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Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-12-21/column-who-will-make-sure-l-a-reaches-100-clean-energy-by-2035-boiling-point" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/newsle</span><span class="invisible">tter/2023-12-21/column-who-will-make-sure-l-a-reaches-100-clean-energy-by-2035-boiling-point</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EnvironmentalJusticeIsAClimateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalJusticeIsAClimateSolution</span></a>: Some climate activists are frustrated by DWP’s plan to convert several power plants from burning fossil gas to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hydrogen</span></a> — a top priority for the politically powerful labor unions whose members operate those plants, but a nonstarter for environmental justice groups who worry that hydrogen combustion would lead to continued <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>airpollution</span></a> in low-income communities of color.<br />More broadly, DWP will need to make sure its clean energy programs bring proportionate benefits to low-income families and communities of color — which they historically have not, according to a recent report commissioned by the utility.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CoBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoBenefits</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnGlamorousSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnGlamorousSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cobenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cobenefits</span></a>: Since the first phase, bus <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/traveltimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>traveltimes</span></a> on that segment of Geary went down 18%, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TransitReliability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TransitReliability</span></a> improved by 37% and excessive <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/speeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speeding</span></a> dropped by 81%, according to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFMTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SFMTA</span></a>.</p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energytransition</span></a> will benefit <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a>. It will limit the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environmentalharms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmentalharms</span></a> caused by producing and transporting millions of tons of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/roadlessrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>roadlessrule</span></a> <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RemoveRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RemoveRoads</span></a> <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/biodiversitycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversitycrisis</span></a> <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OceanDegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OceanDegradation</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CoBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoBenefits</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://legal-planet.org/2023/07/13/not-just-about-the-climate/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legal-planet.org/2023/07/13/no</span><span class="invisible">t-just-about-the-climate/</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CoBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoBenefits</span></a>: Reducing heat-trapping gas <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emissions</span></a> slows the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> and is <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/safer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>safer</span></a>, improves <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>health</span></a>, and protects <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/extractive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>extractive</span></a> money. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/speedkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speedkills</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/20sPlenty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20sPlenty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WalkableCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalkableCities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/betterworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>betterworld</span></a></p>