Katherine Garcia

Highly recommend this Roundtable episode with reflections from Climate Week.

@goodjillian.bsky.social, thank you for mentioning the state rebates for EVs that are still in effect!

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V @lloydalter.bsky.social

Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, we announced a major leap toward meeting our collective climate pollution reduction target.

What we’re doing is working – and we’ll keep pressing forward.

➡️ usclimatealliance.org/press-releas...

Attending #ClimateWeekNYC? Don't miss these events from Lead the Charge member organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @rainforestnorway.bsky.social, SIRGE Coalition, @climaterights.bsky.social , @sierraclub.org & @earthworks.bsky.social.

#ClimateSky #ClimateCrisis 🔌🚗 #Climate

Caltrain Celebrates First Anniversary of Electrified Service with Record Ridership, Cleaner Air and Faster Trains | Caltrain Caltrain marked the first anniversary of its fully electrified service today, celebrating a transformative year that has delivered record ridership growth, cleaner air for communities, and faster, mor...

Caltrain is celebrating the first anniversary of its fully electrified service! This past year has brought record ridership, cleaner air for our communities, and faster, more frequent service for riders throughout the Peninsula. ✨🚆

Read more about the year: www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...

Truck manufacturers are suing California over an emissions deal they signed: that's bad news for Californians, the trucking industry and the truck makers themselves. Oped in @latimes.com by Guillermo Ortiz of @nrdc.org and Craig Segall, formerly of @airresources.bsky.social

100+ Groups to EPA: Do Your Job & Maintain Strong Vehicle Emission Standards

100+ organizations are demanding EPA does its job to protect people and our planet by maintaining strong federal vehicle emission standards.

Read the letter 📨
www.sierraclub.org/100-groups-e...

SBTi challenges finance to prove its climate commitments are credible Jessye Waxman is a campaign adviser for the Sierra Club’s sustainable finance campaign The choices made by financial institutions will determine whether the energy transition succeeds or stalls

New op-ed: SBTi’s new Financial Institution Net-Zero Standard challenges finance on its climate pledges: credible net-zero means reallocating capital. Will global finance rise to the occasion?

👉 www.sustainableviews.com/sbti-challen...

@financialtimes.com & @sustainableviews.bsky.social

YouTube video by Heated Conversations Adam Conover Sweats Over Hot Fish Sex | Heated Conversations

When it comes to climate action, don't think small. We should want to make a huge impact like @adamconover.net! If he was president, he'd massively increase renewable energy ☀️ and end fossil fuels. Here's another must watch episode of #HeatedConversations. 🌡️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gzv...

Several colleagues and I just left the Capitol after a fruitful meeting with @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social about the onslaught of attacks on DC’s Home Rule and the upcoming appropriations fight.

It shouldn't be hard for car-free folks to reach quality trails!
Check out this excellent blog by @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social‬ with 5 awesome hikes all starting at Union Station. #TransitToTrails

A 20 point swing toward Democrats. Ready to run for office? @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net

Graphic showing electric school buses charging.

Students across the country are heading #BacktoSchool on clean school buses that help improve health and reduce fuel costs. Check out how electric school buses are doing in your state. electricschoolbuses4kids.org/electric-sch...

Excited to check out Heated Conversations tomorrow. Hoping Esteban gets into some timely topics like how the EPA is trying to kill our federal climate rules. 🌡️

Lead the Charge members calls on Ford to ensure fair union vote in Kentucky - Lead the Charge A coalition of groups pushing for strong labor standards and sustainability in electric car supply chains is calling on Ford to ensure a fair election ahead of next week’s union...

Members of the Lead the Charge coalition are calling on
Ford to ensure a fair election ahead of next week’s union vote by workers at the BlueOval SK electric-vehicle battery plant in Kentucky.

leadthecharge.org/lead-the-cha...

Thanks to the EPA Clean School Bus Program, electric school buses are arriving across the country — delivering children #backtoschool without harmful tailpipe emissions, and saving school districts money on maintenance and fueling: bit.ly/3XOFOE9. #CleanRide4Kids #ChargingUsForward

The President taking over local control of MPD & putting the US military onto the streets of DC under the guise of public safety is wrong. It’s an extreme, outrageous, and dangerous move for our city and the safety of all our residents.
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Electric School Bus Progress | Alliance for Electric School Buses For Kids Discover how electric school buses are transforming student transportation across the country with lower emissions, reduced costs, and improved health outcomes.

It's almost time for kids to go back to school. A #CleanRide4Kids means cleaner air and healthier kids. Electric school buses improve air quality and help our kids breathe easy. Find great success stories on our Electric School Bus Progress Map. electricschoolbuses4kids.org/electric-sch...

EPA rollbacks are a blow to trucking industry’s future A proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken pollution regulations will undermine the future of competitive American trucking by stifling innovation and keeping businesses wedded to…

The EPA is caving to truck-maker lobbyists. Instead of backing the 52,000+ electric trucks already on US roads, the EPA is attempting to weaken emissions rules–a gift to Volvo, Daimler & EMA, and a blow to fleets, truckers & clean air.

🔗 buff.ly/sATS6nd

How Trump’s EPA could impact air quality in California — and your health OPINION: “As a Bay Area physician, what worries me is a much quieter, much sneakier threat that is present every day for all region’s residents — air pollution,” John Balmes writes.

Dr John Balmes' powerful op-ed urges EPA to reconsider their irresponsible and dangerous actions. "The need for clean air is universal and nonpartisan, and we should all be alarmed that the air we breathe has become grounds for political games." @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Interesting: A new Bike, Walk, and Bus political action campaign is launching in D.C. with the aim of "supporting local D.C. candidates in the 2026 elections who advocate for sustainable transportation solutions."

🚲WEBINAR: Wondering how to start a bike program at your college? Our friends at the National Youth Bike Council have you covered!

Join their July 14 webinar to learn everything you need to know!

Register ➡️ buff.ly/Qbh034X

"We must stop treating climate-driven events as unpredictable “natural” disasters. They are unnatural, human-fueled and foreseeable, and we have a duty of care to act accordingly". - Kathy Baughman McLeod​
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Dozens of lives lost. Entire communities gone.

Our hearts break for every Texan grieving after this weekend’s catastrophic floods.

This is not the time for politics. It’s a time for compassion, unity, and action.

Read our full statement: bit.ly/4kwFeEz

Trump's big, brutal bill guts the programs that help lower pollution.

I'm heading to DC to vote NO on behalf of everyone who wants to breathe clean air.

Always true but especially true today: The only places we’re going to see meaningful progress for the next few years are state and local govts. Every local leader matters.

It's 2:45 AM here in Washington and I just offered an amendment to the GOP Tax Bill that would save thousands of clean energy jobs in Georgia and across the nation.

Sadly, my Republican colleagues blocked it and voted to put these jobs at risk.

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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.

This is what you get when you try to access them online

I'm on the Capitol steps with ‪Senator Klobuchar‬ and families who are speaking out against the bill that Republicans are trying to jam through that would take away health care from 17 million Americans. 

We are not giving up in this fight.