Telework could outlive the virus, lowering emissions E&E News | Scott Waldman The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to permanently boost the popularity of telecommuting, say workplace experts — a societal shift that would have a profound impact on U.S. climate emissions. Due to the outbreak, millions more Americans are doing their jobs from home. And thanks to advances in …
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Coronavirus demands radical transformation, not a ‘return to normal’
By Robert Raymond, Coronavirus demands radical transformation, not a ‘return to normal’ on Shareable Early last week, when Republican Lt. Gov. of Texas, Dan Patrick, suggested that the elderly should be willing to die from COVID-19 to get the economy back in action, something major shifted. If just briefly, the mask came off. Here was an elected official explicitly offering human sacrifices …
David Sirota: The Democratic Party’s Tyranny of Decorum Helped Sink Bernie
We’re in the midst of unpleasant, uncivil and impolite emergencies that threaten our country and our planet. A global pandemic won’t be stopped by niceties. The corporations profiting off the health care crisis won’t be thwarted with good manners. The fossil fuel giants intensifying the climate cataclysm won’t be deterred by gentility. And elections will not be won by prioritizing …
Up to half the jobs in the United States could be done, at least partially, from home
Tim Egan, NYT, April 2020 excerpt: Just as World War II brought millions of women into factories, millions of people may settle into another workplace following the world war on coronavirus — their homes. Up to half the jobs in the United States could be done, at least partially, from home, by one estimate. Currently, fewer than 4 percent of jobs …
Shifting the Paradigm toward Renewable Power and Local Ownership and Returns in Pueblo, Colo
BY MARIE DONAHUE AND JOHN FARRELL | 29 AUG 2018 Podcast (localenergyrules): Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS A growing number of U.S. cities have set goals to generate 100 percent of their electricity from renewable resources in the coming decades, each with its own unique circumstances and motivations. Pueblo, a small city of just over 100,000 residents located in southeastern Colorado, is one of these …
Destination access as a performance measure + reviewing highway projects for induced travel demand
Posted on April 20th, 2020 accessibility, federal legislation By Eric Sundquist, SSTI, Destination access bills introduced in U.S. House A trio of representatives along with 10 co-sponsors have introduced a pair of bills that would set destination access as a national performance measure. Both bills describe destination access, aka “accessibility,” in terms of travel times by auto, transit, walking, and biking, …
We can stop global warming – the solutions are right here
Every day at Project Drawdown we are asked, “What can I do to solve the climate crisis?” The answers are all around us. Solutions to climate change are in our daily lives right now. And we have no time to lose putting them in motion. Which solution surprises or inspires you? Who would benefit from knowing about it? Use the icons on …
UK and French Citizens’ assemblies on climate change seek to shape the post-COVID recovery
Climate Home News, April 17, 2020 French and British initiatives to involve ordinary people in climate policy are adapting their work in light of the coronavirus pandemic Citizens Assembly in France and the UK are moving online amid lockdowns to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: Climate Assembly UK) By Chloé Farand As governments mull over multi-billion packages to weather the economic impacts …
People’s/Citizens’ Assemblies are beginning to meet and deliberate to map paths forward
COVID and climate change are worldwide crises, with local impacts and global ramifications. While existential threats aren’t new to indigenous people and others on the frontlines geographically or in our economies, the size and implication of the climate threats and the need and opportunities for substantial change are before us. Science demands we act swiftly on climate change, but our …