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Katherine Garcia
@katherinejulia.bsky.social
Clean transportation campaign director at Sierra Club. Advocate for electric bikes, cars, buses, trucks & trains. Mamá in Washington, DC. Drive less!
#Mustwatch episode of Do You Even Care? Shout out to some of Esteban Gast's favorite climate journalists and news outlets: @sammyroth.bsky.social, @emorwee.bsky.social, @grist.org & @democracynow.org. And, thank you Anna Garcia for caring about the survival of every living thing on earth. 🌎💯
Comedian Anna Garcia hits the sauna to care about a time when Taco Bells was full of weird pastels, Chuck E. Cheese was sexy, and media companies spent more time on real news than polluter bullsh*t.

New episode of Do You Even Care? with Esteban Gast is live now!
Comedian reacts to media corruption | With Anna Garcia
YouTube video by Do You Even Care
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February 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Showing our love for clean transportation on Valentine's Day. 🚗🚆🚲❤️ Our wonderful @sierraclub.org colleagues drive electric cars, zip around their neighborhoods on electric bikes, and take electric trains to get out of town. www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
Let Me Count The Ways: EV Love Stories
This Valentine’s Day, we’re spotlighting a collection of stories from our staff and members that broke up with gas and what they enjoy most about their pollution-free rides.
www.sierraclub.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Trump administration is bulldozing forward with their proposal to repeal the #EndangermentFinding and roll back the clean vehicle standards. This will allow cars & trucks to spew destructive pollution for decades to come. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Trump Administration Guts Clean Vehicle Standards and Wipes Out Longstanding Climate Finding
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Lee Zeldin will finalize a federal regulation that would obliterate the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty,...
www.sierraclub.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Trump just canceled $1.5 billion in funding in states that didn't vote for him for projects like electric vehicles and buses that would save lives and reduce costs.

This is just the latest reckless move by a vindictive administration that does not even pretend to serve the American people.
Trump administration directs rescission of $1.5B from blue states on health, transportation
The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
thehill.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Katherine Garcia
power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Among the other outrages in today's news from the @washingtonpost.com, management has gutted the Pulitzer-winning climate team, according to @sammyroth.bsky.social. Their work has been so important — one more reason to be heartbroken today. And pissed. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Thank you @markey.senate.gov, @dorismatsui.bsky.social, @davids.house.gov for leading this Congressional letter with 80 signers opposing Trump's attack on common-sense fuel economy standards. These standards save families money at the pump & reduce toxic air pollution.
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
www.usnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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For those of you who:

* Feel enraged to watch billionaires destroy important newsrooms

and

* Recall vaguely that Jeff Bezos was once considered a courageous owner who fortified the Washington Post

I recommend this piece by the Post's former fact-checker
glennkessler.substack.com/p/a-billiona...
A Billionaire’s Surrender
Bezos is not trying to save The Washington Post. He’s trying to survive Donald Trump.
glennkessler.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat (& @runforsomething.net candidate!) flipped a state senate district in Texas that Trump had won by 17 points.

Expand your imagination. When great candidates rooted in community step up to lead, anything is possible.
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Extreme cold tonight and tomorrow. Be safe out there.
Parts of the Southeast and Eastern Seaboard are bracing for a powerful storm this weekend that will bring blizzard conditions and deep cold to coastal stretches of the region.

Here’s what you should know:
The Southeast is bracing for a bomb cyclone. What to expect this weekend.
This intense storm will bring moderate-to-major impacts to about 35 million people in the East and extreme cold to millions more this weekend.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The Trump admin has proposed rolling back the fuel economy standards that regulate how far cars travel on a gallon of fuel. This will cost drivers thousands of dollars more each year in gas and make cars more polluting. Demand that the current standards stay in place. sc.org/CleanCarStan...
Cleaner cars standards are working. Do NOT roll back progress!
Trump wants to to roll back the fuel economy standards that regulate how far our cars travel on a gallon of fuel. Take action to demand the current standards stay in place -- submit your comment befor...
sc.org
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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I ❤️ Minneapolis

This ride was incredible, especially our interactions with folks at the memorials and with neighbors cheering on from their windows/porches.

ICE out, now.
January 31, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits.
momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-...
Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks with massive benefits
Cargo bikes can deliver goods in cities faster than vans, removing tonnes of greenhouse gas and easing congestion, according to a new study
momentummag.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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ICYMI, @lasmogguy.bsky.social breaks down the latest report on SoCal's first-in-the-nation approach to cleaning up pollution from mega-warehouses.
earthjustice.org/experts/adri...
Four Years in, Southern California’s First-in-the-Nation Approach to Clean up Warehouse Pollution is a Beacon
If the WAIRE program were a state, it would rank 21st in electric trucks.
earthjustice.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Opinion | "We built a transportation system that requires everyone to drive everywhere for everything. And now, our endless-lane model is collapsing under the weight of its own inefficiency. "
https://www.westword.com/opinion/opinion-no-more-highway-lanes-for-colorado-40825034/
We Don't Need More Highway Lanes. We Need Public Transit
Colorado has spent fifty years widening highways. Let’s try something that will actually work. In 2026, Colorado will decide how to spend tens of billions
www.westword.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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🚗 New @theguardian.com investigation by @dharna.bsky.social: The world's biggest carmaker, Toyota, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians
Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating clean transportation wins — despite constant roadblocks. From protecting the national EV charging network to opposing federal climate rollbacks, advocates kept progress moving.

sc.org/CleanTranspo...
@katherinejulia.bsky.social
Charging Forward: Our Fight for Clean Transportation in 2025
As we go into the holiday season and begin a new year, we’re taking time to reflect on 2025 and how Americans—despite tremendous opposition and roadblocks every step of the way– fought to protect our ...
sc.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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It's not just cutting traffic, it’s cleaning the air. A new Cornell study found that in the first six months of NYC's congestion pricing:

💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.

🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Trump's move to gut fuel-economy standards for automobiles rewards his big oil donors and will “make cars burn more gas and American families burn more cash" Katherine Garcia @sierraclub.org @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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The Central Labor Council backs @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Let’s show what the biking movement can do when we show up together. Help us protect critical investments in safe streets: secure.givelively.org/donate/leagu...
#GivingTuesday #BikeLanesSaveLives #BikeAdvocacy
secure.givelively.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The DC I know is worth fighting for.

I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.

youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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I am so sorry to hear this terrible news. My deep condolences to Faith’s family, loved ones, the Broomfield community, and Colorado.

It is unspeakably tragic.

Rest in peace to Faith Winter, killed by a transportation system she was trying to making safe for others.

coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.

Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM