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8-evil-annoying-catboys · 4 years ago

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if the government was competent and the people in charge actually gave a fuck about the impending doom climate change represents, here are some things that could be done:

universal basic income, varied by region to represent 150% or more of the local cost of living, to make up for the lost jobs represented by the following points (although this would be paid to EVERYONE, jobless or not), aka to keep poor people from drowning, paid for by reduction of military spending and a tax on the extremely wealthy who can definitely afford to be cut down a peg (and would still receive the income anyway, both to keep the spirit of fairness and to avoid them throwing a hissy fit over it). also, regulations such as rent control and price caps on necessities such as food/toiletries/etc. to lower the total cost of living, therefore saving the government some money by reducing how much this income would have to be. this would also mean that these industries wouldn’t need to be subsidised since the workers would already be receiving the money needed to live, which would in turn save the government the money they otherwise have to spend on subsidising, for example, farmers, because there would be no reason that selling crops at a low price would hurt them if they were already receiving more money than they needed to support themselves from the government anyway.

complete end to the fossil fuel industry and a total overhaul of the automobile industry. recall of all cars that use gas, but with a replacement program wherein people who need cars still can get a fully electric car and/or have their car modified to become a fully electric car. this accompanied by an investment into sustainable (aka, not fossil fuel powered) public transportation to reduce the demand for personal cars in the first place, and an option for those who don’t need their car that much or won’t after the new transit system is implemented, can be paid back the price of their car when they bought it, in full. optionally, car loan forgiveness can accompany this, but with a replacement car or a full repayment of the car’s price at the time of purchase, that may be unnecessary.

complete ban on plastic fishing gear, to start, since that makes up the majority of plastic pollution in the ocean. ban the rest of plastics in increments and begin a mission to clean up the existing plastic pollution, which would in turn create more jobs because you’d need to pay people to do this. another necessary action that would create more jobs would be to find a reliable replacement for plastic straws, since many of the current alternatives don’t work for disabled people who need to use straws. any other disposable plastic products that are also a necessity for disabled people or other marginalised groups would also require a replacement in this way. in the meantime, before the complete ban of plastics, a ban on production of new plastics, requiring that all materials that are still allowed to be made of plastic must be made of 100% RECYCLED plastic ONLY.

complete overhaul of the meat industry. ban on factory farming. regulations requiring produce be sold only within a certain distance of where it was raised. encouragement for the public to start gardening and raising their own food as much as possible, including creating community gardens on unused plots of land in urban areas where many residents may not have land necessary to start a garden on their own property, and creating food forests.

scrap or overhaul of the national park system. by this, i don’t mean allow companies to build over that land, of course don’t fucking do that, but allowing indigenous americans to practice hunting and cultivating the way they’ve done it for thousands of years, because THEY KNOW WHICH NATIVE PLANTS NEED HUMAN INTERACTION TO SURVIVE.

along that line, extreme repopulation system for endangered animals and animals whose numbers have been significantly reduced as a result of colonisation (see: bison) to restore indigenous ecosystems to their precolonial balance, or at least to get as close to that balance as possible.

some sort of program to eradicate homelessness and rid the land of extraneous housing (ie, nobody is living there nor will anyone ever live there even after all homeless people are housed, because there are more empty houses in the us than homeless people) thereby increasing the amount of land available for native plants and animals’ habitats. this would probably look something like, if you own multiple houses you have to pick one or maybe two to keep (MAYBE a summer home is ok, i’m honestly not sure if that would work for this though), the rest the government pays you the price you paid for it and takes it either to house the homeless or to clear the land and allow the ecosystem to take over that property again. the government would not start clearing land in this way until after the entire population is housed to avoid any miscalculation in regards to how much housing is necessary and how much should be given back to the earth.

confiscate prívate jets (with full repayment of the cost, optionally, since anyone who can afford a fucking private jet has too much money already) and replace airlines with trains and boats, at least until we find a way to fuel planes in a way that doesn’t contribute to the greenhouse effect. flights booked prior to this change may be fulfilled, or they may be replaced with a train and/or boat, with the consumer having the option of changing departure time so that the arrival time is the same as it would have been on the flight, or leaving the departure time the same with the knowledge that the arrival time will likely be later. this would also require construction of cross country trains, maybe bullet trains but maybe not, with extreme consideration of where the tracks run to avoid disturbing important ecosystems or native sacred areas. the construction would also create a lot of temporary jobs, again making up for the gap after the loss of jobs in industries that harm the environment.

in general, complete removal or reconstruction of any industry that, as it currently is, harms the global or local environment. in the case of reconstruction, the end goal would be for the industry to be 100% sustainable, and the speed at which this happens would depend on how detrimental the industry is to the ecosystem currently and how well green tech has addressed the issue already, with focus most pointed to industries that are most harmful and that already have a fully developed sustainable alternative. grants and subsidies to efforts to expand green tech to address industries where a fully sustainable and reliable alternative doesn’t exist yet.

full-scale efforts to reverse previously made damages to the environment (cleaning up pollution, planting trees and native plants that have been seriously reduced in their natural habitat, etc.) in any ways possible, and grants/subsidies to scientific endeavours to find ways to reverse damages that we currently don’t know how to reverse or if it’s even possible, creating more jobs in STEM and more jobs that needn’t require a college education at the same time that we put in the effort to heal our planet.

programs to shift towards green energy only; for example, providing low-cost or free solar panels to homeowners

and these are just a few ideas. i could probably think of way more, and i’m just one person. can we be creative and put the needs of our people and our planet before the desires of corporations, please? jesus fucking christ.

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tezla7 · 6 years ago

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Greta Thunberg speech to MPs at UK Parliament Tue 23rd Apr

My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 16 years old. I come from Sweden. And I speak on behalf of future generations.

I know many of you don’t want to listen to us – you say we are just children. But we’re only repeating the message of the united climate science.

