A new report suggests that the US is the top contributor to plastic waste. 🙁 While this is no doubt a national issue, individual actions like bringing your reusable water bottles and bags, and opting for items with less packaging can have a great impact. wapo.st/3IiDMn6

Imagine a world where residents commuted to work in EVs, arriving at office buildings powered by renewable energy. In a state plagued by rising inequality this might read like some fanciful Utopian ideal. But it’s a future that SF hopes to implement.🧵 sfexaminer.com/news/san-franc…

Subsidies to fossil fules continue increasing.

#Composting - especially food scraps - is a critical #ClimateAction strategy that reduces potent emissions and #compost use pulls carbon out of the air. San Francisco is a leader in this and now all of the state must follow.

Global virgin resource extraction has nearly doubled just in the last 20 years. Moving toward a #circulareconomy and #zerowaste ASAP is critical.

30°C above normal in the Arctic today. 40°C above normal in the Antarctic today. It would be unbelievable if it were not true. And it is terrifying beyond words. The war we have waged against the natural world has, in climatic terms, just gone nuclear.

In 2008, tipping points were considered likely only if global warming exceeded 5°C. Since then, evidence has emerged that tipping points may be exceeded even between 1 and 2°C (we're at 1.2°C). Another reassessment is now underway. It suggests the threshold is closer to 1°C. 🧵

More data that fossil gas (greenwashing name: natural gas) is dirtier than coal: Authoritative study finds leaks are 6.7 times estimates, meaning fossil gas damages the #climate 3 times more than coal This is the umpteenth time studies have showed this nytimes.com/2022/03/24/cli…

I’m proud of our Rethink Disposable program partnership that is helping businesses switch to reusables.

BIG WIN: Today, #LACounty passed an ordinance that will: 🌱 require single-use foodware to be compostable or recyclable 🚫 ban expanded polystyrene products 🌏 require reusable foodware at full-service, dine-in eateries Congrats #REUSABLELA! #PlasticPollutes

#plastics ballot petitioners say they will drop the ballot if state legislators adopt #SB54. They warn that the legislation could fail even if implemented. Here's their letter:

Thanks Recology , Californians Against Waste, GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, NRDC 🌎🏡, Sierra Club and so many others who helped make #SB54 as strong as possible to get industry to deal with the impacts of #SingleUsePlastic. Thanks Gavin Newsom for signing this landmark #EPR bill. California leading the way.

When we let nature be nature amazing things can happen. Protect nature in all its forms. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #nature #rewilding

I applaud this groundbreaking report that clearly shows #zerowaste strategies are critical to address #ClimateCrisis especially with food scraps #compost that will reduce #methane emissions and build healthy soil and plants that pull #carbon out of our air.

One Small Step for Nuclear Fusion, No Giant Leap for Climate Action  · NIRS nirs.org/one-small-step…

Celebrating the UN Environment Programme #ZeroWasteDay across the globe! They developed an interactive primer to bring awareness on how unsustainable production and consumption habits have escalated the waste pollution crisis. unep.org/interactives/b…

Happy Composting Day! 🌱 Almost 25% of what we bury in landfills is #foodwaste. Composting is one of the best ways we can STOP CLIMATE DAMAGE. But we need cities and states to pitch in. Help tell President Donald J. Trump to fund clean composting programs. 📢 👇 buff.ly/4bucXur

RETWEET this. Every day. Until Election Day. Anyone anywhere in America who tells you Donald Trump will be better for the economy needs this tweeted at them IMMEDIATELY.

People are talking about fascism. I've heard from people who are baffled that we haven't been speaking of fascism more and earlier, and from people who want to know what it means – and from people who want me to explain why fascism is bad. Please share! Please vote!

Everyone Repost the hell out of this video. 🔥 Senate Dems: HOLD THE LINE! No more funding for ICE without MAJOR reforms. Say it with me: #ICEoffOurStreets!!!