Great piece in Scientific American making the case for carbon fee & dividend: "Politically, dividends pass the win-win test for viable climate policy, bringing here-and-now benefits today while protecting the planet for people tomorrow." #priceoncarbon scientificamerican.com/article/carbon…

Experiencing all this flooding in NYC right now and thinking about all the politicians who told me that pursuing a Green New Deal to adapt our nat’l infrastructure to climate change is “unrealistic” & “too expensive.” As if doing too little is the responsible, adult thing to do?

A liberal state should follow the Texas lead on restricting abortions via civil suits and bounties but do it for guns. That would be fun.

NEW: Over 70% of Californians are vaccinated with at least one dose. We now have the lowest COVID case rate in the nation. Vaccines are how we end this pandemic.

The climate crisis is “the biggest long-term threat facing humanity” and extreme weather caused by climate change is the 2nd most serious short-term risk, World Economic Forum says. California wildfires have “increased considerably,” with one study estimating fires will increase by 51% by 2040.

Now more than ever, it's important for companies to ramp up their focus on social responsibility. At the #AWS21 Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to Apple's VP and environmental director @lisapjackson about the many good reasons for companies to work on the sustainability of their business.

James Patterson says "you don't see many 52-year-old white males" getting writing contracts these days. This was said in a USA Today interview. USA Today publishes a bestseller list with 150 entries. The day he was quoted, the following white men are on the bestseller list:

Whatever else you think about originalism, it is peculiar that the question of whether women have the right to control their own pregnancies depends entirely on texts that not a single woman was allowed to help draft, vote on, or ratify.

From Brian Schatz "This will be by far the biggest climate action in human history. Nearly $370 billion in tax incentives, grants and other investments in clean energy, clean transportation, energy storage, home electrification, climate-smart agriculture and clean manufacturing"

Feel sick to my stomach after reading the richly reported story by fellow Berkeley Journalism alum David Gelles about GOP state treasurers colluding with the fossil fuel industry to stymie life-saving climate action.

It is striking how many daily headlines are talking about events that were exacerbated by climate change. Here is just a short rundown from today as an example of the many many ways climate change is affecting us HERE and NOW. Please add any I missed. (Thread)

If you've come to realize how serious global heating is, please be a climate activist. Humanity needs you. The Earth needs you.

The Inflation Reduction Act has been US Law for but one day and I've already: 1. Heard from one state legislative leader planning to radically accelerate the state's timeline to 100% carbon-free electricity given how much more affordable those goals now are, and...

Horrific flooding in Pakistan shows we've no time to waste in reversing the effects of #ClimateChange. With 33 million affected, U.S. and other countries must intercede in this humanitarian crisis. Austin Ramzy nytimes.com/2022/08/28/wor…

I asked stable diffusion what it thinks photovoltaic systems would look like in the style of various artists. 1/ Claude Renoir

Virtual conference next week on Healthcare Moonshots. ~3 hours of great live speakers each day (click on the agenda to see the All-Star cast). And 100% free. We're building a community of like-minded health & healthcare innovators, and want it to be acces…lnkd.in/e9i5hqPp

If you believe the last election wasn’t stolen, don’t vote for someone who says the last election was stolen just because you are mad that gasoline is high. Inflation is a terrible but worldwide thing, and your vote can help decide whether American style democracy can survive.

“The best news is that shifting your mindset does not require board approval, it does not require written permission,” says Sally Uren, CEO Forum for the Future. “We need to be bold and dream big.” #GreenBiz23