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If you haven't already, please check out and help share my new TEDx on reframing our climate conversations! Solving climate change isn’t about “saving the Earth”🌎 It’s about saving us and our place within nature before it’s too late.⌛️ My new TEDx shows how we can reframe our climate conversations and make the changes we need: ➡️https://youtube.com/watch?v=ye42fgXGLU8 Please view, like, comment (all on YouTube), and share! Thank you.
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TEDx and TEDxPearlStreet just uploaded my recent talk: "The Future of Climate Change is Personal." ➡️https://youtube.com/watch?v=ye42fgXGLU8 There is a problem with climate change messaging. We must radically reframe our conversations around three simple principles. Please watch and help share what I think is a unique and important climate message. YouTube likes and positive comments are very much appreciated as are RTs and shares on Twitter: ➡️https://twitter.com/ClimateExplainr/status/1562140138410577921?s=20&t=myh6QSjFTDHbVonfolDqBQ Thank you 😊
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True.
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Agree! We need to reframe how we talk and communicate about climate change
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There is renewed hope for Build Back Better and the largest clean energy investments in US history--critical to achieving climate stability and our Paris Agreement goals! Join me now in contacting Congress to say: Clean Energy Can't Wait! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/clean-energy-cant-wait?source=twitter& Clean Energy For America is leading the charge on this call to action! Let's give them praise, take action, and support their work!
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A massive oil and gas project in Alaska, if approved, would negate all of the greenhouse gas reduction goals President Biden has set for America's public lands. The Washington Post reports that a new analysis by the Center for American Progress looked at the potential carbon output of ConocoPhillips' Willow project, which aims to extract more than 500 million barrels of oil from the Arctic over 30 years. According to the Bureau of Land Management's estimates, Willow would release more than 250 metric tons of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. In contrast, President Biden has promised to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, and permit 25 gigawatts of new onshore renewable energy on public lands by 2025. CAP found those new projects would prevent 129 million metric tons of carbon emissions. In other words, the Willow project would release nearly twice as much carbon into the atmosphere as President Biden aims to save on public lands and waters. “The Biden administration has set ambitious renewable and climate commitments, and I think they need to recognize that this project could have a legacy-defining impact just due to its carbon emissions alone,” said Jenny Rowland-Shea, CAP's deputy director for public lands. The Willow project is almost laughably incompatible with the climate goals and international obligations made by the Biden administration. The ConocoPhillips project would lock in oil infrastructure for at least the next three decades, and plans call for 250 wells, 37 miles of roads, 386 miles of pipelines, airstrips, and a new central processing facility to be built in the remote Arctic. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-biden-administrations-easiest-climate-win-is-waiting-in-the-arctic/
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Approving this project would be very stupid and dangerous... Why can't politicians understand that we don't have time for more fossil fuels?
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This is really a bad development that will increase CO2 emissions and pull back the positive effect of the fast growing renewable energy sector. Thanks for sharing this important information
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Important new piece by my long-time friend Andrés Jimenez and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva -- chair of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. The environmental conservation community still faces many racial and diversity challenges. Learn more from this new op-ed in The Hill and check out the great work Andrés's organization Green 2.0 is doing. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/593226-dear-white-enviros-you-cant-fight-climate-change
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Great piece you won't solve the climate crisis without including every one
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the fight against climate change should be a communal thing no matter one's color, background, or ethnicity as climate change affects us all
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PART TWO: There is so much misinformation about the Paris Agreement and what needs to happen over the next 30 years (from a policy perspective). So I am reposting a long-form article I published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs breaking these points down -- as well as why the business community would benefit from increased U.S. climate policy leadership. These points and messages are as true today as they were when I first wrote them. Check out -- The Business Case for U.S. Policy Leadership in Combating Climate Change. Part two: the next thirty years: https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/2017/9/18/the-business-case-for-us-policy-leadership-in-combatting-climate-change-part-two Feel free to post any questions or comments you have after reading and I will address them.
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PART ONE: There is so much misinformation about the Paris Agreement and what needs to happen over the next 30 years (from a policy perspective). So I am reposting a long-form article I published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs breaking these points down -- as well as why the business community would benefit from increased U.S. climate policy leadership. These points and messages are as true today as they were when I first wrote them. Check out -- The Business Case for U.S. Policy Leadership in Combating Climate Change. Part one: how we got here and understanding the Paris Agreement: https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/2017/9/14/zvzbzlgojnjv84ao2o9pwl20i7p4nv Feel free to post any questions or comments you have after reading and I will address them.
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Patagonia is well known for using the power of their brand to raise awareness about environmental degradation. They have now thrown in their support for restoring Roadless Rule protections in Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- the U.S.'s rainforest and largest old-growth forest. Trump removed protections for 9 million acres in the forest and opened it up to clear cut industrial logging. Biden is now seeking public comment to restore these protections and keep the forest protected. Keeping this forest protected, and the carbon it stores, is critical to our climate strategy. Patagonia status: https://twitter.com/patagonia/status/1479571900539944962 And please comment here before Jan 22: https://saveourroadlessforests.com/take-action/
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Love Patagonia — Great clothes and values!
