Dan Whittle
@dwhittle12.bsky.social
AVP at Environmental Defense Fund. Focus on clean energy, community resilience and marine conservation in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean. ACOEL Fellow. Bellagio Fellow. 2025 AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy. Do marathons occasionally.
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BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Love it or hate it, Manhattan's $9 congestion pricing toll was a win for the climate. By 2045, the MTA predicts greenhouse gas emissions from the Central Business District will decrease by about 10%.
Now, Trump wants to end it.
Now, Trump wants to end it.
Manhattan’s $9 Toll Was a Win for the Climate. Trump Wants to End It. | Atmos
The resounding success of New York City’s congestion pricing provides a blueprint for advancing social and environmental policies nationwide
atmos.earth
July 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Love it or hate it, Manhattan's $9 congestion pricing toll was a win for the climate. By 2045, the MTA predicts greenhouse gas emissions from the Central Business District will decrease by about 10%.
Now, Trump wants to end it.
Now, Trump wants to end it.
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“The rest of us, too, must keep the horrors of Jan. 6 from being forgotten,” writes Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor who resigned this week from the Department of Justice. "For in a time when many politicians’ careers depend on forgetting, memory itself is an act of resistance."
Opinion | I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. I Know Why Trump Pardoned Them.
Trump’s pardons will encourage more violence.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The rest of us, too, must keep the horrors of Jan. 6 from being forgotten,” writes Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor who resigned this week from the Department of Justice. "For in a time when many politicians’ careers depend on forgetting, memory itself is an act of resistance."
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“It is the first time that we’re seeing this shift at such a large scale.” Arctic tundra has passed a grim milestone, for the first time emitting more carbon than it stores. And nearly “half of the Earth’s soil carbon pool” hangs in the balance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“It is the first time that we’re seeing this shift at such a large scale.” Arctic tundra has passed a grim milestone, for the first time emitting more carbon than it stores. And nearly “half of the Earth’s soil carbon pool” hangs in the balance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ab Januar muss zahlen, wer mit einem Fahrzeug nach Manhattan will. Doch es regt sich Widerstand, die Pläne könnten noch gekippt werden. Auch Donald Trump hat sich schon in Stellung gebracht.
Verkehrsabgabe: Widerstand gegen City-Maut in New York wächst
Ab Januar muss zahlen, wer mit einem Fahrzeug nach Manhattan will. Doch es regt sich Widerstand, die Pläne könnten noch gekippt werden. Auch Donald Trump hat sich schon in Stellung gebracht.
www.spiegel.de
November 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Ab Januar muss zahlen, wer mit einem Fahrzeug nach Manhattan will. Doch es regt sich Widerstand, die Pläne könnten noch gekippt werden. Auch Donald Trump hat sich schon in Stellung gebracht.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/n...
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Get ready to breathe
Congestion Pricing Plan Set to Come to New York City on Jan. 5
The Federal Highway Administration gave its approval on Friday for the program, but the plan could still be stopped by lawsuits.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/n...
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