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MTBorq @mtborq.bsky.social · 7h

SD’s potential SB79 glow up assuming these 215, 235, 7, & 10 stops qualify under § 21060.2(a)(1). FYI: I don't think the 225 meets peak frequency?

Zoning Updates
Smaller Circle: 65ft height limit, FAR 3, 100 units/acre
Bigger Circle: 55ft height limit, FAR 2.5, 80 units/acre

Map of central San Diego showing how SB79 may impact zoning near bus stops that might qualify for Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 13h

By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Everything You Need To Know About SB 79

…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill.

substack.com

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 12h

We met 3 American and Canadian sales guys from the company one night there and were shocked to find Americans in the city, but also that this company exists. Just witnessing decarbonization in places one wouldn't expect

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 12h

Also there's a medium to heavy duty EV charging company based in her city and they have all electric busses charged by this company. Pretty sweet compared to the diesel ones we have here in San Diego.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 12h

My wife recently got her dad, who lives in Western polan, an ebike. He takes the bus a bit less often and drives way less, but now goes more often to his little plot of land outside the city to get vegetables, and otherwise can bike around the city. The car stays in a garage.

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 16h

Ask not how many cars you can power with solar power instead of biofuels, but how e-buses, trains, and e-bikes can move people affordably in a clean grid.

#Sufficiency

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 12h

If you don't need 6 packs you can try Aldi and their store brand is pretty good!

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 1d

“I actually don’t think Washington has really woken up to just how popular these new energy and electro technologies that China is exporting are.” FT on the "profound" global impact of China's rise as an electrostate www.ft.com/content/013e... 🔌💡

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

100% it's scale. Bigger entity means more sub entities, more competing interests, more parties to satisfy

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Coming from a very big city it's incredible how fast smaller cities can just *do stuff* when they want to.

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 1d

C-SPAN 2 today at 2:40 CT, they will air my talk from the Galveston Historical Foundation on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. www.c-span.org/event/americ...

1900 Galveston Storm

www.c-span.org

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Kurtis Alexander @kurtisalexander.bsky.social · 2d

California is running out of safe spots to put homes.

A look at 2024 state housing data shows that in many counties, every new home is being built in a wildfire hazard area
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

California is building homes deeper into wildfire country. Here’s why.

A housing shortage crisis combined with an era of climate-fueled wildfires has made building homes a fraught undertaking across much of California.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 2d

@peark.es

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Sam Thorpe @samthorpe.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibly useful new story by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on the 'crisis' for young college grads. Most analyses compare mid-20s workers with/without a degree. But as John points out, the relevant comparison group is actually *new entrants* with/without a degree - most non-degree workers enter at 18-19.

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

www.ft.com

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 2d

I understood that they're not volunteers! There's a ton of interest from basically everyone to figure how to mitigate wildfire risk so it's definitely topical

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 3d

Yep he is! Super knowledgeable. Was great having him

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 3d

The thanks should go to the Resource Conservation District of San Diego!

We all need something tho because the news is bleak. And dumb.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 3d

Ok good news - We had a climate week in San Diego and at a home wildfire mitigation workshop we got 2 audience members (incl 1 HOA treasure) connected on launching a neighborhood fire safe council. So something very concrete came out, not just networking

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

#greensky #energysky #climatesky @costasamaras.com @katie.bzky.team @mollytaft.com @volts.wtf @clarajeffery.bsky.social @fieseler.bsky.social @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile - bsky.app/profile/jael...

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 3d

Deleted OP because I had a glaring error - more renewable than coal electricity production, but neither are *half* of total electricity production

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