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While we've got 19 days left to weigh in on the proposal to unravel key protections against unsafe levels of forever chemicals in our water, the virtual public hearing on this proposal is coming up fast on July 7th at 11AM ET. 📝 TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY for us to register to attend and comment at this hearing. We can do so here. 📝

REGISTER TO TESTIFY FOR CLEAN WATER

We do NOT need to be lawyers or policy experts to have an impact – personal stories and concerns about the harms of PFAS on everyone who would be impacted all matter, and we can read prepared remarks. 💪🏻 Earthjustice has put together a public comment toolkit with tips on how to prepare, guidance on the proposal and how to participate in the hearing here. 💪🏿

TOOLKIT TO TESTIFY

(While we hope this is of interest to SUFS supporters, this is NOT a SUFS initiative.)

The Swiss startup Sun-Ways has been running its world-first pilot project for a full year now near Buttes station (Canton of Neuchâtel).

They installed 48 solar panels (380W each) along a 100-meter stretch of active railway tracks, generating around 16,000 kWh of electricity annually to be fed directly into the local grid. After a year of testing with over 11,000 trains passing over them, the system has proven to be perfectly stable and safe.

Why this is pure Solarpunk:

• Zero Land Use: It utilizes thousands of kilometers of existing, otherwise unused infrastructure without touching agricultural land or nature.
• Removable Design: The panels can be mechanically removed in minutes by a specialized maintenance train, allowing normal track repairs to continue without a hitch.
• Massive Scaling Potential: The automated laying machine can deploy up to 1,000 square meters of solar panels per day.

If scaled to just half of Switzerland’s railway network, it could generate 1 TWh of green energy per year—covering about 2% of the entire country's electricity needs!

The tech has already caught the attention of France's SNCF for potential future deployment based on these successful first-year results.

Link to the last few pages here : https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/1ug5u4l/pages_1826_of_coxcoons_ladybug_version_of_her_phd/ Reddit limits image galleries to 20 pages.

Original source is from her account on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachelcoxcoon_rachels-phd-the-kids-version-activity-7475168469626474496-99_4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAfZq5gBAyXBl0OWNfOi0ddMlNKaxY4rzIQ

Ai airt and rule 6 - rule 6 is no low effort AI art. In this case it's someone elses's adaption of their own 100 page thesis into a spoof ladybug book. No new ai art was generated for this post. I am pretty comfortable stating that writing a phd thesis first is not low effort :)

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over the last 10 days, we did two major cleanups focused on a hidden stretch along the lake merritt channel, one of oakland’s most important landmarks

in total, 113 volunteers cleared 31,000 pounds of trash from this area, preventing all of it from eventually flowing into the bay and ocean.

what people don’t realize is that this dumping site sits tucked under a bridge, mostly out of sight. because it’s hidden, it became a magnet for illegal dumping over the last five years. we found everything imaginable: refrigerators, massive couches, coolants, household waste, business waste, vape cartridges, construction debris, and endless smaller trash scattered down steep embankments and deep ditches.

ALSO when encampments form in places like this, homeless residents often become the scapegoat for all the dumping around them. we spoke to multiple homeless residents living nearby, and many of them told us they actually try hard to keep the area clean. the reality is that a huge amount of what we removed clearly came from illegal dumpers, not the people living there.

this is also the result of a broken and deeply dysfunctional encampment management policy. right now, the city is basically playing chess with encampments, pushing people from one area to another without addressing the actual problem: there’s nowhere affordable or accessible for many people to go

honestly, things were more manageable before when there were de facto encampment zones where people could stay put, build some stability, and access services consistently. now we’re scattering people across the city.

we’ll continue to do our part but we this is ridiculous.

at least we prevented 31,000 pounds of trash from going into the ocean…

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This November, we’re going to have an opportunity to send a direct message to the billionaires and the politicians that we’re fed up with it and ready for real change – and protect health care from Trump’s Medicaid cuts at the same time.

Last week, California’s Secretary of State certified that the SEIU-backed billionaire wealth tax initiative secured enough signatures to make it to the ballot. This proposal would be a one-time, 5% emergency tax on their assets to shore up the state’s health care system in the wake of the MAGA murder budget. Organizers offered a compromise 2% levy, which Governor Newsom, who opposes this measure, shot down. So now we’re going to fight this one out on the campaign trail. ✊🏿 Let’s sign up here to get notified of volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks and use their social media toolkit here to help spread the word in our networks. ✊🏻