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The LA Times just published an OpEd I wrote on what we can do to respond to the problem of catastrophic wildfire.
Michael Wara
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Michael Wara
@MichaelWWara
Lawyer. Scholar. Advisor. Energy and Climate. Innovation in regulated industries. Interim Policy Lead, Sustainability Accelerator, @Stanforddoerr @StanfordWoods
Palo Alto, CA
Joined May 2017
- Nothing is better than picking up the love of your life and the mother of your children from the COVID ward because she is now well enough to come home. Nothing. Thank you @UCSF @Bob_Wachter you should be so proud of your team’s care and compassion.
- I just love this figure of Colorado River water usage from the @nytclimate today. I want a poster of it. Water law is animal law, at least in the West.
- State Farm is stopping the sale of new home-insurance policies in California effective Saturday, because of wildfire risk and rapid inflation in construction costs
- Emily Grubert shared this on another site (she didn’t know who made it) but it needs to be seen here too:
- Amazing what happens when you measure instead of estimate. Methane emissions from oil and gas are triple what EPA says they are. US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements | Nature
- This is critically important for air quality and public health folks in the US to understand. These fires are not being put out. Moreover, El Niño biases the season towards a more negative outlook in Canada.
00:13 - Lot's of people have been commenting about the jump in the middle of a brownfield site at the Olympics. What has most struck me are images like this one of the Downhill venue. And I actually think they are an important educational opportunity for many people about what skiing is.
- Personal career news: Today I step into the role of Interim Executive Director for Policy at the Sustainability Accelerator within @Stanford's new School For Climate and Sustainability. sustainabilityinitiative.stanford.edu/news/interim-l…
- I read this and wonder why Biden is not saying “ok, that’s cool, but if you don’t vote for this, you can bet that I will be bringing an aggressive Sec 111(b) rule for both new CCGT and coal. And an existing source rule that is conservative and defensible. nytimes.com/2021/10/15/cli…
- This is what the physical risks from climate change look like. 20th century design basis, meet a 21st century heat wave.In case you're wondering why we're canceling service for the day, here's what the heat is doing to our power cables.
- Replying to @MichaelWWaraThe real illusion is not in Beijing. It is in the Sierra, the Rockies and the Alps. The Beijing Olympics are, I think, shocking to many who love the experience of downhill skiing because it calls the bluff of what's really going on behind that $200 lift ticket.
- Folks may not have heard this but @Stanford is currently closed (for the indefinite future) due to 20acre wildfire that damaged the key @PGE4Me transmission lines that serve campus. I'm sure that the good people of @IBEWlocal1245 are working hard to restore power as we speak...
