Posted by Jan Wondra | Feb 8, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet Set to Fight for Western Priorities to Be Included in a National Climate Strategy
Friday Feb. 5, Sen. Bennet announced a framework of Western climate resilience priorities carefully crafted by leaders in Colorado with a connection to the Colorado River––from the agriculture, water, local government, tribal government, education, environment, and business communities.
Bennet initially convened this group, known as the Bennet Western Climate Resilience Roundtable, in November 2020 to develop a collaborative, consensus-driven set of priorities for Western climate resilience. On Friday, the 19-member roundtable representing agriculture, water resources, forestry restoration initiatives, energy cooperatives, western county and tribal leadership, presented their final framework to Bennet, who plans to use it to drive his policy work in the U.S. Senate and as he works with the Biden Administration on its nation
Cycling Shorts: What women want (from cycling)
Purring up the hills of Taipei with the Cycling Cats
By Mark Caltonhill / Contributing reporter
“There are lots more female cyclists in Taiwan now there used to be,” says Lucy Hsieh (謝雅惠). “But there are still vastly more male than female cyclists.”
I try to make a joke, something about her lass being half empty, but it is either over her head or, more likely, beneath her contempt. I decide to be more sympathetic. Less male. Why does she think more women don’t cycle?
Hsieh suggests that I try to think from the viewpoint of a woman.