Dave Rowney
@drcal68.bsky.social
Former statistician in forest entomology at UC Berkeley; previously a mechanical engineer. Interested in global warming solutions and social justice.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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This was also the 160th of 205 days (78%) in 2005 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the grid. WWS has exceeded 100% of demand for an avg of 4.73 h/day among all 205 days
WWS has met an avg of 57.4% of demand in 2025, vs 53.1% in 2024 and 48.8% in 2023, suggesting CA should be 100% WWS 24/7/365 in <10 y
WWS has met an avg of 57.4% of demand in 2025, vs 53.1% in 2024 and 48.8% in 2023, suggesting CA should be 100% WWS 24/7/365 in <10 y
Everyone is probably bored of me posting California winning almost every day against the pro-fossil and let's-do-everything-except-what-is-actually-useful crowd, but I can't help if every day results in a new first.
On 7/24 solar on the CAISO grid spilled a record peak of 21.71 GW onto the grid
On 7/24 solar on the CAISO grid spilled a record peak of 21.71 GW onto the grid
July 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This was also the 160th of 205 days (78%) in 2005 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the grid. WWS has exceeded 100% of demand for an avg of 4.73 h/day among all 205 days
WWS has met an avg of 57.4% of demand in 2025, vs 53.1% in 2024 and 48.8% in 2023, suggesting CA should be 100% WWS 24/7/365 in <10 y
WWS has met an avg of 57.4% of demand in 2025, vs 53.1% in 2024 and 48.8% in 2023, suggesting CA should be 100% WWS 24/7/365 in <10 y
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Reports of masked ICE and Border Patrol agents approaching and arresting individuals in Sacramento are scary and disturbing. 🧵
July 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reports of masked ICE and Border Patrol agents approaching and arresting individuals in Sacramento are scary and disturbing. 🧵
People, watch out for black vans in the Sacramento area- stay safe!
My statement on the ICE raids carried out today in Sacramento.
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
People, watch out for black vans in the Sacramento area- stay safe!
In September 1998 we took a trip through the southwest and spent several days at Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim. Today the lodge and 45000 acres burned. Another victim of climate change. Very sad!
July 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In September 1998 we took a trip through the southwest and spent several days at Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim. Today the lodge and 45000 acres burned. Another victim of climate change. Very sad!
@katharinehayhoe.com Thanks for the excellent article in ‘Time’ about the Texas floods!
July 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@katharinehayhoe.com Thanks for the excellent article in ‘Time’ about the Texas floods!
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The devastating cuts in President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” put food assistance at risk for thousands of Sacramento County residents—including seniors.
I met with the team at Meals on Wheels to discuss how we can work together to ensure no senior in our community goes hungry.
I met with the team at Meals on Wheels to discuss how we can work together to ensure no senior in our community goes hungry.
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The devastating cuts in President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” put food assistance at risk for thousands of Sacramento County residents—including seniors.
I met with the team at Meals on Wheels to discuss how we can work together to ensure no senior in our community goes hungry.
I met with the team at Meals on Wheels to discuss how we can work together to ensure no senior in our community goes hungry.
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Real Men Burn Stuff
The manosphere and the war on renewable energy
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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We must #resist in every way possible!
Everyone should install #ICEBlock to protect themselves and their communities. You can see reported ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius of your current location.
It's free, anonymous and could literally save someone's life.
apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
Everyone should install #ICEBlock to protect themselves and their communities. You can see reported ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius of your current location.
It's free, anonymous and could literally save someone's life.
apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
ICEBlock
Stay informed about important local information in real-time while maintaining your privacy. ICEBlock is a community-driven app that allows you to share and discover location-based reports without re...
apps.apple.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We must #resist in every way possible!
Everyone should install #ICEBlock to protect themselves and their communities. You can see reported ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius of your current location.
It's free, anonymous and could literally save someone's life.
apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
Everyone should install #ICEBlock to protect themselves and their communities. You can see reported ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius of your current location.
