The House Oversight Committee has called on major fossil fuel company CEOs and lobbying groups to appear before Congress on 10/28 & answer for their #ClimateDisinformation campaigns. They have until 9/23 to confirm. RT this thread to keep the pressure on. act.ucsusa.org/3Ewiu3A
.@Shell President Gretchen Watkins must commit NOW to appearing before Congress. It’s time to answer for Big Oil’s decades of deception. act.ucsusa.org/3CvYEnk
For more on what #ExxonKnew, see the groundbreaking UCS report cited by the House Oversight Committee: “Smoke, Mirrors, and Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science.” act.ucsusa.org/39pBtic
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Today, California's @AirResources held a workshop on electric truck infrastructure. Investments in charging infrastructure and deployment of electric trucks are critical, as is a strong Advanced Clean Fleets Rule, to getting zero-emission trucks on the road.
A strong electric truck fleet rule will create certainty in the heavy-duty charging infrastructure marketplace & send a clear signal that we must continue momentum on the investment & buildout of zero-emission fueling tech. #ElectricTrucksNow@mslianeranElectricTrucksNow.com
Major public/private charging infrastructure investments have already been made and will continue. @GKracov@taniahlthplce@nathanfletcher - let’s keep the momentum going to supply clean energy to a 100% electric truck fleet.
Hurricane season officially started yesterday. In the lower 48 states, there are 126 counties at risk of storm surge from a Category 5 hurricane, according to NOAA. Based on our analysis, just 36% of eligible people across those counties is fully vaccinated.
The Gulf Coast is home to hundreds of large petrochemical plants, oil wells and refineries, and Superfund sites containing large quantities of toxic material. Every hurricane strike has the potential to expose people in the area to even greater concentrations of toxic chemicals.
Weathering a storm requires resources. A handful of states in hurricane territory, including Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina, have opted to discontinue expanded unemployment benefits earlier than is required by the federal govt.
We are encouraged by the Biden administration’s initial actions and science-based plan to address the #COVID crisis, but recognize that ALL OF US must act to bring the virus under control and prevent more needless deaths. int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
Science clearly shows that masking up and social distancing are essential to bringing the virus under control. Requiring masks on all federal property is a good step, but EVERYBODY should be wearing a mask in public, no matter where they are. act.ucsusa.org/39dmrNt
To contain the virus, we need a rapid & equitable rollout of vaccines. We are encouraged by the federal leadership & coordination announced by the Biden admin, & recognize individuals, communities, & states still have to do our part to ensure as many people are vaccinated asap.
Here's a good piece by @izzieramirez@vicenews highlighting environmental justice! Thank you for including UCS. We wanted to take this opportunity to clarify UCS is not primarily an environmental justice org & why it's important to uplift orgs that are. vice.com/en/article/jgx…
Grassroots environmental justice groups often have to struggle for funding and attention, even as they’re representing the communities most overburdened by environmental issues. It’s important these groups get the credit.
While we’re honored to contribute to the fight for environmental justice, we wanted to take this moment to shine a light on some additional organizations that are doing the critical, community-focused work of environmental justice.
Meet Dr. Scott Atlas, who has effectively replaced Dr. Anthony Fauci as the chief science advisor to the White House’s #Coronavirus Task Force. forbes.com/sites/mattpere…
Dr. Atlas is unqualified for the job, has no background in epidemiology as a radiologist, and is pushing pandemic policies not backed by evidence. He is actively advocating for a “herd immunity” strategy that would needlessly endanger the lives of people. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Scott Atlas even described “child to adult transmission” as “icing on the cake” during a recent school reopening tour in Florida.
California's Bay Area wakes up to disorienting orange skies. By raising temperatures, melting snow sooner, and drying soils and forests, climate change is fueling #Wildfires. Here’s a thread on what the science shows. twitter.com/i/events/13037…
#1: Wildfires are getting worse. Since 2015, the United States has experienced, on average, roughly 100 more large wildfires every year than the year before.
This changes region by region, and year to year, but generally we’re seeing more wildfires, more acres burned, and longer, more intense fire seasons.