McKenna Dunbar

@BeyondGasRVA @SecretaryPete @RichmondGasWrks @ElectrifyThe804 @SierraClubVirg1 @browncolleen @glenbesa As an advocate for future-forward energy strategies to promote resiliency and effective infrastructure for cities like RVA, it’s critical for us to prioritize long term solutions, like #retireandrepair to mitigate our climate and economic vulnerabilities!

@SecretaryPete Grant money to tackle RVA’s leaking pipes is awesome - but better in the long run to #RETIREandREPAIR failing infrastructure while phasing out #FossilFuels. Spend those billions of dollars on electrification, solar + battery storage instead!

Across America, aging, leak-prone gas pipes beneath the ground can threaten public safety, raise your energy costs, and harm our environment. Today, we've announced new funding from the Biden-Harris infrastructure project to replace these pipelines.

Thank you @andreasrva for being the champion we needed to establish the Public Utility and Services Commission! We have folks standing by to apply! 💨natural gas 🚰clean drinking water 💩wastewater 🚚Garbage, and 🌊stormwater

Rise and shine with a delicious breakfast cooked on an electric stove!! 🍽️👩🏼‍🍳🍳 Your 🏠 will be safer without a gas stove leaking harmful air pollutants like benzene into your home. Learn how to #MakeTheSwitch and visit hubs.ly/Q01W7nvN0

#SCOOP: New England's largest utility Eversource, has left the American Gas Association to focus more on "decarbonization." Experts say this may be the first major utility to break ranks with the influential trade group over diverging climate agendas wbur.org/news/2023/08/0…

Im having a hard time finding words. I feel devastated by the loss of an individual with so much passion to make the world a better place; anger at the circumstances of his death; and complete heartbreak for his family & girlfriend who he cared for so deeply.

🌎 On #WorldAsthmaDay, 3,000+ people & 139 organizations unite, calling on @USCPSC to address the hidden threat of #ToxicGasStoves in our homes Protect public health & breathe easier by supporting @uspirg's petition! Make a difference, sign now! 👇 tinyurl.com/gasstovescomme…

Another day, another chance to tell decision makers to reject a dangerous pipeline project. This time it's the Virginia "Reliability" Project -- a plan to expand and extend a natural gas pipeline that will harm water quality. Please send a comment! #NoVRP act.sierraclub.org/actions/Virgin…

@geoyapti We do 💜 thank you for always supporting us.

I have written a staggering number of letters of recommendation this month. I hope my students and all the people who ask this of me appreciate the time and energy it takes to do this constantly, often with little notice.

Americans are seeing through the facade of "natural" gas, so @Natural_Allies, an industry front group, is trying to use former Dem politicians to keep the country hooked on the dirty fossil fuel - but you just have to follow the money for the truth 🧵 washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Awesome news! @ENERGY just launched #BuildingsUP, awarding more than $22M in cash prizes to support innovative clean energy-ready and efficiency solutions for all types of U.S. buildings . #electrification Details here: herox.com/BuildingsUP

COP 27 re-committed to 1.5 - a target we have no path to meet. It created a fund for loss and damage decades late without the funds needed. Countries agreed to phase down instead of phase out fossil fuels, just like last year. Don't be fooled. It's not enough. Just more betrayal.

Please spread the word about the Youth Climate Summit on Dec 3 in #RVA @VAstudentpower @DSARichmond @SierraClubVirg1 @vasierraclub @VAOrganizing @MOFVirginia @ActivateVA @FWWVirginia @_mocokono_ @glenbesa @ktcampblin @VA_NatEd

@geoyapti @MasonManleyEJ You inspire us 🌟 thank you for being my guiding light!!

But I have also never been so proud of my students. I see your commitment and hardwork and I am forever grateful @MasonManleyEJ @_mocokono_ and all with #GreenUR.

I must be getting old. Every semester seems harder than the one before...

Proud to have organized the first ever climate strike at @urichmond and to have collaborated with a multitude of parties to make it happen!!

Thank you @USRepKCastor for supporting #HRes975, the first resolution introduced to Congress that recognizes the impact of climate change on youth #mentalhealth!

A lovely article with some of my favorite people @btgvirginia @_mocokono_ @MasonManleyEJ Digging deep into the charged world of renewable energy @urichmond @BeAGreenSpider @spidersengage 🕷️🕸️ 🌎❤️ urnow.richmond.edu/features/artic…