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CCL Alameda County
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Alameda County chapter, Citizens Climate Lobby.
We're for:
🌎Carbon pricing
💡Building electrification
⚡Energy permitting reform
🌳Healthy forests
#Climate #Justice #FossilFree
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · Jan 3
Thanks for a great year, everyone 🥂! We got through some of the toughest mud in politics. Let's shine🏮on into 2026 🎉👏!
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#MondayReads Solar panels coexist with #HealthyForests and farms. #CleanEnergy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/rare-plant-species-solar-panels-nevada
A rare plant species thrives amid solar panels in the Nevada desert
The Gemini Solar Project has become a haven for the threecorner milkvetch — yet more proof that solar farms can be designed to minimize ecosystem…
www.canarymedia.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🌊❄️🌨️ #ExtremeWeather update. Global warming may have worsened the storms in the East by increasing wind speeds and melting polar ice caps.
And yet, they have cut funding for FEMA and NOAA.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26012026/a-winter-storm-fueled-by-global-warming-tests-u-s-disaster-response/
A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response - Inside Climate News
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the second Trump administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.  The president has said that he wants to eliminate FEMA, and the agency has lost […]
insideclimatenews.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
#ThursdayReads Renewables are gaining unstoppable momentum—even as some administrations try to push "clean" coal. 🌍⚡️
#ClimateGoodNews #RenewableEnergy #Infrastructure
Read more: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29012026/global-energy-transition-investment-grew-in-2025-inside-clean-energy/
Global Energy Transition Investment Grew in 2025 Despite Major Obstacles; Here Are the Numbers - Inside Climate News
Clean transportation led the way while renewable energy spending decreased.
insideclimatenews.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🪼🐟🐙 We don't know enough about deep-sea ecosystems to start mining them. Should we destroy them to find out? According to Trump, yes--we can't hold off till we have a better plan.! 🌊 #ClimateAction #DeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOcean #EnergyPolicy
https://ow.ly/WbNR50Y59j5
US Finalizes Rule For Deep-sea Mining Beyond Its Waters
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry.
ow.ly
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
“The federal administration has no right to usurp California’s regulatory authority”

https://apnews.com/article/california-oil-pipelines-coast-sable-trump-lawsuit-cbf79cac5dcdd7d2a720281246e52b09?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast.
apnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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agelston.bsky.social
This is exactly why nuclear weapons are so cool!
eleanor.lockhart.contact ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 8d
i find it so bizarre that the people most likely to own guns are so ignorant of the fact that firearms make physical size and strength irrelevant for self defense if you are armed

like how do you get men who think “i need to conceal carry because i am large, to protect women”as if women can’t carry
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Sea otters to the rescue!! Kalifornia Kelp might be making a comeback. 🪸🦦🌊

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/sea-otters-are-californias-climate-heroes/
Sea otters are California’s climate heroes » Yale Climate Connections
From kelp forests to sea grass meadows, these charismatic predators are quietly holding parts of the coast together.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Hate to mention this, but we are *near* the #climate danger zone with the Earth, on average, at 1.5C above normal🏭🌍.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study?CMP=share_btn_url
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🌻😎Good climate news: We're about to get balcony solar☀️!
#CleanEnergy #PermittingReform #EnergyPolicy
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/california-bills-balcony-solar-heat-pumps
California bills would cut red tape for balcony solar and heat pumps
State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to tackle energy affordability by making it easier than ever for households to adopt increasingly popular clean-energy tech.
www.canarymedia.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
One (often overlooked) area of #climate policy and research 🐸🌊🦭.
https://youtu.be/v2spYRl6eN8?si=pLYrdQP3iWDqIEPR
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Trump's weird "energy emergency" that shuts down good projects and holds outdated, inefficient systems open to frustrate people.
#EnergyPolicy #CleanEnergy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/22gw-renewables-under-trump-blockade
22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’
An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.
www.canarymedia.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
#ClimateNews just so you're aware, we have a #fossilfuel plan we don't like.🏭🏭😒

