Maurice Carter
@mauricec
I find meaning on a simple path: Be the change you want to see in the world. Passionate about many things, but especially climate action, walkable communities, active transportation, democracy, and respect for others. I also like to laugh.
Somewhere between disinterest and despair, there is hope. And actions we can take in the present to leave our children a better future. #climatecrisis #worldonfire www.sustainablenewton.org/blog/where-t...
The US EPA wants to make it easier for #AI #datacenters to be constructed quickly, and eliminating public participating in #airpermit proceedings for new #pollution sources is one way they're seeking to achieve that end. Push back. Say NO. www.sustainablenewton.org/blog/new-epa...
We'll never stop fighting, but we need state and federal lawmakers to start protecting communities communities and the families who live there.
About subsidies: your government freely shares lies #BigOil, gas, & coal want you to hear. Some energy companies are heavily subsidized with your tax dollars, but it's not #CleanEnergy. Private investment dollars go heavily to #renewables, but taxpayers prop up #fossilfuels. Blue bars are your $.
Thanks to @climatecentral.org, I can use their tools at www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... to localize #globalwarming to my country, state, and county.
#ShowYourStripes Day is an opportunity to take a global concept and make it both local and personal. I was born into a world that no longer exists, thanks to #globalwarming. But I'll do all I can to #ActonClimate to brings things closer to what those being born today deserve.
Like many others, my community in Covington/Newton County, GA is wrestling with how to bring order to the chaos that is #AI #datacenters. Moratoria are only a stop gap. Rewriting ordinances is hard work, but also essential. I captured some of it here. www.sustainablenewton.org/blog/with-da...
Red states lead on #wind, #solar, & #geothermal, yet the GOP is doing all they can to deny Americans clean, affordable energy? Governors like Kristi Noem (95% #renewables in SD) & Doug Burgum (51% in ND) should know better. They do. They just hope you don't. environmentamerica.org/center/resou...
Solar + batteries delivers more electricity in the early evening than at the brightest hours of the day.
Climate scientists expect a "Super" #ElNino to form later this year with extreme heat & weather impacts. But El Nino conditions don't create heat, they only move it around in the ocean. This one will be extreme because humans have heated our oceans to record levels with #greenhousegas emissions. 1/5
Under Zeldin, the name Environmental Protection Agency has taken an extremely Orwellian twist. Not seeing evidence of any of these:
I lived through all of these. Though the #oilsupply disruption in the #StraitofHormuz is familiar, this time everything is changed. We have an exit ramp from #energydependence & #cleanenergy solutions to free us. Excellent, hopeful piece from @markbeaudet.bsky.social mydamnac.com/2026/03/22/s...
The size of the crowd in even small towns like Conyers, GA and the visible, vocal support of passerby tells you America has had enough of this current administration. #NoKings #NoTryrants
Georgia politicians reacted last week to the #energycrisis by temporarily suspending the state's gasoline tax to lower #gasprices. Good politics, but horrible #energypolicy. They should help Georgians find the right long-term solution to #energydependence. www.sustainablenewton.org/blog/ev-savi...
I wish more people understood this graphic. The world isn't just enduring #heatwaves, our ecosystem is absorbing massive amounts of excess energy that don't go away with the seasons. We see the effects of #energyimbalance in our oceans, the atmosphere, & land. wmo.int/news/media-c...
If you still think #climateaction costs too much, you're just not paying enough attention to the cost of climate INACTION. As $1B+ climate disasters continue to increase in frequency & intensity, there's nowhere left to spread the risk. insurify.com/homeowners-i...
When your government calls #climatechange a scam, but your #insurance company knows better, bad things happen. Leaders acting in good faith to protect citizens would recognize this as #endangerment. But Trump, Zeldin, Wright, et al are not acting in good faith. grist.org/economics/is...
#bigoil is all-in w Trump for a reason -- and it may work for them. But the world is moving on, & being stuck in a polluted #petrostate with no buyers for our oil isn't the win you may think it is. 'EVs Avoided the Use of 2.3 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day in 2025' www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And the argument that efforts to reduce #climatepollution restrict #ecomomicgrowth is demonstrably false.
God bless Bruce Springsteen for knowing exactly what to do with the time given to him. There is a time and place for each of us. You'll have to figure out the place for yourself -- but this is unquestionably the time.
Thanks to #climatechange, there's less WINTER in the #winterolympics than there used to be. Insightful reporting from @climatecentral.org. Read the full report at www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Why #electrify in just one chart: Compare price volatility of piped #naturalgas (dashed line) vs #electricity (dotted line). Electrification isn't just how we reduce #CO2 emissions, it's also how we reduce exposure to the market fluctuations of natural gas.
Trump's timing for pulling the US out of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says it all. Per @climatecentral.org, weather & #climatedisasters cost the US $115B last year -- and $3.1T total since 1980. But at least #BigOil did well. 🤬 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
“This is a shortsighted, embarrassing and foolish decision,” said Gina McCarthy, who was a top climate adviser to Joe Biden’s White House. Also costly as hell.
Watching "A Christmas Carol" every Christmas Eve (1951 Alistair Sim version) is a good reminder that the struggle against those who view empathy and sin or weakness is a long, ongoing one.
Warning, America! The #climate #disinformation is coming from inside the house. Deliberate deception by a federal agency charged with protecting the public is criminal. By withholding #climatescience, #EPA creates a false narrative to serve #BigOil, not the public. e360.yale.edu/digest/epa-w...