Many of you appear concerned that we are wasting valuable lesson time, but I assure you we will go back to school the moment you start listening to science and give us a future. Is that really too much to ask?

In the year 2030 I will be 26 years old. My little sister Beata will be 23. Just like many of your own children or grandchildren. That is a great age, we have been told. When you have all of your life ahead of you. But I am not so sure it will be that great for us.

I was fortunate to be born in a time and place where everyone told us to dream big; I could become whatever I wanted to. I could live wherever I wanted to. People like me had everything we needed and more. Things our grandparents could not even dream of. We had everything we could ever wish for and yet now we may have nothing.

Now we probably don’t even have a future any more.

Because that future was sold so that a small number of people could make unimaginable amounts of money. It was stolen from us every time you said that the sky was the limit, and that you only live once.

You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to. And the saddest thing is that most children are not even aware of the fate that awaits us. We will not understand it until it’s too late. And yet we are the lucky ones. Those who will be affected the hardest are already suffering the consequences. But their voices are not heard.

Is my microphone on? Can you hear me?

Around the year 2030, 10 years 252 days and 10 hours away from now, we will be in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human control, that will most likely lead to the end of our civilisation as we know it. That is unless in that time, permanent and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society have taken place, including a reduction of CO2 emissions by at least 50%.

And please note that these calculations are depending on inventions that have not yet been invented at scale, inventions that are supposed to clear the atmosphere of astronomical amounts of carbon dioxide.

Furthermore, these calculations do not include unforeseen tipping points and feedback loops like the extremely powerful methane gas escaping from rapidly thawing arctic permafrost.

Nor do these scientific calculations include already locked-in warming hidden by toxic air pollution. Nor the aspect of equity – or climate justice – clearly stated throughout the Paris agreement, which is absolutely necessary to make it work on a global scale.

We must also bear in mind that these are just calculations. Estimations. That means that these “points of no return” may occur a bit sooner or later than 2030. No one can know for sure. We can, however, be certain that they will occur approximately in these timeframes, because these calculations are not opinions or wild guesses.

These projections are backed up by scientific facts, concluded by all nations through the IPCC. Nearly every single major national scientific body around the world unreservedly supports the work and findings of the IPCC.

Did you hear what I just said? Is my English OK? Is the microphone on? Because I’m beginning to wonder.

During the last six months I have travelled around Europe for hundreds of hours in trains, electric cars and buses, repeating these life-changing words over and over again. But no one seems to be talking about it, and nothing has changed. In fact, the emissions are still rising.

When I have been travelling around to speak in different countries, I am always offered help to write about the specific climate policies in specific countries. But that is not really necessary. Because the basic problem is the same everywhere. And the basic problem is that basically nothing is being done to halt – or even slow – climate and ecological breakdown, despite all the beautiful words and promises.

The UK is, however, very special. Not only for its mind-blowing historical carbon debt, but also for its current, very creative, carbon accounting.

Since 1990 the UK has achieved a 37% reduction of its territorial CO2 emissions, according to the Global Carbon Project. And that does sound very impressive. But these numbers do not include emissions from aviation, shipping and those associated with imports and exports. If these numbers are included the reduction is around 10% since 1990 – or an an average of 0.4% a year, according to Tyndall Manchester.

And the main reason for this reduction is not a consequence of climate policies, but rather a 2001 EU directive on air quality that essentially forced the UK to close down its very old and extremely dirty coal power plants and replace them with less dirty gas power stations. And switching from one disastrous energy source to a slightly less disastrous one will of course result in a lowering of emissions.

But perhaps the most dangerous misconception about the climate crisis is that we have to “lower” our emissions. Because that is far from enough. Our emissions have to stop if we are to stay below 1.5-2C of warming. The “lowering of emissions” is of course necessary but it is only the beginning of a fast process that must lead to a stop within a couple of decades, or less. And by “stop” I mean net zero – and then quickly on to negative figures. That rules out most of today’s politics.

The fact that we are speaking of “lowering” instead of “stopping” emissions is perhaps the greatest force behind the continuing business as usual. The UK’s active current support of new exploitation of fossil fuels – for example, the UK shale gas fracking industry, the expansion of its North Sea oil and gas fields, the expansion of airports as well as the planning permission for a brand new coal mine – is beyond absurd.

This ongoing irresponsible behaviour will no doubt be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind.

People always tell me and the other millions of school strikers that we should be proud of ourselves for what we have accomplished. But the only thing that we need to look at is the emission curve. And I’m sorry, but it’s still rising. That curve is the only thing we should look at.

Every time we make a decision we should ask ourselves; how will this decision affect that curve? We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases. We should no longer only ask: “Have we got enough money to go through with this?” but also: “Have we got enough of the carbon budget to spare to go through with this?” That should and must become the centre of our new currency.

Many people say that we don’t have any solutions to the climate crisis. And they are right. Because how could we? How do you “solve” the greatest crisis that humanity has ever faced? How do you “solve” a war? How do you “solve” going to the moon for the first time? How do you “solve” inventing new inventions?

The climate crisis is both the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we must do. We must stop the emissions of greenhouse gases. The hardest because our current economics are still totally dependent on burning fossil fuels, and thereby destroying ecosystems in order to create everlasting economic growth.

“So, exactly how do we solve that?” you ask us – the schoolchildren striking for the climate.

And we say: “No one knows for sure. But we have to stop burning fossil fuels and restore nature and many other things that we may not have quite figured out yet.”

Then you say: “That’s not an answer!”

So we say: “We have to start treating the crisis like a crisis – and act even if we don’t have all the solutions.”

“That’s still not an answer,” you say.

Then we start talking about circular economy and rewilding nature and the need for a just transition. Then you don’t understand what we are talking about.

We say that all those solutions needed are not known to anyone and therefore we must unite behind the science and find them together along the way. But you do not listen to that. Because those answers are for solving a crisis that most of you don’t even fully understand. Or don’t want to understand.

