Boosting this finding from the The Wason Center, that 65% of Virginians want to stay in #RGGI. This is consistent with recent VCU Wilder School Commonwealth Poll findings, that 70% of Virginians are concerned about climate change and 60% support transitioning away from fossil fuels.

10 Under 10 Award Winner: Gilbert Michaud Last but not least, the third award winner is Gilbert Michaud. Michaud teaches law and policy courses, mentors students, and leads applied research projects at Loyola University Chicago. Read more here: bit.ly/3s4lLWD

Very proud to see my friend, former VCU Wilder School PhD student, and current ISEE VCU collaborator receive this prestigious VCU alumni award. Congrats, Gilbert!

“It’s time to become a plan building city, not a deal chasing city.” Well-said Andreas D. Addison!

Happy to announce that starting next week I will be teaching a class on active and sustainable transportation at VCU’s VCU Planning department! 🚲👨🏼‍🏫🚌

On May 3, #MURP students will present their client-based projects at Plan Off! 2024. This month, we will showcase these 18 projects one by one. This year, we're also proud to be celebrating the #50th #anniversary of our program! #MondayMotivation #PlanOff #countdown #StayTuned

🎙️ New on #CompassPoint: Discover how VCU's ISEE is changing the game in fighting the climate crisis 🌍✨. Dr. Damian Pitt shares the journey of innovation & how you can be part of it. Listen now: bit.ly/3PXqz8T #ClimateAction #SustainableVCU 🌱🔊

My statement on the protests on VCU's campus:

This is how you do it, Dems…

Congratulations to Daniel Rafferty and the other winners of last night’s VCU Planning Plan-Off!

What a day: — Trump promises to end US climate regulations — Dem budget team agrees to remove VA from RGGI, lose $135 million / yr in low-income energy efficiency funds — SCC invites utilities to rewrite net-metering rules, Step 1 towards killing residential solar in Virginia

Is Richmond the largest city in America without any sort of functioning bike share system (docked or dockless? I suspect so.

One keynote down, one more to go within 48hrs. Next stop, Richmond Virginia to deliver remarks at Virginia Commonwealth University on behalf of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment (ISEE) for their annual symposium. 1/

Looking forward to having you Marccus D. Hendricks! I hope you’re racking up those Amtrak points.

Public service announcement: buy an RPS parent a drink this week. I believe their kids will have been out of school for nearly 30 days by Monday. Skip the water. Give them a cocktail

New paper! In Taylor & Francis's “Energy Sources, Part B,” Damian Pitt and I map distributed #solarenergy potential in suburban DC. Check it out here: “Modeling local distributed solar energy potential: a case study from Virginia, USA” tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

☀️📈According to research by VCU Wilder School Associate Professor Damian Pitt, solar energy could provide 8%-15% of Virginia’s electricity needs by 2035. Learn more at: bit.ly/vcusolar #solarvirginia #virginiasolar #virginia #vared #vagreen VA Energy Sense

.Michael Paul Williams writes that VCU, by withholding degrees of student protesters, is opposing free speech and the ideals of higher education. richmond.com/opinion/column…

Breaking news! The House just passed a budget that is a DIRECT ATTACK on your ability to go #solar! They're trying to ELIMINATE the 30% solar tax credit, effective at the end of this year. Act now to save solar! savesolar.org (From our sister organization SUN Action)

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