Monica Campagna

Hollywood pumps the brakes on Toyota The entertainment industry's leading sustainability group says privately it will cut ties with its top sponsor, after critics accuse Toyota of funding climate denial.

Toyota funds more climate deniers in Congress than any other car company, and just 1.2% of its U.S. sales were EVs last year. Under pressure from @janefonda.com, Hollywood's leading environmental group is cutting ties with the Japanese automaker: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/hollywood-...

Want to understand CalRecycle's chemical recycling rules? You'll need to pay CalRecycle's latest attempt at rules to implement the state's plastic waste law is under fire — including for its decision to use ISO guidelines on hazardous waste that cost nearly $200 to access.

In the continuing saga of CA's plastic law, CalRecycle introduced draft regs re chem recycling based on a report you can't access unless you pay $187 -which is kind of a scam, bc no standards or guidelines are in report. 🤷‍♀️ #plasticwaste @gavinnewsom.bsky.social #SB54 www.latimes.com/environment/...

6 of the top 10 cities with the worst air pollution in America are in California. Did your city make this year's list?

From L.A. to Bakersfield, toxic air is a daily reality — and oil drilling is a big reason why.

Shake-up at EPA threatens Energy Star, climate offices The popular Energy Star program is threatened under a planned reorganization of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Shake-up at EPA threatens Energy Star, climate offices

The average American pays: $.62/yr for the National Endowment for the Arts & $1.35/year for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting (< 1 cup of joe) Maybe we should focus on the $3707 average (incl. $6 for space x contracts) we each paid in 2024 towards the military budget!? Perspective much?

Boiling Point podcast A new podcast from L.A. Times Studios Listen every Thursday as award-winning L.A.

Interested to know about a new clean energy project that is now supplying Glendale? The ELAND SOLAR & STORAGE PROJECT is feat. on Sammy Roth's "Boiling Point" Podcast on "Inside LA's Solar Megaproject". He tours the facility in Kern County & tells us all about it! www.latimes.com/boiling-poin...

It would be SO great if we regular folks, business leaders, climate advocates could get back to work concentrating on the ACTUAL threat to humanity...

"His decision means Trump cannot rely on the law to detain or deport any alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua within his district."

Commentary: Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care? The L.A. mayor wants to eliminate a city office that protects people from deadly extreme heat.

@sammyroth.bsky.social highlights potential gutting of LA's Climate Emergency & Mobilization office. The budget crisis is very real, but climate adaptation is now a pillar of need, like police & fire. www.latimes.com/environment/...

@gusdforall.bsky.social please advocate for this for GUSD!

The transition is partly funded by South Coast AQMD's gas-for-electric trade-in program - up to 85% discount for pro electric landscape equipment! Funding is still available! www.aqmd.gov/home/program...

Screenshot of American Green Zone Alliance facebook post re: LAUSD transition to zero-carbon landscaping equipment!

Kudos @AGZA (agza.net) & LAUSD @lausdeso.bsky.social on this truly awesome achievement! "LAUSD has achieved Level 2 AGZA Green Zone certification across over 800 campuses as of April 21. This certification means the district has eliminated fossil fuel-powered landscaping equipment and operations."

GOOD - 10 year cut is out, but the provision to cancel credits when home is sold is still in. This needs to GO. Huge opposition. School districts wrote in + low income folks wrote in to debunk the myth re rich people have solar (in 2023, 39% <$100,000 household income. 12% <50K per Berkeley Lab) +

& this is a component of clean energy infrastructure too. Need to smelt it without coal, which besides being the dirtiest energy is also very expensive and why a plant in MO closed last year. Canada supplies 50% now this article says. Make local but with clean energy..too much sense for this prez?

Wish ca net metering cuts had nothing to do with it, but good news for those ready to invest. Best thing we've done getting solar and storage years ago. No blackouts, stay off grid a lot in spring and early summer especially, use battery during peak hours. Energy sage provides lots of good info.

This is a concrete action..let's see if any gop reps' fear of losing their next election trumps their fear of retribution by the psychopath in chief.

We reconstructed how President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador struck a deal that led to the deportation of over 200 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran prison. Here's a timeline starting the day deportation planes took off, even as a federal judge tried to halt them. nyti.ms/4cTzdPT

Taking it personal since I pushed for this ban on gas 2stroke engines which causes outsized harm to air & health in a state with terrible air quality. Fight, CA, for this and the cleaner trucks...for communities, drivers, workers. And keep the strong $ incentives needed to help make the transition!

I feel like I just need a repeating post here. This is nuts. I mean, nerd-class nuts, but still.
Again, PJM is seeing LMPs of $100/MWh, driven largely by Dominion's $400/MWh, which are in turn driven largely by $1200-$1400/MWh prices from NoVA's data centers.
That's up from $30/MWh.🥜🔩!

Newsom Admin, utilities push to break 2 million solar contracts Governor Newsom's CPUC and a former Edison lobbyist are pushing legislation to break two million solar contracts.

Learn More about AB 942. The proposal is to BREAK solar contracts. People bought systems with 20 year payback expected. This bill proposes 10. It's a contract for a reason. Hearing is tomorrow, April 30. NO THANK YOU former SoCal Edison lobbyist turned Assm Calderon. solarrights.org/blog/2025/04...

Newsom Admin, utilities push to break 2 million solar contracts Governor Newsom's CPUC and a former Edison lobbyist are pushing legislation to break two million solar contracts.

Learn More about the issue here. The proposal is to BREAK solar contracts. People bought systems with 20 year payback expected. It's a contract for a reason. Hearing is tomorrow, April 30. solarrights.org/blog/2025/04...

"AB 942 would limit the energy credits provided to those who purchased the systems to 10 years — half the 20-year period the state had told rooftop owners they would receive. It would also end the incentives if the house was sold."

"“To address rising rates, California must focus on what’s really wrong with our energy system: uncontrolled utility spending and record utility profits,” the environmental groups wrote." - thank you @solarrights.bsky.social

Fight intensifies over bill by former Edison executive to gut rooftop solar credits A bill by Assemblywoman Calderon, a former Edison executive, to slash compensation for homeowners with rooftop solar panels drew protests Wednesday at her district office in the City of Industry.

"Even though homeowners’ solar panels helped keep demand for electricity flat for 20 years, the three utilities’ spending on transmission and distribution infrastructure had risen by 300%, McCann found." - www.latimes.com/environment/...

What kind of BS is this? She's listed as an "exec" on many Edison filings. She was then and is now a schill for the for-profit utilities. Solar has kept energy needs flat for years here, saving $$$ on new projects. Her crap bill that seeks to undermine current solar contracts has a hearing tomorrow.

I'm SO IN!

"The report is prepared by scientists and experts who volunteer their time. They were working on what would be the sixth assessment since the first report came out in 2000."

“The hottest ten years on record were all in the last decade, and the U.S. is experiencing increases in extreme heat, drought, wildfire and flooding,” Keith said. “Losing this vital source of information will ultimately harm our nation’s ability to address the impacts of climate change.”

"“The National Climate Assessment helps communities understand how climate affects their population, their ecosystem, their infrastructure, and helps them prepare and adapt to these changes,” Samaras said."

"The report, mandated by Congress, is prepared every four years under a 1990 law. It details the latest science on climate change, and also reports on progress in addressing global warming."