BigOil giant backing down on its climate promises?? Who would’ve guessed 😑
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BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels
Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week
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Cowichan Climate Hub @cowichanclimatehub.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump said last month the US didn’t want or need Canada’s oil, gas, vehicles, or lumber, but here we are. It's disturbing how reluctant some Canadian premiers & others are to just admit Keystone’s time has passed. We need to let it die. energymixweekender.substack.com/p/trump-trie...
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Trump Tries to Resurrect the Zombie Pipeline No One Wants
It’s a horror movie, and we can’t seem to kill this zombie pipeline project.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The best that can be said about the Liberal leadership debates is that climate action was on the agenda. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/03/o...
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The forbidden topic that must stay on our political agenda
The best that can be said about the Liberal leadership debates is that climate action was on the agenda.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 27/02/2025
According to new research, scientists have recorded the warmest ocean temperatures in human history last year — breaking records once again. #ClimateEmergency The fossil-fueled climate crisis is a threat to us all. We need your voice in this movement!
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Scientists sound alarm after collecting unprecedented data from world's oceans: 'The broken records ... have become a broken record'
The warmest ocean temperatures in human history were recorded last year, highlighting the concerning issue of warming oceans.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 28/02/2025
⚡️This Thursday, countries at the United Nations #COP16 took a major step forward in the protection of #biodiversity!
Photo of Senior Amazonía Campaigner Gisela Hurtado sitting with partners at COP16 part 2 in Rome.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 01/03/2025
It’s about time we start pricing in the damage fossil fuels do to our bodies and the climate. Way to go Ashland! Which city will be next? 👀
koin.com
Southern Oregon city approves ordinance deterring natural gas in new homes
An Avista Utilities representative claimed there would be “consequences” to the adoption of the “carbon pollution impact fee.”
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