You don’t listen to the science because you are only interested in solutions that will enable you to carry on like before. Like now. And those answers don’t exist any more. Because you did not act in time.

Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.

Sometimes we just simply have to find a way. The moment we decide to fulfil something, we can do anything. And I’m sure that the moment we start behaving as if we were in an emergency, we can avoid climate and ecological catastrophe. Humans are very adaptable: we can still fix this. But the opportunity to do so will not last for long. We must start today. We have no more excuses.

We children are not sacrificing our education and our childhood for you to tell us what you consider is politically possible in the society that you have created. We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us, and tell us that you really admire what we do.

We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.

I hope my microphone was on. I hope you could all hear me.

#greta thunberg #climate change #global warming #protest #activism #uk

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altekmediagroup · 5 years ago

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California’s Transition to Clean Energy

Despite progress, California still has a long way to go before it hits the climate emergency brake. The state is going through rapid transitions, which will bring important changes to the way we fuel our cars, heat our homes, and power our industries in the coming decades. RENEWABLES ARE PULLING AHEAD IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR California’s shift toward renewables in the electricity sector has been unstoppable, to put it modestly, with significantly more renewable energy capacity being installed in recent years. Between 2012 and 2017, the state installed 9,383 megawatts of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) eligible1 nameplate capacity while fossil fuel2 installation nameplate capacity decreased 2,406 megawatts, mostly from a reduction in natural gas power generators.

Conventional hydroelectric (large hydro) is renewable but not RPS eligible. 2 Coal, petroleum, and natural gas Renewable Power Capacities, Top 5 U.S. States (2017) Megawatts 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Source: Energy Information Administration, Analysis by Beacon Economics TX CA IA OK KS Geothermal Wind Wood and Wood Derived Fuels Other Biomass Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic 24,278 20,541 7,124 7,017 5,146 August 2019 inBRIEF California’s Transition to Clean Energy 2 Renewable Energy Share of Electricity Power-Mix, End-2017 California Source: Energy Information Administration, Analysis by Beacon Economics 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Fossil Fuels 37.8% Other non-renewables 18.5% Conventional hydroelectric 14.7% RPS eligible renewables 29.0% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Wind 9.4% Solar 10.2% Small hydro 2.7% Biomass and wood 2.4% Geothermal 4.4% Renewable Energy Share of Electricity Power-Mix, End-2017 United States Source: Energy Information Administration, Analysis by Beacon Economics 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0% 5% 10% Fossil Fuels 62.7% Other non- renewables 20.2% Conventional hydroelectric 14.7% RPS eligible renewables 9.6% Wind 6.3% Solar 1.3% Biomass and wood 1.6% Geothermal 4.4% RENEWABLE ENERGY IS MAKING A DENT IN ELECTRICITY California’s ambitious growth and investments in renewable electricity puts it far ahead of the United States as a whole. Excluding conventional hydropower, RPS eligible renewables represent almost 30% of the state’s electricity power-mix, compared to less than 10% of the nation’s mix. Inclusion of conventional hydroelectric adds 14.7% and 7.5% to the renewables’ share of electricity in California and United States, respectively.

In fact, California, along with Texas, is one of the nation’s ‘Big 2’ in terms of installed renewable energy capacity. In 2017, California had 20.5 gigawatts of nameplate capacity for RPS eligible projects installed, just behind Texas at 24.3 gigawatts. Unlike Texas, where most of the renewable capacity is concentrated around wind power, California has a more diverse portfolio of renewable nameplate capacity. California’s Transition to Clean Energy ELECTRICITY IS ONLY PART OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION Fossil fuel is still the dominant energy source in the United States, and even in California. While RPS eligible renewables are 44% of electricity in California, they represented just 8.3% of total energy consumption in 2016. In the United States overall, RPS eligible renewables represented just 6.5% of total energy consumption. However, California has reduced its reliance on fossil fuels more than the nation as a whole. While fossil fuels comprise less than 40% of electricity but 73.5% of total energy consumption in California, that is less than the United States’ total consumption of 80.9%. Ironically, energy consumption in transportation,

mostly from fossil fuel sources, makes up a significantly higher share in California (40%) than in the United States (29%). California’s efforts to decarbonize the electricity grid is offset by its relatively high energy consumption in transportation. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Renewable Energy in Total Energy Consumption, 2016 Source: State Energy Data Systems, Energy Information Administration, Analysis by Beacon Economics U.S. California Electricity Losses Nuclear Conv. Hydro Electricity Imports Fossil Fuels Fuel Ethanol RPS Renewables Fossil Fuels 80.9% Fossil Fuels 73.5% RPS eligible renewables 6.5% RPS eligible renewables 8.3% brief California’s Transition to Clean Energy 4 However, since 2012, energy consumption has once again been moving in the wrong direction. Between 2012 and 2016, total energy consumption inched up 4%, driven by the transportation sector’s 8% increase. This is perhaps unsurprising given that commute times in California are among the longest in the United States and that average commute times are increasing faster in California than in the nation. Looking ahead, renewables will become even more dominant in California’s electricity grid. Yet, it is the state’s transportation sector that most needs to wean itself off of fossil fuels. Electric vehicle adoptions are quickly rising in California – with more than half a million units already on the road – but will still need several years before emerging into the mainstream. Until that becomes reality, California will continue to depend on fossil fuels to meet most of its energy consumption needs. Population and Total Energy Consumption, California Population (Thousands) Total Energy Consumption Trillions of Btu 45,000 9,000 40,000 8,000 35,000 7,000 30,000 6,000 15,000 3,000 25,000 5,000 10,000 2,000 20,000 4,000 5,000 1,000 0 0 Source: California Department of Finance and State Energy Data Systems, Energy Information Administration, Analysis by Beacon Economics Total energy consumption plateaued in 2006 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 Population Total Energy Consumption ENERGY CONSUMPTION HAS PLATEAUED Despite continuous population growth, energy consumption in California plateaued in 2006. This is the fruit of the state’s extensive efforts to increase energy efficiency and implement alternative technologies, which have restrained growth in energy demand.

