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California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
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Making California's policies stronger with science and technology. Training CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows. Nonpartisan, nonprofit. Established via California State Legislature. #AI #Energy #Wildfire
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"QSA will help realize this future by co-designing the algorithms, devices, and engineering innovations that will make quantum solutions possible.” — Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov and CCST Board Member.

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#quantum #tech
The Quantum Systems Accelerator Embarks on Next Five Years of Pioneering Quantum Technologies for Science
Berkeley Lab-led center will accelerate progress toward practical quantum computers, ultra-precise sensors, and powerful new tools for science.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🌟 CCST is #hiring!

We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.

📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...

#scipol
Executive Assistant - California Council on Science and Technology - Career Page
Executive Assistant position for California Council on Science and Technology. CCST is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization looking for administrative support
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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We're searching for a Managing Director to join our leadership team and help shape the future of science & tech policy in California, responsible for driving organizational excellence while connecting our extraordinary scientific ecosystem with policymakers to tackle our state's greatest challenges.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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🚀 CCST is hiring!
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...

#SciencePolicy #CCST
Managing Director - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
CCST's Managing Director serves as a strategic partner to the CEO and a key member of the leadership team, responsible for ensuring organizational excellence across all dimensions of CCST's work.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Fires are burning faster. “Nearly every year for the past decade, there’s been at least one town in California, or a large part of town, decimated by wildfire," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bresnick.bsky.social. "That didn’t use to happen”
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Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms
Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the aftermath requires a new approach as well.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"Effective communication involves explaining trade-offs clearly and presenting them as part of a broader, robust risk-management strategy."

Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.

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#scipol #scicomm
Effective Risk Communication: Lessons from Wildfire Science | COMPASS
As climate change intensifies weather patterns, disrupts ecosystems, and endangers human health and infrastructure, the need for effective communication that supports informed action to prevent and re...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Scientists and policy experts came together at #ScienceDay2025 to build partnerships that strengthen California’s resilience.
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...

#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
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October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Listen to our latest briefing via the @americaadapts.bsky.social podcast. #scipol #scicomm #climatechange
americaadapts.bsky.social americaadapts.org @americaadapts.bsky.social · Oct 7
New (unusual) America Adapts #podcast: #ClimateChange & Human Mobility — rebroadcast from the @ccst.us series I moderated.

We unpack “climate havens,” how climate stress can raise civil war risk, and why NAPs must plan for mobility.

Listen here!
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation) — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation). Ep. 238.
www.americaadapts.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Congratulations to new @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez! #scipol #strongerwithscience
carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez @carb-chair.bsky.social · Oct 2
I’m incredibly honored & humbled to have been sworn in as Chair of the @airresources.bsky.social by @cagov.bsky.social. CA doesn’t wait for the future—we lead it. Time & time again we’ve proven that clean air, economic growth & innovation can go together.
Lauren Sanchez raises her right hand while being sworn in as Chair of the California Air Resources Board. She faces Governor Gavin Newsom, who is also raising his right hand and holding a book for the oath. They are smiling, standing indoors in front of a staircase and a bronze bear statue.
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Just getting started!
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 9
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders

Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.

🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...

@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
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October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Tune in Thursday at 12pm PT! #scipol #caleg #climatechange
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 9
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders

Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.

🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...

@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
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October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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“What makes Daniel @weatherwest.bsky.social special is that he doesn’t just do the fundamental science, he somehow finds the time to explain it to the public,” @michaelemann.bsky.social wrote about the @ucanr.edu climate scientist
#TIME100Next
ucanr.edu UC Agriculture & Natural Resources @ucanr.edu · Sep 30
🎉 UC ANR’s Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social joins the 2025 #TIME100Next, spotlighting 100 rising leaders worldwide. A climate scientist & communicator, Swain studies droughts, floods & wildfires—& makes complex science accessible to the public & policymakers.
More here: bit.ly/4nXePlk
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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We are kicking things off at Science Day 2025 with the California Natural Resources Agency with Secretary Crowfoot. First up? A keynote panel on cross sector #scipol partnerships moderated by CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social #ccstscienceday
CNRA headquarters on an overcast day California Natural Resources Agency building entrance Secretary Wade Crowfoot provides opening remarks. CCST CEO Julianne McCall opens and moderates the keynote panel.
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Starting soon! #ccstscienceday #scipol #caleg
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 25
How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.

Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Graphic with a large header "VIRTUAL KEYNOTE", the title of the panel "Sustaining Partnerships for a More Resilient California," and headshots, names, titles, and institutions of the four panelists.
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.

Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Graphic with a large header "VIRTUAL KEYNOTE", the title of the panel "Sustaining Partnerships for a More Resilient California," and headshots, names, titles, and institutions of the four panelists.
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders

Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.

🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...

@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
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September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Call for Peer Review: Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to #Fumigation

Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium).

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Seeking Peer Reviewers for Study on Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to Fumigation - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
The Phase 2 report on pre-plant fumigation, which focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators
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September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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It’s a beautiful day to celebrate biodiversity! CCST is at Camp Pollock in Sacramento for the #CABiodiversityDay kick-off, hosted by Sacramento Valley Conservancy and with opening remarks from Secretary @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Come say hi!
September 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Celebrate #CABiodiversityDay at Camp Pollock 🌿 📅 Sat, Sept 6 | 9AM–12PM 🔍 BioBlitz, booths, service project, & more! Free + family-friendly. RSVP: sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/event/bio-20...
Biodiversity Day and BioBlitz
Kickstart Biodiversity Day with special guest speakers, a friendly BioBlitz competition with iNaturalist, and all your favorite local environmental groups!
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September 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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🔥 FIRE ACTIVITY UPDATE 🔥

The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3).

For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov

#CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Scientists at @Livermore_Lab have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by the world’s fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones. https://bit.ly/45WGxHB
Scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world’s fastest supercomputer
An advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
September 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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👏 Thank you @benallenca.bsky.social for mentoring Fellows like Dr. Cooper and being a longtime champion for making policies #strongerwithscience!
benallenca.bsky.social Ben Allen @benallenca.bsky.social · Aug 26
Honored our brilliant @ccst.us on the Senate Floor this week! My office has benefited tremendously from the addition of Dr. Adam Cooper this year, who has worked on issues such as cap & trade, the use of forever chemicals, environmental contaminants, wildfire recovery efforts, and more.
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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🌟Superstars. Our 2025 cohort of Science & Technology Policy Fellows were recognized by the California State Legislature for their year of service, partnership, and impact. Thank you to the Senate and Assembly leaders, colleagues, and supporters who make this program possible. #caleg #scipol #phd
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined @calenergy.bsky.social Chair Hochschild & @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social at the CA-Denmark partnership signing ceremony in SF. This groundbreaking collaboration will accelerate climate solutions & clean energy innovation between two global leaders. 🇺🇸🇩🇰
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Multiple new fires popping up in California today as heatwave continues to build. Most concerning fire at the moment is the #PickettFire in Napa County near Calistoga. Amid 100+ degree and breezy conditions, it's putting up quite the column, with some local evacs. #CAwx #CAfire
Current camera view of the Pickett Fire from AlertCam network. Another current camera view of the Pickett Fire from AlertCam network.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM