Concrete Cowboy

I’ll be aight tho don’t worry

In need of fixing, unsure what’s broken. Stuck in a rut! [psycho-emotionally etc]

Americans are Fleeing Blue States, Even When Politics Misalign. The Culprit? Housing Affordability. Will the blue state starter home ever return?

Housing affordability and the declining political fortunes of Democrats are profoundly connected.

An inability to build housing is THE big reason blue states are projected to lose 12 electoral college seats by 2032.

www.planetizen.com/features/136...

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Ahem

E&E News: House Republicans move to undo energy efficiency rules A post-shutdown markup will spotlight GOP efforts to weaken federal efficiency standards.

You're telling me Congress can exercise legislative authority over energy efficiency standards without resorting to the Congressional Review Act? I mean, like whenever they want? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

“These are just phenomenal numbers for an industry that was built over the past couple of decades to handle much lower load growth,” said John Wilson, Grid Strategies’ vice president and the report’s lead author. www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...

stock up on whistles

I think many of us feel this way. Even those of us working on climate full-time have had to redirect valuable attention to navigate federal disruptions.

But given the threats to people and planet posed by this administration, I think it's fair to say securing our democracy *is* climate action.

good fucking riddance! to the gentleman unaware of hurricane season in charge of US response to hurricane season et. al.

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chat is this bad or nuclear bad

And that’s skittish of the T word “trillion” to be specific…

Ooooooh I forgot new Florence dropped!!!!! Let’s gooooo

They’re gonna get politically skittish and settle at C, imo

Hell yeah

Bloomberg Economics - Geoeconomics - Climate Economist/Econometrician

📣Bloomberg Economics is hiring a climate specialist:
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I'd make such a terrible sunday show host -- all my questions would be, "You stupid or somethin'?" and "The fuck's wrong with you??"

Open minds & competition are good, but so is knowing when to cut losses and consolidate on a winning strategy. Green hydrogen for ground transport is dead, & mostly dead for anything other than as an industrial chemical/reactant for reduction, as ammonia or a fuel component, etc. Which is still big.

Fuentes is the logical outcome of decades of GOP politics. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...

I hear ya, appreciate the follow up

I think this is more revealing and more of a directed indictment of the people and issues at hand than Ms Spiers may have intended.

ahh a classic study bill. bummer! Do you know/remember if it had been watered down or if it started as a study bill?

I stand corrected then :)

AB 835 – Build A Wider Variety of Homes - California YIMBY AB 835 will help expand the production of more affordable, family-sized apartments and flats by making it legal to build these types of homes on smaller and unusually-sized properties in our cities. B...

I thought they got at this with 2023's AB835? cayimby.org/legislation/... Maybe still a ways out from implementation but?

They got rid of Nixon for far less than this

Stringer Bell was wrong. The more complex and far-reaching your criminal conspiracy is, the more important it is to have a way to easily archive notes

China dragging us kicking and screaming into a survivable future

Why is every headline Like This? [rhetorical]