However, since 2012, energy consumption has once again been moving in the wrong direction. Between 2012 and 2016, total energy consumption inched up 4%, driven by the transportation sector’s 8% increase. This is perhaps unsurprising given that commute times in California are among the longest in the United States and that average commute times are increasing faster in California than in the nation. Looking ahead, renewables will become even more dominant in California’s electricity grid. Yet, it is the state’s transportation sector that most needs to wean itself off of fossil fuels. Electric vehicle adoptions are quickly rising in California – with more than half a million units already on the road – but will still need several years before emerging into the mainstream. Until that becomes reality, California will continue to depend on fossil fuels to meet most of its energy consumption needs.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hoyu Chong is a Senior Research Associate in Beacon Economics’ Sustainable Growth and Development practice in Los Angeles. She works heavily with geographic information system (GIS) software and U.S. Census data in support of economic and policy analysis related to energy, the environment, housing, land use, and transportation. 5777 West Century Boulevard | Suite 895 | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | (310) 571-3399 | BeaconEcon.com For further information about our work in this space, please contact Uday Ram ([email protected]), who leads the practice area. Beacon Economics’ Sustainable Growth and Development practice partners with policymakers, communities, businesses, and elected officials to drive discourse and decision-making processes around sustainability, economic growth, and equity. Sustainable Growth and Development | In Brief is produced by Beacon Economics. Readers are advised that Beacon Economics does not intend the data contained herein to be definitive. Neither should the contents of this publication be construed as a recommendation of policies or actions. Reproduction of this content is permitted with full attribution to Beacon Economics, LLC. Read the full article

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g2colloquium · 5 years ago

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Five Small Steps to Becoming More Sustainable

I am always looking for more ways to be sustainable in my everyday life. Working our way towards a better future will be easier to achieve if we start off with small steps. Five steps I have recently taken to reduce my footprint have been decreasing my use of disposable plastics, eating locally, planting herbs, donating or reselling clothes, and thrifting.

When most people think of decreasing one use plastics this task can sound a little daunting. However, if you slowly switch to reusable items the task will seem less frightening. I started transitioning to green items by purchasing a YETI tumbler. I enjoy being outside a lot and because of that I need to stay hydrated. My YETI not only keeps my water cold but it prevents me from adding plastic bottles to my waste. I normally fill up my YETI twice in one day which is the equivalent to drinking nearly six bottles of water. Over the course of a year I will have saved myself from using 2,190 bottles of water overall.

https://www.yeti.com/en_US/drinkware/rambler-30-oz-tumbler/YRAM30.html?dwvar_YRAM30_color=white&cgid=drinkware#utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=__iv_p_1_g_68983727272_c_341484274012_w_kwd-61036649465_n_g_d_c_v__l__t__r__x__y__f__o__z__i__j__s__e__h_9012292_ii__vi__&gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_id=google_983601494_68983727272_341484274012_kwd-61036649465_c&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZoqEuFlsrLsflQe_lFOHGddJ6exzNuWhc-5Tz-ppzjv-cbfC5FPKasaAqnZEALw_wcB&start=1

The next thing I did was discontinue my use of plastic straws. Plastic straws add to the eight million tons of waste that are added to our oceans every year. In the US alone, 500 million straws are used every single day (1Million Women, July 2017). Since plastic only ever biodegrades it will never fully breakdown making plastic so much more dangerous to our environments. My reusable straw folds down into a small portable carrier that can be put on a keychain making it not only environmentally friendly but also convenient.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Collapsible-Straws-Silicone-Foldable-Reusable-Folding-Straw-Premium-Food-grade-Portable-Drinking-Straw-Set-with-Hard-Case-Holder-and-Cleaning-Brush/708559366?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=10329&adid=22222222227329240004&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=412192284222&wl4=aud-430887228898:pla-860156954566&wl5=9012292&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117097448&wl11=online&wl12=708559366&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZqiXGkda07XR5kOiPmqsi3r8jc8Q8uu9BAvZIhPtf-X909MTBwWOgoaAqYhEALw_wcB

The next thing I replaced was my toothbrush, switching out my plastic pink brush for a biodegradable bamboo one. After that I continued to cut down my use by taking of my makeup with a reusable sponge rather than a wipe every night. I purchased reusable bags for the grocery store and stopped using plastic forks and knives.

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After my journey of reducing plastic waste I began to eat more at local restaurants. It is a good way to become more familiar with the area you live in as well as find some great spots to snack. Local restaurants don’t need to consume large amounts of fossil fuel energy to ship their products to global locations so by supporting these businesses you not only support the local economy but also the environment. Another way to do this is going to local fresh markets. Each Tuesday in my hometown there is a farmers market that opens to sell all sorts of fresh fruits and vegetables. If you are more of a cook it at home type person then this is a perfect way to help encourage the reduction of fossil fuels.

One of my steps to becoming more sustainable turned quickly into a hobby. I originally started a small herb garden to cut back even further on my carbon emissions. I don’t have to drive anywhere to season my pizza with a small garden on my back porch. I started out with just a basil, cilantro, mint, and parsley plant. Shortly after my love for these plants grew into a love for all plants and now my house is littered with greenery. Indoor plants not only look aesthetically pleasing but also filter the air in your house to help purify it. Herb gardens are easy to start and simple when it comes to taking care of them if you’re willing to put in the work.