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Patagonia is always inspiring!
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If you've ever been to a UNFCCC COP then you know about IISD / Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Their coverage of the COPs, and climate topics in general, are second to none. Here's a great recent article about the Paris Agreement’s new Article 6 rules dealing with carbon markets -- which going into COP26 in Glasgow was the most contentious piece of the Paris Agreement text left to settle. COP26 resulted in the conclusion of Article 6 which is a HUGE win. What do these new rules mean and what can we learn from the past: https://www.iisd.org/articles/paris-agreement-article-6-rules
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Seems counterintuitive to be giving climate praise to America's largest coal miners union, but give credit where credit is due. Cecil Roberts, President of United Mine Workers of America, is urging Senator Joe Manchin to support Build Back Better -- WITH the climate provisions. According to UMWA, the bill would help coal industry workers (as it would all working-class families) due to the child tax credit, paid leave, expanding Medicare, and education investments. The clean energy investments could also help retrain miners for clean-energy jobs and bring new renewable energy investments to places like West Virginia. There is no coal industry excuse Manchin can hide behind after these statements by UMWA. More on this story and statements here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/manchin-united-mine-workers-build-back-better/
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Dear Will Hackman Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Cecil Roberts (labor unionist) and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Very good! Great and informative post. The cola miners definitely deserve credit for this!
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Okay look, it's no secret Senator Manchin holds the fate of Build Back Better in his hands in a narrowly D-controlled Senate. And that bill would have invested $555 billion in clean electricity, electric vehicles, and reducing methane emissions -- making it the largest legislative clean energy bill in American history. We desperately need this investment and should have rallied behind it with a unified climate activist voice from the beginning -- which some did not. That said, there are two things we need to keep in mind now: 1. There are other ways to make policy in the US and saying this one action has "Doomed American Climate Policy" is counterproductive. Federal regulatory actions are how we get strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, methane rules, clean air and water standards, and much more. We can take many regulatory actions that will significantly reduce GHG emissions. Also, cities and states are the engines of Democracy and local policies carry huge power. There are actions all of us can take in our home states and towns to help support local / statewide emissions reductions plans / net-zero pledges. Most big cities have these now -- look yours up. All this is not to say we don't still need Congress to pass new legislative climate bills. Which brings me to... 2. Senator Manchin is an elected, public official. WE have the power to call his office, write letters, send emails, and let our voices be heard on this issue. We all have the power to engage in our democratic institutions and we all need to in this critical moment. But he's not the only one who needs to hear from us. He is responding to public pressure and Biden's sliding approval rating that are moving the conversation the opposite direction and causing a freeze in political will for large legislative priorities. We HAVE to organize and work harder to counter this slide. We are losing the public narrative because there are too many out there who have become doom-and-gloom-apathetic or are divided over what to do on climate -- and think public policy is broken and doesn't work for them anymore. This is a problem for many climate activists too. We have a historic clean energy investment here that needs our help! Let's make our voices heard! https://www.vox.com/2021/12/19/22845060/joe-manchin-climate-change-build-back-better-clean-energy
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Scotland sacked coal Joe - you can too.
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I think Joe Manchin is slowly receiving as many climate warnings as Bolsonaro, a performance! Thank you for showing that it's not only doom and gloom and there are solutions for hindering his destructive efforts to stop climate action.
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Excited that my new article posted on exploring careers in environmental policy and climate change! Featuring some of the story of my trajectory and two interviews with people working in the field, at different places in their careers, and what tips they have for others. I wrote this one for Terra.do -- an online climate school aiming to solve climate change. They bring the world's top experts to teach you all aspects of climate - science, policy, business, social justice during their 12-week online program. Check them out and check out my new article if you've ever been interested in entering the field of environmental and climate policy! Direct: https://blog.terra.do/curbing-climate-change-with-environmental-policy-jobs/ Or on my LinkedIn feed: linkedin.com/in/willhackman/ Or my Twitter: @ClimateExplainr
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During the Trump Administration, 9.2 million acres in America's largest national forest and one of the world's largest temperate rainforests, were opened up to clear cut logging and development. Thankfully, the Biden Administration is reversing this decision. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now taking public comment on their final decision -- and it's important to make your voice heard! Roadless area protections sustain Southeast Alaska’s remaining ancient forests that include thousand-year-old Sitka spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar. For generations, Southeast Alaska’s Indigenous peoples’ way of life has been intrinsically connected to this forest, salmon streams, and nearby shores. Many Southeast Alaska tribes called on the Forest Service to maintain roadless protections to conserve the traditional habitats that have been essential to tribes’ food security and cultural identity since time immemorial. These areas of the Tongass are also home to brown bear, wolf, eagles, black-tailed deer, and world-class salmon habitat that supports commercial and recreational fisheries. The Tongass produces 25% of the entire West Coast’s annual salmon harvest, which is estimated to generate $986 million annually. Restoring protections to the Tongass now is vital to protecting sensitive ecosystems and conserving taxpayer dollars, and is consistent with the Biden administration’s policies on climate change and recognition of Indigenous communities. Take action now to protect the Tongass, America’s largest rainforest! Tell @SecVilsack @USDA @forestservice to restore protections to 9.2 million acres in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Comment & RT to make your voice heard: https://saveourroadlessforests.com/take-action/ #SaveRoadless #ProtectTheTongass
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Dear Will Hackman Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to United States Department of Agriculture and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Thanks for this important post, Will.
