Joe Lyou
@jklyou.bsky.social
Coalition for Clean Air President & CEO. Dad. Swimmer. Sailer. Surfer. Hockey fan.
Being honest about what happens when you expand highways would be a good thing. its.ucdavis.edu/blog/lets-be...
Let's be Honest About Highway Expansions
The Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project between Davis and Sacramento has been underway for months. The current phase of the project involves the construction of modern concrete median barriers along...
its.ucdavis.edu
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Being honest about what happens when you expand highways would be a good thing. its.ucdavis.edu/blog/lets-be...
LinkedIn needs to work on their algorithm.
January 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM
LinkedIn needs to work on their algorithm.
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
It's working. The more ZEVs in your neighborhood, the better the better the air you breathe. Great argument for targeting ZEV incentive $ for our most polluted communities. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Zero-emissions vehicle adoption and satellite-measured NO2 air pollution in California, USA, from 2019 to 2023: a longitudinal observational study
Using a natural experiment, we found that within-ZCTA increases in ZEV registrations
were associated with reductions in NO2 air pollution measured by satellite and replicated
with ground-level monitor...
www.thelancet.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
It's working. The more ZEVs in your neighborhood, the better the better the air you breathe. Great argument for targeting ZEV incentive $ for our most polluted communities. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
EPA says human life is worth $0. My guess is that if you asked them how much they would pay to save their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, it would be more than nothing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
EPA says human life is worth $0. My guess is that if you asked them how much they would pay to save their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, it would be more than nothing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...
Course correction needed. @sammyroth.bsky.social: "I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing" open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing
A year after Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned, "climate change" has exited the chat.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Course correction needed. @sammyroth.bsky.social: "I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing" open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Thanks for this @joshbecker.bsky.social. privacy.ca.gov/drop/
Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP)
Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.
privacy.ca.gov
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Thanks for this @joshbecker.bsky.social. privacy.ca.gov/drop/
Great article @michaelschneider.com. How about a follow up on the liabilities the city incurs by not maintaining streets and sidewalks? Can't the city be sued for crashes, pedestrian injuries, car damage, ADA non-compliance, etc.? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: You're not imagining it. L.A. has surrendered to the potholes
To avoid a legal obligation to make sidewalks accessible, the city stopped repaving streets in July and doesn't plan to resume.
www.latimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Great article @michaelschneider.com. How about a follow up on the liabilities the city incurs by not maintaining streets and sidewalks? Can't the city be sued for crashes, pedestrian injuries, car damage, ADA non-compliance, etc.? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
"Perhaps the most obvious improvement since the 1970s has been in air quality around the U.S." It all started in L.A. thanks to @cleanairca.bsky.social. Year-end thank you donations welcomed at ccair.org/donate. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Photos of the dirty 1970s will make you appreciate the EPA
The public and politicians in both parties saw the urgency 50 years ago and enacted the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. They're working and paying off.
www.latimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Perhaps the most obvious improvement since the 1970s has been in air quality around the U.S." It all started in L.A. thanks to @cleanairca.bsky.social. Year-end thank you donations welcomed at ccair.org/donate. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Another example of our tendency to underestimate the adverse impacts of air pollution. The more we know, the more we understand about the need to reduce and eliminate all forms of air pollution, including wildfires.
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another example of our tendency to underestimate the adverse impacts of air pollution. The more we know, the more we understand about the need to reduce and eliminate all forms of air pollution, including wildfires.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
Pled vs. pleaded? L.A. Times, on Xmas eve, "San Diego Woman Who Pleaded Guilty to Scheme..." Same paper today, "... that Johnson said has significantly sped up the process for new recruits." Why not speeded? I am on the side of pled. @preetbharara.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Pled vs. pleaded? L.A. Times, on Xmas eve, "San Diego Woman Who Pleaded Guilty to Scheme..." Same paper today, "... that Johnson said has significantly sped up the process for new recruits." Why not speeded? I am on the side of pled. @preetbharara.bsky.social
Interesting data on the benefits of congestion pricing. Wish California transportation officials had the courage to give it a try. Let's see. Where to start? How about the places with the worst congestion? Shouldn't be too hard to find in California. @streetsblogca.bsky.social
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Interesting data on the benefits of congestion pricing. Wish California transportation officials had the courage to give it a try. Let's see. Where to start? How about the places with the worst congestion? Shouldn't be too hard to find in California. @streetsblogca.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Coalition for Clean Air was honored with the Port of Long Beach Green Port Hero Award 🏆. We accept this as recognition of our fight to hold polluters accountable and demand cleaner air for Californians. Small but mighty, we’ll keep pressing for bold change.
@portoflongbeach.bsky.social
@portoflongbeach.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Coalition for Clean Air was honored with the Port of Long Beach Green Port Hero Award 🏆. We accept this as recognition of our fight to hold polluters accountable and demand cleaner air for Californians. Small but mighty, we’ll keep pressing for bold change.
