Madalsa

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I study carbon-constrained electricity and transportation systems at Stanford. she/her.
I share papers mostly, but I like and care about a lot of other things too.

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fed some sheep at a community solar project

Climate policies are also labor policies. This is a climate win of course but setting federal standards to protect workers from heat is a working class labor win. From farm workers to USPS drivers to literally everyone who doesn’t work in an AC office. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat ruleswww.theguardian.com President hails proposal to protect millions of Americans from extreme heat – the top weather-related US killer

happy pride!!! Me this weekend. So upset

Btw chevron deference got you this

Seriously. I come from a polluted country. Ya'll need to send a thank you note to epa everyday

Been a depressing few weeks as someone who works on environment and climate in the United States

been living in SF for a few weeks and I think about this all the time

Congratulations!!!

any EV less than 100 mpge tbh

I left my parents alone for a day and they showed me photos of their walk from japantown to…. Tenderloin

Just astounding how quickly Kathy Hochul has given in to every anti-climate group. Like at least put up a little bit of fight man.

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Studies repeatedly show that congestion pricing's popularity is lowest *right before it gets implemented,* recovering and quickly becoming popular once citizens start to see the benefits of it, so of course NY Dems are committed to staying in that "almost implemented" period as long as possible

So fucking depressing. I was in NYC last week and biked around reading these congestion pricing ads.

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Thank you!!!

America is decades behind in its transportation policy because of a fear in its political class to enact any rules — even if widely popular — against automobile hegemony. It’s mind boggling for a rich state with massive political capital to buckle like this on the eve of policy implementation.

Colossal climate defeat buckling to very poorly evidenced political pressures. Also there’s a difference between not doing something and cancelling a policy at the very last minute — MTA has already invested millions cameras, sensors, license plate readers etc in anticipation.

Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt congestion pricing in NYC — if it holds — is a generational setback for US climate policy. It is worse than the Mountain Valley pipeline or Willow project in Alaska, and it will have lacerating national implications. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/economy/kath...

Kathy Hochul’s Climate Betrayalheatmap.news Delaying congestion pricing is one of the worst climate policy decisions made by any Democrat in recent memory.

New Yorkers - write to Gov Hochul. It saves MTA, local businesses (which will be taxed due to rescinding this plan), and your air quality. Congestion pricing has worked well in all peer cities. NYC deserves better! www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove...

Governor Contact Formwww.governor.ny.gov

I defended my PhD this Tuesday and did not take a single photo with my committee or friends (brain no work). this is me 15 minutes post Thank you to my advisor (the best)/mentors/friends/family. I’m gonna go on a long break

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“Sometimes the materials that come out of the permafrost aren’t even dead. In another part of Siberia, the warming ground has yielded a 24,000-year-old invertebrate that was able to reproduce once it was thawed” ok wtf

Opinion | A Giant Crater in Siberia Is Belching Up Russia’s Pastwww.nytimes.com A yawning hole in the Siberian landscape should be a warning about the dangers of extraction.

Had a job talk today — a day after my defense — and I think I might have bungled the questions post talk :(

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A Biden Administration decision would end new coal leasing on federal lands in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, the nation's most prolific coal mining region: wapo.st/3ynKloa 🔌💡

The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal miningwapo.st The Biden administration’s decision ends new leasing in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, the nation’s biggest coal-producing region.

80 slides for 50 minutes oh boy

how to enjoy giving talks.. seriously

thinking of putting a slide w just epa and hearts and kiss emojis around it in my defense

Seriously. I come from a polluted country. Ya'll need to send a thank you note to epa everyday

everything in the universe is telling me to rewatch drive my car

most beautiful movie, most beautiful score.

steve albini obits prove that you can be a die hater but beloved as long as you have a smidge of integrity and morals

oh man australians call their electricians sparkie. soooo cute

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Costa Samaras

So good to see you Prof. Samaras!!!