Another thing I started doing more of was recycling. After taking a class on how to properly recycle I realized that I was doing everything wrong. I needed to stop using trash bags to dispose of it as well as to rinse all food off the plastic. I learned as well that there are other ways to recycle that you wouldn’t think of at first such as recycling clothing. Since spring cleaning is right around the corner this is a perfect way to practice sustainability. Next time you’re cleaning out your closet into piles of keep, trash, donate, and sell. The ones you want to donate you can take to a nearby goodwill to be resold. If an item is in good enough condition you can use apps like Poshmark to resell them and get a little of your money back. The ones that are too worn to be donated then instead of throwing the article of clothing away completely, what I do is cut the fabric into squares and place them under my sink to use as scrap rags. I use these rags for anything from scrubbing the floors to buffing in wood stain on my weekend projects. This makes your waste go from a huge bag of clothing to now just a small pile of scraps.

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The last easy thing on my list of small steps to be more sustainable is to go thrifting. Shopping is a fun pastime and now you can do it while also making your routine more green. When you thrift you are keeping the clothes out of the landfill and allowing them to have a longer life before becoming waste. The popular saying “one man’s trash is another mans treasure” just goes to show how many gems you can find secondhand if you just look. Thrifting can be overwhelming but if you take your time and look for patterns and textures that attract your eye then this might make your search a tad more manageable.

If you’re a homebody and would prefer to do you shopping from the comfort of your home then you have alternatives for thrifting in person. Threadup is one of the largest secondhand shops and you don’t even have to leave your couch. There is an app along with the online site to make your shopping even easier. There are even websites for second hand high end products, one of the most popular being The RealReal.

https://www.thredup.com/lp/outfits-you-love?referral_code=adwords_thredup&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=1612558699_59913515654_358262531162_%2Bthredup_b_c__9012292_kwd-31631943791_g_&iv_=__iv_p_1_g_59913515654_c_358262531162_w_kwd-31631943791_n_g_d_c_v__l__t__r__x__y__f__o__z__i__j__s__e__h_9012292_ii__vi__&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZryI6Uwzq9rszct3uIgu6WbpvQXKc3kuOgYzkf5yP4jmCsGRFp7JO0aAtHcEALw_wcB

https://www.therealreal.com/

If you use these small steps as a start, I’ve found that it makes the task of becoming more green in everyday life seem more attainable. These steps may all be small in the grand scheme of things but we must slowly work bit by it to make our environment a better place.

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riverdamien · 5 years ago

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Remember the Poor

"Remember the Poor, It Cost's Nothing" Josh Billings Matthew 23:23-26 The Message (MSG) 23-24 “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons? 25-26 “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You burnish the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Carl Nolte, recently wrote: "I wondered about it (homeless people on the streets) even when camping by a river in the redwoods. What has become of us? Have we grown such calluses on our souls that we can look at this kind of agony in the streets and not see? Is that what it means to be a citizen of a beautiful and famous city such as San Francisco? We did nothing (thinking of passing by homeless person in City) I can't get it out of my mind." As I look back the past twenty five years I remember a time when homeless people were noticed, acts of compassion were shown to them by the majority of people. I remember people like Fr. Louie Vitalie, former pastor of St. Boniface Church who advocated and showed love to people on the street, he is the founder of the current homeless program at the Church; Sr. Bernie Gavin, advocated for the homeless, Reverend Glenda Hope who founded housing and had worship services on the streets, and the list goes on. The question I ask: "Is where are the clergy in working with the homeless?" And than I remember--"advocacy on the streets for street people does not pay enough, and is too dirty." There was a sense of caring, a sense of support. Now we ignore the person on the street, we see them as dirty, and we scream at our politicians to do something. Sr. Joan Chittlister, tells us: "Politicians will always ask the question, "Is it expedient? But the prophets must ask the question, "Is it right?" That is the reason I do not trust politicians, they always seek out the expedient answer, and the majority come from privilege and wealth and have no idea of the pain of people on the street. We need to ask the question "Is it right?" Our Gospel confronts all of us with our hypocrisy. We are all called to walk with each other as brothers and sisters, we are all called to suffer together so that others might not suffer. We are all called to feed people we see hungry, to fight for our government to shift their funds to mental health care, housing, and food; to provide housing to someone if we can or to push our churches, and our businesses to open their doors and provide housing. We walk past churches with beautiful spaces that stand empty, empty buildings, kept empty in order for the owners to correct more money, and people are sleeping outside in the cold. Ritual, lovely speeches are empty, until they are put into action. We can "remember the poor"--and until we put our words into action--it cost's nothing, and it leaves our lives empty, vacant, and is pure hypocrisy. Materialism, our desire for money, for property is destroying us, it is destroying our humanity. So let us remember the poor, the homeless, and in doing so look at our selves and see our own poverty, our own pain, and love them, as we want to be loved. Let us take Carl Nolte's words and put life into them, enter into the suffering, the pain, of others, and find life and joy and not walk away feeling guilty. Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God! ------------------------------------------- Bay Area Youth Led Climate Strike Start: Friday, September 20, 2019•10:00 AM Location:San Francisco Federal Building •90 7th Street, San Francisco , CA 94103 Host Contact Info: [email protected] +- (Adult allies are welcome) At 10am, in San Francisco we call for a youth-led climate strike march, going to different targets that are contributing to climate breakdown, leaving our mark to let these places know what we are fighting for. We will again start at the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and will connect targets in government, finance, and energy. For those that can’t join in person, we will be asking people to post on social media and tag our targets. The following are our demands through the action week and why we are striking: 1.We demand a safe, healthy, and just planet.This climate crisis threatens our ability to live. If climate change continues on this course, we won’t be able to eat, breathe, or have safe shelter. In order to successfully fight the climate crisis we are facing, we must also fight the systems of white supremacy, racism, greed, and exploitation that have led us to it. Fighting for climate justice means fighting for a world that is safe, healthy, and just for all of its inhabitants. We must enact climate emergency plans at the local, national, and international level. 2. We demand justice and asylum for people displaced by climate change.Individuals and families displaced by climate change seek asylum in a safe place because they have nowhere else to go. Climate justice means abolishing ICE, closing concentration camps at the border, ending family separation, and creating inclusive new laws and regulations that treat everyone as human. 3. We demand policy based on science. We have eleven years before the effects of the climate emergency are irreversible. We can’t afford to compromise with climate change deniers. We must enact immediate legislation based on scientific analysis of carbon emissions and the ways that climate disasters impact certain communities. Science clearly shows that global temperatures are rising dangerously, and that we are on track to face unprecedented climate disasters. We demand a Green New Deal, a resolution that lays out a science-based plan to reach negative carbon emissions by 2030. 4. We demand that people, not corporations, influence politics.Representation and transparency are vital for successful democracies; corporate money must be taken out of politics. We demand all politicians sign the “No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge.” We demand Citizens United must be overturned and super PAC’s be abolished. Corporate funding and donations from millionaires and billionaires must be replaced with public funding of elections in addition to small-dollar donations. To ensure that every vote counts, we must restore the Voting Rights Act, secure automatic registration for every citizen above 18, and re-enfranchise those convicted of felonies. 5. We demand equal rights for all.The government must be for the people, by the people; all policies and decisions made must be for the benefit of all. Black and trans lives matter; the Equality Act must be passed. The rights of Brown, Black, and Middle Eastern migrants must be respected. Women deserve full reproductive justice, and equity in the workplace. We demand universal background checks and Medicare for All in order to ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone. We demand diversity and representation, and intersectionality must fuel the climate justice movement. Frontline communities must have a voice and leadership role, and we look to indigenous communities to lead the transition to a just and sustainable world. 6. We demand that humans protect the rights of nature.Just as humans have rights, nature has rights. Humans have a moral obligation to respect and protect plants, animals, and ecosystems. We demand that the rights of nature be legally represented. This includes legislation to provide sanctuary for endangered species, regulate hunting, and end deforestation, pollution, destructive fuel extraction, fracking, factory farming, and unsustainable agriculture. All life is interconnected, and we must live in harmony with the Earth. 7. We demand a just transition Countries and individuals that have contributed the most to climate change must be held accountable. We demand urgent climate action, including the GND, that protects vulnerable communities and create economic justice. Policies must respect workers’ rights ’to living wages and health care, young people’s rights to free, relevant education, and everyone’s right to affordable housing. To quote Movement Generation: Transition is inevitable. Justice is not. A just transition is the process of getting from where we are to where we need to be by transforming the systems of economy and governance. A just transition requires moving from a globalized capitalist industrial economy to linked local living participatory economies that provide well-being for all. For more information about the actions you can do through the week please visit our website: youthvsapocalypse.org -------------------------------------------------- Fr. River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S.T. P.O. Box 642656 San Francisco, CA 94164 www.temenos.org 415-305-2124 ---------------------------------------------------- We are in need of money for socks and food, our need for socks has increased three fold in the last year, and the Food bank is low on food, so we are having to purchase food at super markets. So please consider to give. Your donations are tax deductible. Give through mailing to P.O. Box 642656 or through Pay pal, which you can find on temenos.org. All checks to be tax deductible must be made to Temenos Catholic Worker. Thank you!