@portoflongbeach.bsky.social
@portoflongbeach.bsky.social
Deaths on CA roads (~4,500) outnumber the homicides (1,666 in 2024). Deaths from breathing polluted air = about 5,000 per year according to @airresources.bsky.social. Maybe put more effort into reducing transportation-related and air pollution deaths, no? data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Deaths on CA roads (~4,500) outnumber the homicides (1,666 in 2024). Deaths from breathing polluted air = about 5,000 per year according to @airresources.bsky.social. Maybe put more effort into reducing transportation-related and air pollution deaths, no? data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
How about the idea of taxing vehicle weight and using the money to build protected bike lanes and safe routes for pedestrians?
Just discovered this NBER paper examining the safety dangers of car bloat:
"Being hit by a vehicle that is 1,000 pounds heavier results in a 47% increase in the baseline fatality probability."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Being hit by a vehicle that is 1,000 pounds heavier results in a 47% increase in the baseline fatality probability."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How about the idea of taxing vehicle weight and using the money to build protected bike lanes and safe routes for pedestrians?
@airresources.bsky.social @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social want to reduce air pollution? Why not try this? @caltransit.bsky.social @cleanairca.bsky.social @streetsblogla.bsky.social @streetsblogca.bsky.social @streetsforall.org @warrenjwells.bsky.social
Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@airresources.bsky.social @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social want to reduce air pollution? Why not try this? @caltransit.bsky.social @cleanairca.bsky.social @streetsblogla.bsky.social @streetsblogca.bsky.social @streetsforall.org @warrenjwells.bsky.social
Congratulations Californians for your outstanding generosity. Continue your giving with a year-end gift to Coalition for Clean Air at ccair.org/give. www.latimes.com/california/s...
California and L.A. top most generous communities in 2025, GoFundMe analysis finds
California was the most generous state of 2025, and Los Angeles the most generous community, according to a new GoFundMe analysis.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations Californians for your outstanding generosity. Continue your giving with a year-end gift to Coalition for Clean Air at ccair.org/give. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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COMMUNITY ALERT: Coalition for Clean Air is NOT conducting door-to-door outreach, and we will never ask to see your utility bills.
Recently, individuals have been misrepresenting our organization in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Please do not share personal information and stay alert.
Recently, individuals have been misrepresenting our organization in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Please do not share personal information and stay alert.
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
COMMUNITY ALERT: Coalition for Clean Air is NOT conducting door-to-door outreach, and we will never ask to see your utility bills.
Recently, individuals have been misrepresenting our organization in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Please do not share personal information and stay alert.
Recently, individuals have been misrepresenting our organization in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Please do not share personal information and stay alert.
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California’s clean air authority is under threat. 🚨
Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern warns that without strong state safeguards, public health could be left vulnerable.
Read more in Politico California Climate: tinyurl.com/MagavernQuoted
Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern warns that without strong state safeguards, public health could be left vulnerable.
Read more in Politico California Climate: tinyurl.com/MagavernQuoted
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
California’s clean air authority is under threat. 🚨
Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern warns that without strong state safeguards, public health could be left vulnerable.
Read more in Politico California Climate: tinyurl.com/MagavernQuoted
Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern warns that without strong state safeguards, public health could be left vulnerable.
Read more in Politico California Climate: tinyurl.com/MagavernQuoted
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Let’s be very, very clear: Striking shipwrecked survivors is a war crime. Straight up.
We need the Department of Justice to open an investigation. If they don’t, a future Administration will.
We need the Department of Justice to open an investigation. If they don’t, a future Administration will.
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Let’s be very, very clear: Striking shipwrecked survivors is a war crime. Straight up.
We need the Department of Justice to open an investigation. If they don’t, a future Administration will.
We need the Department of Justice to open an investigation. If they don’t, a future Administration will.
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New Greenlining Institute website crunches and maps California 2018-2023 freeway-building data greenlining.org/2025/the-dat...
The Data Behind California's Highway Expansion Crisis
California’s highway agencies are being required for the first time to disclose the impacts of highway expansion, marking a turning point in how policy and decision-makers confront the consequences of...
greenlining.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New Greenlining Institute website crunches and maps California 2018-2023 freeway-building data greenlining.org/2025/the-dat...
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Victory for Clean Air & Climate! 💙
CARB just approved stronger rules to crack down on methane leaks at CA landfills — a big win for public health & climate. Thanks to @airresources.bsky.social & our allies!
Read CCA’s quote in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
CARB just approved stronger rules to crack down on methane leaks at CA landfills — a big win for public health & climate. Thanks to @airresources.bsky.social & our allies!
Read CCA’s quote in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Some California landfills are on fire and leaking methane. Newly proposed rules could make them safer
California is considering adopting new rules to better identify and more quickly to respond to dangerous methane leaks and underground fires at landfills statewide.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Victory for Clean Air & Climate! 💙
CARB just approved stronger rules to crack down on methane leaks at CA landfills — a big win for public health & climate. Thanks to @airresources.bsky.social & our allies!
Read CCA’s quote in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
CARB just approved stronger rules to crack down on methane leaks at CA landfills — a big win for public health & climate. Thanks to @airresources.bsky.social & our allies!
Read CCA’s quote in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...