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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 3d

GOOD NEWS: @governor.ca.gov signed #AB1280, which will help California manufacturers shift to zero-emissions equipment like heat pumps and thermal energy storage!

Next up 👉 “We hope to see Governor Newsom invest funds from cap and invest in the INDIGO program” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social

California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 7d

Still awaiting signature - commonsense legislation supported by over 90% of CA voters that will make sure utilities don't pass the costs of their lobbying and image polishing into energy bills.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: let’s save people money and sign #AB1167!

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 14d

TAKE ACTION and tell @governor.ca.gov to sign these commonsense bills into law
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Tell Newsom to sign these commonsense bills into law

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 27d

Grab some breakfast tacos and coffee and join us for a rally to demand @metrolosangeles.bsky.social embrace a bold plan to Electrify LA28.

🗓️ Thursday, September 25 at 9 am
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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · 24d

Etransit buses are just better than methane burning buses for riders. Took a SM big blue gillig ebus & it was quiet & clean. Took a methane burner back & it was loud & funky smelling

Now don’t get me wrong - we need to keep using combustion buses until the end of useful life but ebuses are better.

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · Aug 20

“It’s smart for California to think about how they can [counteract] some of the reckless behavior of the federal government. But there’s also huge economic benefits from facilitating and advancing electric vehicles, including a lot of jobs in California.” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Aug 19

Trump is undermining California's EV goals. The state has a new plan to fight back

State officials delivered a report to Gov. Gavin Newsom that makes the case for how California could counteract the Trump administration's withdrawal of federal support for electric vehicles.

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why Does Misinformation Follow Extreme Weather? legal-planet.org/2025/08/19/w...

Why Does Misinformation Follow Extreme Weather? - Legal Planet

Big tech spreads lies after hurricanes and fires: The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · Aug 19

New blog from @lasmogguy.bsky.social just dropped ⬇️ ⬇️

While Trump wreaks havoc, California and @airresources.bsky.social can resist the big chill on zero-emissions.
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California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions

While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Some thoughts for the day…

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California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions

While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey folks - started a substack. Subscribe (for free) if you want to read it.

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Smog Chronicles

It's Getting Hot in Here, So Write on Substack

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yesterday, our team toured Bellwether Coffee in Berkeley to see firsthand how their innovative technology is transforming coffee roasting.

By replacing gas-powered equipment with all-electric roasters, Bellwether is slashing carbon emissions by up to 90% ☕

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Aug 8

Call your CA Legislators and let them know we don’t have time for garbage legislation 👇🏼

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#NoOnSB34 - the filthy port pollution act of 2025

Trump Wants to Make America Smoggy Again. California Legislators Are About to Make It Worse

We know where the Trump administration stands on clean air protections, but why are state legislators in California pushing a pro-pollution bill like SB 34 forward?

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is incredible news for clean air.

Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 19

Late yesterday, we received a massive clean air & climate win for Southern California. Industry challenged a massive life-saving rule - 1146.2 - adopted by the South Coast AQMD. You can read more about the rule that will result in major emission reductions here - earthjustice.org/press/2024/s...

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 19

The main claim was this emissions rule covering equipment like boilers is preempted by EPCA.

Several organizations, including People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, Industrious Labs, and Sierra Club, intervened.

Court determined that rules are not preempted.

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 19

They may appeal, but for now, this massively important life-saving regulation has survived the effort to kill it.

Awesome work from a lot of great attorneys to fend off this legal attack.

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 19

Late yesterday, we received a massive clean air & climate win for Southern California. Industry challenged a massive life-saving rule - 1146.2 - adopted by the South Coast AQMD. You can read more about the rule that will result in major emission reductions here - earthjustice.org/press/2024/s...

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Connie Cho @conniedotcho.bsky.social · Jul 12

🧵🪡 A thread on my attempt to thread the needle at a @calenergy.bsky.social meeting in a two-minute high-level public comment and taken out of context on (to be fair) a complex subject. ⬇️

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) @apen4ej.bsky.social · Jul 12

Yesterday, @politico.com ran an article about this week’s @calenergy.bsky.social meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · Jul 7

“There is still work that can be done. These are big hits (from Trump) but I think still continuing to press on zero-emission vehicles is going to be really critical.” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social
calmatters.org/environment/...

Reined in by Trump, what will California do next to clean its air?

With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the nation’s worst air pollution. But officials face growing pushback about affo...

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 1

Not concerned about that. Concerned about vague language and everything that will claim to be exempted.

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 1

The good news is the abundance crew and developers will definitely support efforts next session to strengthen California Clean Air Act and other CA environmental laws to clean up toxic facilities and other large polluting land uses …

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 1

If only we had a law that made decision makers look at their project in a rigorous way …

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 1

From the shaky rocks near the coast where developers decide to build their housing ….

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jul 1

Where’s it going flow ???

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 30

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

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Adrian Martinez @lasmogguy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks for posting the pics. I love people sending photos of the new trucks out on the streets. Can’t wait to see the first one in my neighborhood.