Peter Jarka-Sellers
@pjarkasellers.bsky.social
Policy at Run On Climate @runonclimate.bsky.social. Climate & energy policy in the US, internationally (esp Europe/India). Johns Hopkins @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social SAIS alum. Philly native 🦅, runner, podcast lover, auch Österreicher. 🇦🇹 🇺🇸 Opinions mine.
We’re excited to endorse Ryan Schuchard for re-election for Boulder City Council! 🎉 Ryan has led the fight for sustainability in Boulder by introducing and passing effective policies that protect the planet and the city’s residents. Best of luck to Ryan!🌳🌎 Learn more at ryanwithboulder.com
www.psehealthyenergy.org/work/restaur... Over two-thirds of gas commercial kitchens recorded nitrogen dioxide levels above the safe threshold. Also problems with carbon monoxide and benzene, which causes cancer. Getting gas out of kitchens is a safety and worker protection issue beyond climate.
Gas-powered appliances increase temperatures and air pollution in U.S. restaurant kitchens
PSE Healthy Energy assessed air, water, and hazardous waste risks from manufacturing 18 clean energy technologies in California’s Green Empowerment Zone.
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Why did Ken Paxton run an ad during the 1pm Eagles-Rams game in the Philly media market??
Despite climate hushing, concern about the climate crisis is the second highest it’s ever been among Democrats. And very close to the all-time high among Independents.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3w ago6% of Republicans think climate change is a major problem, down from 13% in 2009 news.gallup.com/poll/708050/...
Grotesque
Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · last mo.Can't get numb to this: it's frightening how Trump et al have normalized lawless behavior by govt officials. US govt cruelty to immigrants is not remotely new, but people like Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, moved the Overton window on accepting scandalous outrages. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
In Boston and ran along the river. If you’re on the path along the river and want to cross the BU bridge, you can’t b/c the stairs up to the bridge are on the other side of a very busy road w no crossing. Stairs on that side of the road would be a simple but big improvement! @wutrain.bsky.social
www.planetizen.com/news/2026/08... "Living in a tree-lined city brings numerous benefits for its residents: they cool streets by up to two degrees Fahrenheit, improve air quality, better residents mental health and even decrease heat-related illnesses and deaths."
NYC will add nearly 10,000 acres of ‘urban forest’ by 2040
The city aims to increase canopy tree coverage by nearly 30% to cool streets and decrease heat-related illness.
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Thinking about the Da Vinci quote I saw in the Da Vinci museum in Rome that the human body being the most sophisticated machine he ever saw.
Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻@rvbdrm.com · 2mo agoIn the future, humanity’s primary function will be cleaning up after our robot overlords spasm into a pile of debris.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea... Electric heat pumps for industrial use saving this cheesemaker $94,000 per year by cutting electricity use in half. Highly efficient technology. More and more often, climate solutions are just better technology, regardless of their crucial emissions reductions.
World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat…
Innovative tech from U.K.-based Arkaya Energy cools fresh milk and redirects the resulting heat, saving Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers more than $90,000…
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We need more of this! Climate policy that improves peoples live directly. Wir brauchen mehr davon! Klimapolitische Maßnahmen, die das Leben von Leuten konkret verbessern.
European Environmental Bureau🍃@eeb.org · 2mo agoClimate action is about making life better. Just look at Latvia’s measures to help low-income households cut energy and transport costs: 🏠 €20k for home renovations 🚆 5 new electric trains 🚗 €15k for electric cars 🚌 On-demand public transport for remote areas 🚲 Free bike-sharing in 97 schools
Die Dürre sorgt für zunehmende Probleme im Osten Österreichs. Am Mittwoch brach ein Großbrand in der Lobau aus, trotz Probleme mit der Wasserversorgung konnte das Feuer gebändigt werden. Welche Folgen das trockene Klima auf Landwirtschaft, Stromversorgung und Pflanzen hat ↓
Hitzewelle: Die Lobau brannte und das ist nur eine Folge der Dürre
Waldbrände, Ernteausfälle, Probleme bei der Energieversorgung: Die Dürre stellt die Stadt vor Herausforderungen >>…
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Waldbrände, Dürre, Wasserknappheit, Extremtemperaturen. Ist keine Übertreibung: Heimatschutz = Klimaschutz Unserer Lebensstil, unsere Gesundheit, unsere Traditionen, unsere Wirtschaft stehen alle im Gefahr.
