A very cool new thing from @cplusc.bsky.social: a toolkit to help communities negotiate the best possible community benefit agreements. cbatoolkit.climateandcommunity.org

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New from the consistently excellent Climate and Community Institute: cbatoolkit.climateandcommunity.org @cplusc.bsky.social

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NEW: The energy transition—and the sudden rise of AI data centers—has left many communities feeling powerless, Today, we're releasing a Community Benefits Agreements toolkit to help people have more say in energy projects: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/how-commun...

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The neighborhood Head Raccoon just left a note asking for a side table to the kiddie pool for snacks, implored us to build a more robust fountain in front yard, and noted that they wld gladly pay in "succulent koi" for a studio apartment in the attic. Is this typical raccoon behavior for Portland?

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This list of the limitations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) is 💯. I once advised companies on EPCRA reporting compliance, and what I learned was that there's a *lot* that doesn't get meaningfully reported and publicly disclosed.

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