It's free, anonymous and could literally save someone's life.
apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
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Senate votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs
Senate votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs
Senate republicans passed their version of the republican tax bill previously passed by the House. The bill retains most of the bad parts of the House bill, and still kills a slew of tax credits to help working families become more energy efficient, improve US air quality, and boost US manufacturing – instead channeling that money to wealthy elites, increasing the deficit by trillions of dollars along the way.
more…
electrek.co
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Senate votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs
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We traveled to Redding CA to support our family and friends at the No Kings event there. Estimated 2500 demonstrators showed up in this small city.
June 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We traveled to Redding CA to support our family and friends at the No Kings event there. Estimated 2500 demonstrators showed up in this small city.
Thinking of my father Vic today. He survived 4 combat tours in WW2 and Korea. With a Corsair in the Pacific in 1945:
June 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thinking of my father Vic today. He survived 4 combat tours in WW2 and Korea. With a Corsair in the Pacific in 1945:
Hands Off event in Sacramento CA was wonderful today! Enthusiastic crowd of 10’s of thousands.
April 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hands Off event in Sacramento CA was wonderful today! Enthusiastic crowd of 10’s of thousands.
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The response of the science community to the last month is not about one statement or action. It's about all of us with our different frames. For Science's part, we are doing what we have always done and have no plans to change. My thoughts on what we can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Come together, right now
The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...
www.science.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The response of the science community to the last month is not about one statement or action. It's about all of us with our different frames. For Science's part, we are doing what we have always done and have no plans to change. My thoughts on what we can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In my job at UC Forest Entomology and Plant Pathology I met with many dedicated Forest Service people. This is terrible:
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
California's mountain towns crushed as Trump guts Forest Service
Calif. mountain towns are surrounded by public lands. They're already dealing with the fallout of cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and land management agencies.
www.sfgate.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In my job at UC Forest Entomology and Plant Pathology I met with many dedicated Forest Service people. This is terrible:
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Naval Operations were hired because they were superbly qualified, not because of DEI. But they were fired because they were black and a woman. That's racism and sexism.
Call it what it is.
Call it what it is.
February 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Naval Operations were hired because they were superbly qualified, not because of DEI. But they were fired because they were black and a woman. That's racism and sexism.
Call it what it is.
Call it what it is.
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EV growth rose again in 2024, despite media & political lies saying otherwise
EV growth rose again in 2024, despite media & political lies saying otherwise
In 2024, the world sold 3.5 million more EVs than it did in the previous year, according to a new report by Rho Motion. This increase is larger than the 3.2 million increase in EV sales from the previous year – meaning that EV sales aren’t just up, but…
electrek.co
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
EV growth rose again in 2024, despite media & political lies saying otherwise
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Thinking about how eucalyptus trees, responsible in part for the LA fires, are also the most common species in carbon credit-generating plantations - like this one Meta uses for its offsets news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Meta to buy 3.9 million carbon credits from controversial tree plantations
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, recently closed a deal to buy 1.3 million carbon removal credits from commercial tree plantations in Latin America, with an option for an additional...
news.mongabay.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thinking about how eucalyptus trees, responsible in part for the LA fires, are also the most common species in carbon credit-generating plantations - like this one Meta uses for its offsets news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood
cleantechnica.com/2025/01/02/f... @cleantechnica.bsky.social
cleantechnica.com/2025/01/02/f... @cleantechnica.bsky.social
Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their "Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive" Falsehood - CleanTechnica
Two news stories recently claim solar power makes the cost of electricity increase. It their any truth to those claims?
cleantechnica.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood
cleantechnica.com/2025/01/02/f... @cleantechnica.bsky.social
cleantechnica.com/2025/01/02/f... @cleantechnica.bsky.social
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Hi, I’m God.
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God
November 21, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Hi, I’m God.
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God
Billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Thanks,
God