Local environmentalists are ignoring the biggest opportunity to reduce emissions with local policy
This piece was originally published in Streetsblog on Oct 21.
Over the last several years, local environmental organizations and their endorsed candidates have ratcheted up ambitions for tackling the climate crisis. We are hearing overdue calls for getting fossil fuels out of our buildings, our cars, and our power grid. Advocates rightly demand that we halt new fossil fuel extraction and advance a just transition to a renewable economy. …
This is an open letter to the board of the SF Bike Coalition, written this Monday morning before work, following the release of endorsements late last week, for the November 2020 elections. Scott Wiener is running for re-election in the CA State Senate, representing SF and Daly City. Please consider donating to his campaign here. The last paragraph of the letter, calling for a connected network of safe streets, was not intended to be related to the endorsement: however, it is worth noting Sen. Wiener’s SB 288 is now awaiting Gov. …
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