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creativesage · 7 years ago

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By Greg Satell

It often seems easy to know when the next big thing is upon us. Someone like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk stands on stage and tells us what is being launched next. The business press gets excited, pundits swoon and a thousand imitators are created. Before long an ecosystem develops and the world is forever changed.

In reality though, things are much murkier than that. Innovation is a process of discovery, engineering and transformation and it is only the last part that is visible to most of us. The seeds of a revolution start long before, in obscure labs and at conferences with high priests presenting papers written in arcane vernacular.

Since the 1950s, the engine that’s driven new knowledge to, as Vannevar Bush put it, “turn the wheels of private and public enterprise,” has been the US government. Unfortunately, moving new discoveries out of federal labs has often been a slow and cumbersome process, but a new model holds promise for greatly accelerating breakthrough innovation.

The Birth Of JCESR

Since the beginning of the new century, wind and solar technologies have been moving fast, increasing efficiency at a rate comparable to that of computer chips. Similar advances in electric cars point toward the possibility of a future beyond the fossil fuels. Yet in both cases, battery technology is a enormous barrier to unlocking the potential of green energy.

Both wind and solar need backups for when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Electric cars need batteries that are powerful enough to quell “range anxiety” and cheap enough to make them cost-competitive with gasoline-powered engines. For both the grid and transportation, it’s been estimated that battery costs need to come down to $100 Kwh to make a clean energy future viable.

It’s also clear that a replacement needs to be found for the current lithium-ion technology that has been the gold standard for nearly 40 years, but is nearing theoretical limits. That was the impetus for the creation of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) in 2012, an innovative partnership between the Department of Energy, academic labs and private industry.

The idea behind JCESR is that in order to accelerate innovation you need to strengthen links between discovery and commercialization. Scientists need feedback from private industry so that they can focus their efforts on the ideas with the most potential in the marketplace, while private companies need insight into current research in order to prepare for the future.

Today, five years later, the model seems to be an enormous success.

Processes Before Products

Developing new battery chemistry is generally a long, painstaking process. Literally thousands of materials need to be tested in order to identify even a few promising candidates. Then, those components need to be evaluated to see if they can be made into a safe, viable battery that will be both more powerful and cheaper than existing products.

So the scientists at JCESR realized that before they could start coming up with a better battery, they needed to innovate the research process. So they started by building new tools, including materials and electrolyte genomes as well as techno-economic modeling to test the market viability of an idea before further work is done on it.

“The triumph of the materials genome approach is that it let us discard 98% of the possibilities and pare it down to just a few really promising candidates,” George Crabtree, Director of JCESR, told me. That, along with the techno-economic modeling helped save huge amounts of time and resources that would otherwise be spent going down blind alleys.

These tools provide value far beyond government and academic labs. Because JCESR is a public-private partnership, involving about a hundred partner companies which range from the large enterprises to small startups, firms across the country are using them to speed up their own development.