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Thanks for the info. Did not know about this. I hope they do the right thing!
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Thank you so much for sharing! Very important people make their voices heard during this critical public comment period. U.S.'s largest old-growth carbon dense forest.
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Should You Invest in a GHG Accounting and Reporting Certificate? About the author Will Hackman is a conservation and climate policy expert with more than a decade of professional experience in U.S. political campaigning, public policy process, NGO / non-profit leadership, and global environmental issue advocacy: willhackman.com | twitter.com/ClimateExplainr. A few years ago, McDonald’s became the first major restaurant company to set science-based targets to reduce their global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions — and by a huge amount by 2030. In a press release highlighting their new initiative, McDonald’s stated, “this is the equivalent of taking 32 million passenger cars off the road for an entire year or planting 3.8 billion trees and growing them for 10 years. The target will enable McDonald’s to grow as a business without growing its emissions.” McDonald’s is far from the first company to take climate change seriously and pledge reductions from their operations and supply chains. Nearly 700 companies, representing over $15.7 trillion in market cap, have committed to reduce their emissions by a total of 2.31 gigatons — equivalent to the total annual emissions of Russia. This commitment is part of a pledge created by the We Mean Business coalition that organizes the private sector toward fulfilling global climate goals. How? Over the course of three days, I was fortunate to be sponsored to participate in a World Resources Institute (WRI) online training to receive my certificate in GHG accounting and reporting — aka “the GHG Protocol,” aka the “corporate standard.” It was fascinating to learn what goes into a company’s accounting process when determining total emissions from their facilities (and supply chains, and subsidiaries, and indirect facilities like purchased power or contracted delivery services). The private sector is a huge generator of global GHG emissions and the first step in reducing those emissions to meet global climate goals is to understand how much is being produced. More than 90% of global 500 companies use the corporate standard. The standard, pioneered by WRI, a U.S.-based environmental NGO, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a Geneva-based coalition of 170 international companies, was launched in 1998 with the mission to develop internationally accepted greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting standards for business and to promote their broad adoption. A step-by-step guide for companies to use in quantifying and reporting their GHG emissions can be found for free here. But basically the point of the training was to show those working in GHG accounting roles for their companies how to prepare their emissions inventories. Why? One of the main questions for me going into the training was why would a major company with a presumably large carbon footprint volunteer to account for this if there’s no law requiring them to do so. I learned that there are actually quite a few reasons businesses #SeeValue in developing their GHG inventories. As stakeholders, the public, and governments demand increased action on climate change, companies must ensure long-term success in a competitive business environment. They must be prepared and understand their GHG risks so that they can take full advantage of the many programs that will inevitably be created to facilitate global emissions reductions (including carbon trading markets) as well as comply with increased regulations. By accounting for their emissions, companies are then able to design voluntary programs to reduce emissions over time. These steps can help a company stand out and be perceived as committed to sustainability. This early action also enables a company to be recognized, and potentially even credited, when future regulatory programs are initiated. The five principles. The training contained a lot of complicated scenarios and calculations. But corporate GHG accounting and reporting all boils down to five main principles. I’ve included them here, verbatim from WRI’s website: RELEVANCE: Ensure the GHG inventory appropriately reflects the GHG emissions of the company and serves the decision-making needs of users — both internal and external to the company. COMPLETENESS: Account for and report on all GHG emission sources and activities within the chosen inventory boundary. Disclose and justify any specific exclusions. CONSISTENCY: Use consistent methodologies to allow for meaningful comparisons of emissions over time. Transparently document any changes to the data, inventory boundary, methods, or any other relevant factors in the time series. TRANSPARENCY: Address all relevant issues in a factual and coherent manner, based on a clear audit trail. Disclose any relevant assumptions and make appropriate references to the accounting and calculation methodologies and data sources used. ACCURACY: Ensure that the quantification of GHG emissions is systematically neither over nor under actual emissions, as far as can be judged, and that uncertainties are reduced as far as practicable. Achieve sufficient accuracy to enable users to make decisions with reasonable assurance as to the integrity of the reported information. Do it. If you’re like me, chances are you want to do something in your career to address some of the many challenges posed by climate change. Whether that road takes you to the public, private, non-profit, or academic sectors, gaining an understanding of how companies are accounting for and reporting their GHG emissions could be really useful. This training will solidify your understanding of direct and indirect emissions, organizational and operational boundaries to reporting, and provide you with the tools to compile your company’s GHG inventory if that’s the role you find yourself in some day. There are real-world actions being taken throughout society right now to reduce emissions and combat climate change. Corporate GHG accounting is one of them — and it could make a huge difference.
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