Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲

Yes!! Love it!

sounds great

They are life changers! Imagine being a delivery van driver who gets to « drive » an ecargobike instead!?

Can I let you in on a little secret?

Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.

It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

Seattle’s Commercial E-Cargo Bike Program Has Officially Launched, Supporting Sustainable & Dependable Deliveries Throughout the City - SDOT Blog We invite businesses to join Seattle’s new Commercial E-Cargo Bike Program to bring e-cargo bikes into their logistics & delivery operations.

Excited to hear that Seattle e-cargobike freight/delivery initiative has launched. Pumped our new mayor will be pre-disposed to wanting it to succeed, Go @seattledot.bsky.social and thank you for your help, @c40cities.bsky.social #ClimateInfluence will be big. sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/11/20/s...

Utterly worthless when compared to these two incredible technologies

Times infinity

Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 » Yale Climate Connections Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.

got an important COP30 story out for @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social about climate migrants and the advocates keeping them front and center at these international negotiations

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/mill...

The inflatable frogs in PDX really really inspired me! Love that you are writing about this! #JoyAsAnActOfResistance

JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.

If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.

Signal boosts appreciated!

Meet Con Edison’s One-Woman Electrification Show Julie Liu is converting gas customers to heat pumps, one home at a time.

My latest is a feature about Julie Liu, one of the most fascinating women I’ve had the privilege of interviewing. She basically invented the job of electrification contractor in NY, and is currently running all of ConEd’s whole-home retrofits. heatmap.news/energy/coned...

how cool !!

Here’s to that beginning to CHANGE with our new mayor and her team!

America is overdependent on cars, and the American car industry is lagging on affordable EVs.

How much longer and how much do the rest of us pay to protect Michigan’s auto industry from affordable Chinese EVs?

The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.

“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.

yes!!

In a year of federal rollbacks on climate, local leadership rose. 💪🏽 Urban Ocean Lab's 2025 recap, with a peek ahead to 2026

Here's what @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social (my think tank) got up to this year, from coastal ecosystems to climate justice. Up your alley? Get stoked — there’s more where this came from and we’ve got big things cookin’ for 2026. open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!

Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.

City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

New Report! The top ten beef companies in the world have an outsized impact on climate and nature. In our report we found that meat companies are refusing to address the cow in the room: methane.

Read more ➡️ https://mightyearth.org/article/cow-in-the-room-big-meat/

Yes, @brenttoderian.bsky.social ! Let’s all start #NamingÀndFaming the competent, creative risk-takers leading our own cities. These mayors or city councilors feed off of our continuing support. #ClimateInfluence

We are psyched to do this for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social , in my own city :-)

Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It — Streetsblog USA Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.

As progress on climate goals falters, it is time for state transportation leaders to come to terms with an inconvenient truth: climate goals are not feasible without a swift and methodical reallocation of road space away from cars.

No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.

BIG DAY TODAY! ⤵️

💰 NYC DCWP investigation found Starbucks violated Fair Work Week Laws 500,000 times, and is putting $35.5 million back into workers' pockets

🪧 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov joined us on the picket line

Head to nocontractnocoffee.org to see what's next 🤭

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

It IS! But living with my dogs for however long is an infinite blissful gift.

So sorry to hear it.

Blue sky and land mass in the distance with a large body of water behind a black and white merle australian shepherd dog with one blue and one brown eye, lying across a sandy area seemingly with a smile on her face.

Had to say goodbye to my older dog, Sadie, on Friday. A beloved pet dying is the actual definition of heartbreak. 06/10/2013 - 11/28/25 (photo is from 2019 overlooking Puget Sound)

Was a fun conversation - and I share some good background on my #ClimateInfluence theory. There is lots of untapped potential to change #leadership social norms: show us your climate values! Thanks so much, @russ.amodernremedy.com #podcast

Excellent !

Photo of a man wearing a bow tie and white button-down shirt standing with a yellow bicycle. He's in a garden and there's an Adirondack chair behind him.

"There's no machine known that is more efficient than a human on a bicycle. Bowl of oatmeal, 30 miles - you can't come close to that."
- Bill Nye, science communicator

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Bill!
Born November 27, 1955

Come to think of it, we badly need better urban transportation too.

Here are 50 great voices on trains, transit, bikes, and cities...

go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9