🗳️THIS Wednesday I’m hosting a Mayoral Forum for the 2nd District at Dogwood Middle. Doors open 5:30pm & candidates will have info tables. Program starts at 6pm sharp. Thanks to everyone who submitted q’s!

3 #GasLeaks💨 before lunch. Hundreds every month. We need a better plan to address these leaks beyond wack-a-mole patches #NoNewGas

The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter has a free, family-friendly outing on Sat. 7/20 at 9 am! Meet at the parking lot of Henricus Historical Park near the visitors’ center for a 4.5 mile walk on the trail in the Dutch Gap Conservation Area. The terrain is mostly flat. RSVP: shorturl.at/AjeTT

RVAgreen2050 has a new Sustainability Guide to help Richmonders on their journey toward more sustainable lifestyles! To get started, register for a Sustainability Workshop on July 25, Aug 14, or Aug 21 for an orientation on how to use the guide. RSVP: shorturl.at/x31NS

In 2023, Virginia saw ~2,600 heat-related illnesses from May-September. This year, we've had ~2,200 by July 17

Our fourth pillar as an organization is keeping Zero Fare! Keeping our bus fare free makes it accessible for all of Richmond. Learn how Zero Fare is funded and how you can help make it permanent by reading our State of Transit report: buff.ly/3Y3li4D

Day ✌🏽 is complete! We have a walkable & safe trail & will soon be able to bring neighbors through their future park space! Let the dreaming begin! HUGE thanks to RES, the Groundwork RVA Green Team, RVA Parks & Recreation Workforce Development & our SSRL & Tree Steward Volunteers! 🌳

The City of Richmond, VA is soliciting proposals to establish a contract for the development of RVA's Community-Informed Richmond Tree Plan. Please share with anyone who may be interested in helping the City develop this plan for a robust urban forest! procurement.opengov.com/portal/rva/pro…

A new angle on Project 2025. 14 groups behind it have gotten donations from a Shell Oil nonprofit. They include some of the most hardcore climate denial and religious right groups in America. My new story co-published by The Guardian and DeSmog theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

OVER 250 SCHOOLS AND PLAYGROUNDS NEAR GAS LEAKS IN BOSTON mothersoutfront.org/news/mothers-o… Mothers Out Front Richmond Area

Levar Stoney pledges to electrify 50% of City of Richmond, VA fleets by 2030 and increase EV infrastructure by 500% by 2035 - but will the new mayor honor his pledge? Andreas D. Addison 👀 Dr. Danny Avula👀 Michelle Mosby 👀#MauriceNeblett 👀 Harrison Roday 👀

8/22 Another day. Another 8 #GasLeaks💨 Let’s do the math: 6👩🏻‍✈️Battalion Chiefs + 19🚒Engines + 76👩🏽‍🚒+ 6🚔Safety Vehicles + 6👨🏻‍✈️+ 8🚒 Tower🪜+ 32👩🏽‍🚒 = Cost & Safety burden of 39 Vehicles + approx 120 firefighters deployed on Richmond Fire Department for leaks - instead of fire & emergency services🚨

One week away! Are your registered yet? buff.ly/3T2cyYS

“Residents also want a public hearing for the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors to take a formal vote to determine if the location meets “site suitability” requirements, which hasn’t happened. Instead, county staff  decided a conditional use permit issued in 2010….”

Monday | September 9 | 2024 Another day, another 5 #GasLeaks in Richmond 💸Expensive to ratepayers and the City 😷💥 #health and #safety threats as well. Let’s help move #RichmondVA toward a clean and renewable energy future ☀️

LOL. So by "detractors," does Virginia Sec of Ed Guidera mean the throngs of Virginia public school parents, educators, & community supporters who are opposed to Youngkin's awful K-12 accountability system? Um, this is NOT the Gates Foundation, where she used to work.

Stone brewing (now owned by a japanese corporation and referred to as Sapporro Stone Brewing) got around 40 million in tax breaks to come to richmond, never built the restaurant they promised, whined and sued over the taxes they did have to pay, and now they're union busting

Cornell Study Shows LNG Worse for Climate Than Coal "LNG is not a bridge fuel to clean energy," said one expert [me]. "It's a highway to climate hell." commondreams.org/news/lng-clima…

Great piece from Blair St. Ledger-Olson Virginia LCV Connor Kish Sierra Club Virginia Chapter this morning. “Virginia’s energy future is clean… Dominion needs to go back to the drawing board with plans to cut energy use & meet growing demand with affordable, clean energy” richmond.com/opinion/column…

Our energy bills could go up 50% by 2039 as Dominion Energy unveils new plan wric.com/news/virginia-…