As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...
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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
🚨NEW from me: leading climate scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social tells me of his anger after witnessing firsthand the devastating Gironde wildfires - which he ties directly to politicians' inaction on fossil fuels.
Climate Scientist Fleeing Wildfires: ‘We’re In A Race Against Time’
Professor Stefan Rahmstorf escapes out-of-control wildfires in France, and warns fossil fuel inaction is supercharging climate disasters.
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Check out Your Guide to Climate Action: How to Move Beyond Your Footprint and Make a BIG Impact by Run On Climate supporter Ryan Hagen. For the next two weeks, Ryan will donate $10 from every book sold to Run On Climate.
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Wir haben unsere Unterlassungsklage gegen die FPÖ vor dem OGH gewonnen. Unsere Stellungnahme zu dem juristischen Erfolg findet sich auf www.doew.at/neues/doew-g...
I've seen enough! In City Hall, I'm working on transit improvements and decarbonization buildings right now. We know that gas in buildings and oil from cars and trucks are the two biggest sources of carbon pollution. Transit and electrification of buildings are our way out.
Senior Policy Associate, Peter Jarka-Sellers, has seen that growth firsthand over the past 14 months as our policy team has expanded its capacity to aid communities with new and bold climate policy. Here's to five years of growth and looking forward to the next five. 💚
Federal Appeals Court Upholds New York Limits on Fossil Fuel Use in Buildings cleantechnica.com/2026/06/30/f...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds New York Limits on Fossil Fuel Use in Buildings - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Second Circuit rejects industry challenges to building electrification requirements. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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SCOOP: Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally
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The day we electrify our homes is the day that breathing in your house doesn't raise your risk of cancer. I can't wait for that day. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/11/s...
Does your home use natural gas? Carcinogens may be leaking into your air. - The Boston Globe
The gas contains pollutants including benzene, a known carcinogen, raising concerns that residents are breathing in small quantities of toxins.
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California is installing zero-emission electric appliances and energy-saving upgrades at no cost to low-income households under @calenergy.bsky.social's Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/california-i... 🔌💡
California is investing a half-billion dollars to decarbonize homes for low-income households
California is installing zero-emission electric appliances and energy-saving upgrades at no cost to low-income households across the state under the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.
quittingcarbonmedia.com
"Die öffentliche Demütigung gab es schon mal. Von 1933 bis 1945 wurden etwa Sinti und Roma oder Juden auch gezwungen, vor der Haustür zu kehren und dann wurden sie deportiert. Die Botschaft lautet: 'Ihr seid nirgendwo sicher"
Teresa Bücker@teresabuecker.bsky.social · 4mo ago„AfD lässt Migranten putzen“ ist leider eine immens verharmlosende Überschrift für diesen Vorfall. www1.wdr.de/nrw/ruhrgebi...
Bovino empfahl der AfD, bei Zwangsmigration auf erprobte, deutsche "Kreativität" zu setzen. "The germans are very good at this. If you put that kind of creativity and innovation into mass remigration, you will be very successful and very quickly successful."
profil@profil.at · 4mo agoWie rechtsextrem muss man sein, um „Remigration“ zu fordern? Ein langer Tag auf einem Parkplatz in Portugal und einschlägige, prominente Aktivisten liefern Antworten.
Secretary Haaland (my former boss) will be a great next Governor of New Mexico! She lead on climate, clean energy, and justice for Native people at the Department of the Interior and will certainly continue that work as Governor.
Deb Haaland@debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew Mexico, thank you for believing in what we can build together. I’m honored to officially accept the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico.