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012026/trump-california-public-lands-oil-extraction/
Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around? - Inside Climate News
The BLM has revived its effort to open more of California’s public lands to oil extraction. But its strategy has changed little since the agency’s earlier attempt in 2019 and drillers may not be interested.
insideclimatenews.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🌻🌼Check out Mike's hilarious 😂new music video, produced with help from Berkeley High!
#ILikeFlowers
https://youtu.be/8A1oojuEFXk?si=KStrijlrYGSpjbPt
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🚴‍♀️🚴Love this! #GoodClimateNews🥰
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012026/bike-bus-programs-reduce-traffic-and-pollution/
More Children Are Powering Their Own Wheels to School as Part of ‘Bike Buses’ - Inside Climate News
School kids who ride in packs led by adults to school improve both their health and their grades, reduce traffic and pollution around schools and help cut climate-warming emissions.
insideclimatenews.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
The Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) has gotten the backing of several #climate organizations, including Citizens' Climate Lobby to offset #carbon pollution and reduce wildfires 🌲🔥🌳!
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/fix-our-forests-act/
January 19, 2026 at 10:47 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🎍Remember getting an #extremeweather alert last year? Hope so! 🤔 100 percent of United States Residents got one. View the animation (and more) at https://dangerseason.ucs.org/ .

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
😎🌻☀️“In one hour, the Earth receives enough light from the sun to power the world for the whole year”
#EnergyPolicy #CleanEnergy #Infrastructure
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15012026/inside-clean-energy-solar-dominance/
Talking About Energy Dominance? Solar Would Like to Have a Word. - Inside Climate News
We are in the solar-powered century, although some are taking their time to figure this out.
insideclimatenews.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Good Climate News:
☀️🌻😎Solar is overtaking #fossilfuels and coal just about everywhere -- with or without good #EnergyPolicy!

#ClimateNews
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/chart-solar-is-finally-bigger-than-coal-in-texas
Chart: Solar is finally bigger than coal in Texas
Sure, coal had a comeback in 2025. But the year also marked the first time Texas got more power from solar than from the increasingly expensive fossil…
www.canarymedia.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🔥🥵2025 was the third hottest year on record -- behind 2023 and 2024. And don't expect a respite just yet.
#ClimateNews #ExtremeHeat #ClimateActionNow
https://f24.my/Bfd0
2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors
The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, global climate monitors said Wednesday.
f24.my
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Our carbon emissions rose last year, but it doesn't look like a sustainable trend🏭. (Not that it ever was🤔).
#Climate #Energy #News
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/emissions-reduction/us-carbon-emissions-rose-coal
US carbon emissions rose in 2025 as coal produced more power
The new data bucked the general trend of declining emissions, as booming electricity demand and higher natural gas prices gave coal a temporary opening in…
www.canarymedia.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
🐸Good climate news -- and a toad that has constitutional rights🤩!
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012026/endangered-jambato-toad-wins-against-ecuador-highway-construction/
In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins - Inside Climate News
The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction won’t drive the species to extinction.
insideclimatenews.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Thank you, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, for your first year in Congress!🙏🙌🎉
https://youtu.be/nY68Thv8J7U?si=QhIiQHoumw8QElQc
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
We stand a chance of saving funding for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a key #climate program. #NCAR supports wildfire analysis, flood forecasts, flight safety, disaster preparedness, and more!✈️🔥🌊🎍
Tell your MOC's to fund it here ⤵️.
https://ow.ly/8fuU50XWuig
January 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
cclalameda.bsky.social
Seven issues to look out for in 2026.

You know we humans can fix this problem, right? Don't let corporate lobbyists control everything. Let your government know where YOU stand -- we can help!

First meeting of the year, Jan 23. Check us out🤩!

https://ow.ly/3k4b50XVSV0
Looking Ahead to a Deepening Affordability Crisis, an Election and the Threat of an AI Investment Bubble - Inside Climate News
Seven experts weigh in on what they expect in 2026.
ow.ly
January 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
cclalameda.bsky.social
#SundayAfternoon Why removing ourselves from #climate treaties was a bad decision that harms democracy.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0801202...
Outcry Builds Over Trump’s Withdrawal From International, Climate Treaties - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocates have blasted the administration’s unprecedented retreat as unwise—and possibly illegal.
insideclimatenews.org
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM