Synapse: This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
DOE's Better Buildings Initiative Saves $13.5 Billion in Energy Costs
According to a new report released today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Better Buildings Initiative, in collaboration with nearly 1,000 businesses, government, and other partners, saved $13.5 billion in energy costs and more than 130 million metric tons of carbon emissions in the past year—equivalent to the greenhouse gases emitted by 28.2 million vehicles in a single year. These building efficiency improvements are key to reaching President Biden’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The War to Electrify: America Can Do It
Here's an "incredible good news story for America" that's getting attention all the way up to the White House. Remember how the nation mobilised seemingly overnight for the Allied Powers 80 years ago? It's time to hustle again, but now it's in order to combat the climate crisis and slash carbon emissions in half by about 2030.
Climate Activists Defeat Exxon in Push for Clean Energy
Big Oil was dealt a stunning defeat on Wednesday when shareholders of Exxon Mobil elected at least two board candidates nominated by activist investors who pledged to steer the company toward cleaner energy and away from oil and gas.
LA City Planning Strategies for Equitable Distribution of Affordable Housing
With wide disparities between the total number affordable housing units in neighborhoods and council districts in the City of LA, last week, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning released a report outlining strategies for equitably distributing affordable units throughout the City and ensuring every neighborhood in Los Angeles provides its fair share of affordable housing. TPR excerpts the report to the PLUM Committee, which proposes developing an equitable Housing Element rezoning program with targeted fair-share zoning allocations and new rezoning strategies that will focus additional housing capacity in high-opportunity areas, while protecting tenants, vulnerable communities, and environmentally sensitive areas. Find the full report online, here.
Greta Thunberg Highlights the Five Ways “We Are
F--cked” in New Short Film
Conceived and written by Thunberg, directed by Tom Mustill, and made in collaboration with Mercy For Animals, #ForNature is a low carbon film that highlights the relationship between the animal agriculture industry and the climate crisis. It culminates with Thunberg issuing a powerful call-to-action for those who have the power and privilege to make a change.
But first, the 18-year-old succinctly connects the dots regarding five key ways in which our “broken relationship with nature” is hurting humanity, the planet, and so much more.
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