A Nascent Revolution

Today, JCESR is coming to the end of its original 5-year mission and it has exceeded all expectations. Initially, it was expected to come up with two viable prototypes, but it actually has come up with four — two for the grid and two for transportation. There is still much work to be done, but we’re eons closer to a clean energy future than we were.

The program has also helped to spin off a number of promising startups, including Baseload Renewables, Blue Current and Sepion Technologies, with many more likely to come. Going from basic research in the lab to a technology advanced enough to attract private investment in less than five years is unusual, but to do it three times over is even more impressive.

Probably most importantly, the program shown what can be achieved through greater collaboration between the government, academic labs and private, profit-seeking companies. Historically, these have held each other at arm’s length, which slows down innovation considerably, but at JCESR, they each inform the other, greatly accelerating the innovation process.

“Usually discovery propagates at the speed of publication,” JCESR’s Crabtree told me. “But here, we can operate within the time frame of the next coffee break.”

Where Do We Go From Here?

Energy storage is one of the most profound problems facing us today, but it is far from the only one. Climate change, food sustainability, healthcare and many other pressing issues need radically new solutions. There are also a number of powerful new technologies, such as genomics, nanotechnology and robotics, that can redefine what we thought was possible.

Look at any significant modern technology and much, if not all, of the initial scientific work was funded by a government program. In fact, Google itself began with a National Science Foundation grant. Still, historically the process of getting those discoveries translated into marketable products has been slow, usually taking decades.

The JCESR model offers a great blueprint for the future. Innovation is always about networks rather than nodes and it is essential that we learn how to build those connections faster. Building intense collaboration between government labs, academic institutions and private businesses will be key to maintaining our technological and competitive edge.

Unfortunately, we seem to be going in the opposite direction. Since its peak in 1964, federal investment in R&D has fallen from nearly 12% of the total federal budget to less than 4% and, in the current political climate, support for research is likely to diminish even further. That is going to make it much harder to maintain critical programs like JCESR.

Prosperity and technological dominance are not birthrights. If we want to win the future, we have to invest in it.

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Additionally, Founder/CEO/Chief Imagination Officer Cathryn Hrudicka maintains a multidisciplinary artist account at @CathrynHrudicka that some of you may want to follow, too. She has served as an Artist-in-Residence, and can recommend other Artists-in-Residence in all artistic disciplines, for companies and organizations.

At Creative Sage™, we love to work with clients on social innovation, educational innovation, healthcare innovation, civic and government innovation projects, as well as corporate innovation projects. Our core capabilities include creativity training and coaching, and the design and facilitation of innovation programs, including in the areas of design thinking, arts-based processes, applications of science and neuroscience tools when appropriate, change management, and business model innovation.

We have been very effective in helping organizational leaders and employees move through transitions and cultural changes. We work with for-profit, nonprofit, B-corps, trade associations, and other types of organizations.

In addition to offering our services in creativity and innovation program design, consulting, leadership coaching, and training, we may be able to help your organization define and choose a Chief Innovation Officer (or another innovation management role) — or our founder, Cathryn Hrudicka, may be able to serve in an innovation project management role for your organization, on a contract, part-time or limited full-time basis.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your situation and how we can help your organization move forward to a more innovative and profitable future. You can also call us at 1-510-845-5510 in San Francisco / Silicon Valley.

We look forward to helping you find the path to luminous creativity and continuous innovation!

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watchyourrepsmn-blog · 8 years ago

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MN Action Alert - Omnibus Bills

Last Updated 05/12/2017

The omnibus budget bills are coming out of conference committee and the GOP has requested the governor respond by Thursday. Information on exactly what is in these bills is still being compiled (some information below) but the governor could use some calls to let him know the people of MN have his back.

Please call the governor (651-201-3400) and let him know you support a budget that fully funds programs and services and that you will not accept cuts to services to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

Additionally, please pick an issue or two from what we know about the omnibus bills listed below to talk to the governor about. You can also call the members of the conference committee. This is particularly impactful if they represent you. If not, then please call the chairs.

If a bill isn’t listed, it’s because I have no information about the current conference committee version. I’ll update this list as I learn more.

HF861 – Transportation Omnibus.

I have reviewed the policy provisions in this bill. Originally this bill had a 40% cut to transit funding. The GOP have come up from that number considerably but the new funding stills leave a 2018-2019 deficit of $17.5 million. Besides the budget, this bill has two main issues:

This bill reorganizes and micromanages the Metropolitan Council. They have backed off of a lot, but are still making major changes to the Met in a budget bill.

It removes any obligation by the state to support fare subsidies for new light rail (which are the lowest of any form of public transit) unless an appropriation is passed by law for a specific project. This includes so much as adding a new stop.

I do want you to know this bill isn’t all doom and gloom. It has some good provisions to support bikeways and non-motorized transportation along with improving the safety of rail crossings where hazardous material is transported.

Chairs: Senator Scott Newman and Representative Paul Torkelson

Members:

House: Torkelson, Petersburg, Howe, Runbeck, Koznick

Senate: Newman, Jasinski, Kiffmeyer, Osmek, Sparks

HF890 – Education Omnibus.

So far, I know this bill under-funds education (1.5% increase when the minimum needed to avoid service cuts is 2%) and eliminates voluntary pre-K.

Chairs: Senator Carla Nelson and Representative Jenifer Loon

Members:

House: Loon, Erickson, Bennett, Kresha, Murphy

Senate: Nelson, Pratt, Weber, Eichorn, Wiger

SF1937 – Jobs Omnibus.

The provision to prevent Internet Service Providers from monitoring and selling your browsing history was removed. This provision was passed in both the House and Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support (it even passed 66-1 in the Senate). It should be re-added to the bill. Additionally, this bill bans any regulation on VOIP services or IP-enabled services.

