@emorwee on how the fossil fuel utilities in the southeast US have been buying off the press, using a combination of direct payments (laundered through a consulting firm) and a freelancer who was willing to use her status as a journalist to gain trust to carry out interviews which were actually hit pieces.

https://heated.world/p/buying-the-press

#climate #climatecriss #climateemergency

Denver appears to have figured out how to put together an effective eBike incentive program:

https://wapo.st/3V5HSEp

The result has been to move a few thousand people onto ebikes, which in turn lowers car dependence:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X22002475?via%3Dihub

Kind of embarrassing that others haven't managed to do this; the local California air board eBike programs tend to have a reputation for dysfunction.

#climate #ebikes #climatecriss #climateemergency

la de hoy :crt_w_noise: :ms_floppy_disk: #manglares #mangroves #BlueCarbon #climatechange #climatecriss #coastalsolutions #biodiversity #conservation #quintanaroo #Mexico #helicopters