I went back to the City Council on March 22 to remind them of my request for an update to the Sustainability & Climate Action Plan to get us back on track with our GHG emission reduction goals for 2025 and 2030. You can hear my testimony here. I was on Zoom and therefore not…

I have had a lot of conversations with individuals about their attitudes about climate change over the past few months. Most were resigned to a terrible future without a sense of agency that their individual actions could change that future outcome. I asked my minister to allow me to host a service to address the…

The City of Reno is off track with their GHG emission reduction goal for 2025 included in our Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. This goal keeps us in sync with the Paris Agreement. I asked the City Council to develop a plan to get us back on track for 2025 and for the even steeper…

I am glad to say that my friend Jeff took me up on my offer to ride with him on the RTC. Despite being a life-long Reno resident, Jeff had never ridden the bus in Reno! After lunch, Jeff and I rode the Virginia Line from Midtown back to the Peppermill casino where our conference…

The pandemic and subsequent driver strike has killed ridership on the RTC Ride in Reno. It is a shame, because riding the bus has a lot of benefits. This is the first in a series of videos I will be making under the brand “Join me on the RTC” to encourage people like me who…

I have ridden the bus system in every city I have lived in, and in many where I have visited. I love riding the bus for the freedom of not being responsible for the vehicle once my ride is done and having time to read or catch up on the news or social media while riding.…

This is a picture of me back in 2010 after I completed another commuter century – where I rode my bike to work and home more than 100 times. It expresses for me the joy of living without a car and having the health and privilege to be able to choose this means of commuting. Would…

This image from the State Climate Strategy outlines the State’s goal for GHG emission reductions between now and 2050. The NDEP report I mentioned in an earlier post projects a 23% reduction by 2025, mostly due to reductions in GHG emission from our electricity generation. This projection falls short by 5% or 2.6 MMTCO2e of our 2025…

This is the chart that made me re-consider my professional mission. This is a summary of our historical and projected net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions produced by the Nevada Department of Environment Protection. Can we not together find 3-4 Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent (MMTCO2e) of further GHG emission reductions in the next two years while…