The Jobs bill also has a number of provisions that add up to a big boost for fossil fuel companies.

Requires all gas pumps to display a sign with the state and federal gas tax amounts. This is just a way to try and turn people off of gas taxes. It does nothing for jobs.

End the Made in Minnesota solar program

Changes the renewable energy development fund into a clean energy advancement fund. While there are some good specifications for what the money can be spent on, all requirements that it be spent to promote renewable energy have been removed.

Includes the language around electricity co-ops that Dayton vetoed earlier this year

Requires that Public Utilities Commission to assess economic and job factors when making decisions and, if there is any ambiguity between the best choices for them to make between jobs and environmental and other factors, requires them to choose jobs over the environment or other factors

Exempts oil and gas pipelines from certificate of need requirements

Restricts alternative pipeline routing options that can be made as part of an environmental assessment

Removes restrictions on importing or purchasing power from out of state that would increase statewide carbon dioxide emissions

Suspends all financing for energy improvements to residences until the legislature passes consumer protection legislation. I can’t tell from the bill if this is intended to help with a real problem or just to suspend these types of home improvements. I’ll keep an eye out and see if I can find more information.

Additionally, it preempts local authority to regulate the types of bags used by retailers (basically prevents cities from banning plastic bags).

The bill reorganizes a number of committees and boards. I cannot access if these are good or bad, but I feel large changes like this should be vetted in their own bills. The organizations affected are: Workforce Development Board, Iron Range Resources Board, and the Legislative Energy Commission. Additionally the bill freezes the staff levels and administrative costs of the Housing Finance Agency at 2017 levels.

Chairs: Senator Miller, Representative Garofalo

Members:

House: Garofalo, Newberger, Hoppe, O’Neill, Mahoney

Senate: Miller, Osmek, Dahms, Anderson P, Champion

SF605 – State Government Finance Omnibus.

Eliminates the Office of Economic Status of Women. This office creates non-partisan assessments of how legislation will impact the economic status of women. Also ends the public financing of political campaigns. Publicly financed elections are an excellent way to foster small “d” democracy. We need to counteract the influence of big money. We also need to encourage candidates to spend more time talking to constituents and less time raising money. This bill also under-funds executive offices, puts a cap on the number of employees and freezes their salaries. This is the GOP trying to micromanage the executive branch. As if that wasn’t enough, it also cuts funding to the State Demographer’s office for the 2020 census (which determines not just voting districts and seats in congress, but also access to numerous funds and services). Also, skimps on cyber-security funding.

Chairs: Representative S Anderson, Senator Kiffmeyer

Members:

House: Anderson S, O’Driscoll, Dettmer, Fenton, Nash

Senate: Kiffmeyer, Anderson B, Koran, Hall, Laine

SF800 – Health and Human Services.

Eliminates MNSure in 2019. Cuts $482 million in funding. The bill allows non-profit HMOs to convert to for-profit businesses with little oversight or regulation while walking away with billions in assets meant for the public interest. 20% cut to family planning special project. Also includes special reporting requirements for abortions done via telemedicine. These are low risk, medically induced, early stage, abortions where the medicine is prescribed in a different location than where it is taken. This could have a chilling effect on doctors will to subscribe those medications or places will to allow patients to take them. Relaxes regulations on insurance companies. One example is allowing them to cancel your policy if you are a single day late (no more grace period).

Chairs: Senator Michelle Benson and Representative Matt Dean

Members:

House: Dean, Albright, Schomacker, Kiel, Schultz

Senate: Benson, Abeler, Housley, Utke, Lourey

SF2214 – Higher Education Omnibus.

The version of this bill proposed by the conference committee has a harmful combination of under-funding and tuition freezes. It’s also skews funding heavily towards Minnesota State University over the University of Minnesota. The budget is only 39% of what Governor Dayton would like to see. This level of funding will make it very difficult for our university system to serve the students, but when you mix under-funding with a tuition freeze it will mean program and service cuts, larger class sizes, and staff and teacher layoffs. Additionally, Governor Dayton recommended a 60/40 split of whatever budget is negotiated between Minnesota State University and the University of Minnesota, instead this bill is an 80/20 split in favor of Minnesota State. The budget target also got even smaller in conference committee.

Chairs: Representative Nornes, Senator Fischbach

Members:

House: Nornes, Christensen, Daniels, Whelan, Omar

Senate: Fischbach, Draheim, Anderson P, Jensen, Clausen

SF803 – Public Safety Omnibus.

Still contains provisions to use private prisons. Also, still contains the anti-protestors provisions. Allows off-duty police officers to carry weapons into private establishments (does not require them to prove they are police officers). Does not properly fund the court system.

Chairs: Senator Warren Limmer and Representative Tony Cornish

Members:

House: Cornish, Johnson, Zerwas, Scott, Hilstrom

Senate: Limmer, Anderson B, Johnson, Latz, Relph

HF4 – Taxes Omnibus.

Uses up most of the surplus through $1.15 billion on tax cuts. Tax cuts for the lowest tax bracket were removed from the bill. Gives tax credits for private charter school tuition. Exempts the new soccer stadium in Saint Paul from ever paying property taxes.

There’s some good forms of relief in here too, like a student loan tax credit and expansion of the child and dependent care credit. But under-funding nearly every other part of government to pay for all these tax deductions isn’t acceptable.

Chairs: Representative Davids, Senator Chamberlain

Members:

House: Davids, Drazkowski, McDonald, Hertaus, Marquart

Senate: Chamberlain, Dahms, Miller, Senjem, Rest

HF888 – Environmental Omnibus.

Not much info on this one yet, but the DNR commissioner said the current funding levels would lead to 100 full-time employees being laid off.

Chairs: Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen and Representative Dan Fabian

Members:

House: Fabian, Heintzeman, Swedzinski, Uglem, Ecklunc

Senate: Ingebrigtsen, Ruud, Westrom, Mathews, Tomassoni

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