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1) Oil and gas companies are going bankrupt at a record pace. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shale-bankruptcy-graphic/u-s-oil-producers-on-pace-for-most-bankruptcies-since-last-oil-downturn-idUSKBN26M7EM
1) Oil and gas companies are going bankrupt at a record pace. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shale-bankruptcy-graphic/u-s-oil-producers-on-pace-for-most-bankruptcies-since-last-oil-downturn-idUSKBN26M7EM
2) Fox News is out there talking about how voters are very worried about climate change. https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1323756567108472833
3) In Ohio, Columbus voted to be powered by 100% clean energy by 2023! https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/government/2020/11/03/election-results-columbus-issue-1-green-energy-electricity-plan/6085061002/
4) In Phoenix, @yassaminansari came in first place in her City Council race. https://twitter.com/yassaminansari/status/1323848915297345536
5) In Pennsylvania, @NikilSaval, won his seat in the state Senate. https://twitter.com/NikilSaval/status/1324009301627805702
6) In Maine, we got another big win! https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1324037287127252993
7) Yesterday in Santa Barbara County, an oil development folks have been fighting FOR YEARS finally died. Activism WORKS. https://twitter.com/350SantaBarbara/status/1323727050826342401
8) In Nevada, voters approved a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT and the state will now be targeting 50% clean power by 2030! https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/1323300/nevada-voters-approve-renewable-energy-mandate
9) Given we are VERY LIKELY to win the White House, we can do things through executive action. Like REVERSING these 100 Trump-era environmental rollbacks. @narayansub has a great project working on this! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html
10) With a sane federal government, California is back in business with setting its own vehicle emissions standards. And @GavinNewsom has been working very hard on ramping up California's action on clean cars!
This is HUGE. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/09/23/governor-newsom-announces-california-will-phase-out-gasoline-powered-cars-drastically-reduce-demand-for-fossil-fuel-in-californias-fight-against-climate-change/
This is HUGE. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/09/23/governor-newsom-announces-california-will-phase-out-gasoline-powered-cars-drastically-reduce-demand-for-fossil-fuel-in-californias-fight-against-climate-change/
11) Yesterday we got a HUGE WIN in Wisconsin. Retiring 1400 MW (!) of coal and replacing it with CLEAN POWER. @maryannehitt has the scoop... https://twitter.com/maryannehitt/status/1323815822406651905
13) We are on pace for 37 GW of wind and solar this year, smashing previous records, as @bstorrow reports.
So those workers getting screwed by their oil and gas employers? They can get to work building the clean energy future. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-wind-and-solar-installation-are-smashing-records-but-the-trend-may-not-last/
So those workers getting screwed by their oil and gas employers? They can get to work building the clean energy future. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-wind-and-solar-installation-are-smashing-records-but-the-trend-may-not-last/
