Joe Lyou

My father the veteran, who fought against fascism in WWII.

IRS Adds New Reporting Code for Charitable IRA Gifts Learn about the IRS’s new Code Y for reporting Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from IRAs, effective in 2025. Discover how this change simplifies tax reporting for charitable IRA gifts and wh...

@cleanairca.bsky.social would be a great place to donate to take advantage of this. Every dollar you contribute will be used to pursue our mission of protecting public health, improving air quality & preventing climate change. www.morningstar.com/retirement/i...

Enjoy those military retirement checks. You earned every penny.

But you have to admit the goals per contract dollar is pretty darn good. Perhaps not good enough to make up for Cody Ceci. 🙃

Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us

Our children, our grandchildren, and their grandchildren will look back on us and ask, "Why? Why did you do this to us?" It's inexcusable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

RockeTruck’s Mobile Fuel Cell Generator is making its public debut at Cal State LA tomorrow!

Stop by the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility from 1–4 PM to see it in action.

More info at: rocketruck.com

Air traffic control The LAX-pressway must be stopped

LAWA should be ashamed. Just a couple of weeks ago, I rode my e-bike to the K-line, parked it at the bike hub at the new LAX Transit Center, and took the shuttle to my flight. Best commute to LAX ever. Now this. www.torched.la/air-traffic-...

A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.

Melanie Winter, who fought for embracing nature along the Los Angeles River, dies Melanie Winter led efforts to embrace nature along the L.A. River, touting the potential for a restored river to heal the city's relationship to water. She was 67.

Thank you, Melanie, for your live-long service making L.A. a better place. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Sustainable development reduces particulate matter emissions and mitigates aging’s cognitive impact - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Sustainable development reduces particulate matter emissions and mitigates aging’s cognitive impact

Yet more evidence that air pollution exposure makes you stupid. Especially exposure to black carbon, a key marker for diesel exhaust. The authors also conclude that reducing air pollution saves lots of money. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantifying the association between PM2.5 air pollution and IQ loss in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Environmental Health Background A growing body of epidemiologic and toxicologic literature indicates that fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution is neurotoxic and threatens children’s neurobehavioral developme...

Here's a peer-reviewed scientific study of studies (i.e., "meta-analysis") finding that exposure to air pollution makes you stupid. Your kids too. ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

My iPhone has a setting to screen all calls from people not in my contacts list. I use that. There's no such setting for text messages. Just a "put them in another folder setting," but that doesn't seem to work at all.

Is this where I go to complain about never-ending text messages whenever we're within 3 months of an election? I don't even look at them. I block them and report them as junk, but it doesn't seem to do any good. Open to suggestions on a better way to escape unwanted texts from people I don't know.

NO KINGS El Segundo · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

I just love the irony of there being a #NoKings event in El Segundo, home to the @los-angeles-kings.bsky.social. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says

"Last year was Earth’s hottest year in recorded history." I don't see a need to say more than that. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...

Got to disagree with on that one good buddy. 38 years of friendship with you has been one of the better decisions in my life.

Chevron's El Segundo refinery has a history of safety and environmental violations Over the last five years, Chevron's El Segundo refinery has 46 violations of environmental safety rules; over the last decade, it was also issued 17 OSHA violations.

Personal opinion: @latimes.com stories are always better when they quote me. Can we all just agree to support the U.S. Chemical Safety Board so they can assess and prevent things like the Chevron refinery explosion? Fund the CSB! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Agree. Risks too with all the trucks hauling sulfuric acid to and from the refinery.

Fortunately, Chevron doesn't use HF. In SoCal, only Torrance Refinery and Valero use HF. If there was an accident, terrorist attack, or earthquake that released HF at Torrance or Valero, the consequences could be horrendous.

Those "multiple fires" were likely flares burning off product in the system. That's what they're supposed to do. The Isomax unit exploded and burned. May have been lucky that the storage tanks didn't catch fire. Need a U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigation, but Trump is trying to defund them.

I live in Hollyglen near the park. I used to live on Arena. When I lived their during the Northridge earthquake, I got a great view of the whole sky lighting up as the refinery flares blew out everything in the system, which was exactly what they were supposed to do. No Boardroom brewery then. 😞

Unfortunately for us, refineries and the nearby Los Angeles Air Force Base are probably high on the target list for nuclear weapon attacks if a war breaks out. Probably LAX too.

The public can file complaints about the incident on the @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social web site, xappp.aqmd.gov/complaints/N.... Complaints may be used to issue Notices of Violation (NOVs) for violating the district's public nuisance regulation and other rules. NOVs may result in fines and orders.

The explosion and fire have been reported to be located at the Isomax unit, which the refinery uses for fuel distillation and cracking, part of the process of converting oil to gasoline, diesel, and other products.

The 5-minute averages of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions peaked at 541.53 parts per billion at 11 p.m. at a monitoring location on the east border of the facility. Black carbon readings were slightly elevated, but local PM2.5 low-cost sensor readings didn't show much, if any, impact.

Several years ago @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social adopted a regulation (Rule 1180) that requires the refinery to monitor air quality at their fence line and post data on a website. You can see the data at elsegundo1180.com. 🧵

Chevron refinery in El Segundo exploded and burned last night. Here's the view from my house. Some things to know. 🧵

I'm headed off to Quebec City. I need to learn these very quickly. Tabarnak?

Good for you EV Realty!

This week, we’re celebrating 15 years of leadership, advocacy, and impact from our President & CEO, Dr. Joe Lyou! 🎉 #CleanAirNow #CleanAirLeadership

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