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A project of the Climate Equity Reporting Project at Berkeley Journalism. Our small team is using journalism to explore the equity implications of greenhouse gas reduction efforts in California. Read the newsletter here https://caclimateequity.substack.com
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“In Altadena, a series of public and private failures left Black households most likely to face the complete loss of a home — a racial line seen nationwide, regardless of the type of disaster, due to housing policies that have left people of color in disaster zones." capitalbnews.org/black-retire...
Climate Disasters Are Destroying Black Retirements and the American Dream
Workers facing disasters and failed insurance are draining their retirement savings, leaving many on their own in old age.
capitalbnews.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
Here's the thing: 2.5-3C of global warming is actually still really bad news. Is it better than 3-5C of warming? Undoubtedly. But I don't think many folks, apparently including Gates & advisors, appreciate just how radically transformed a 2.5-3C warmer world would be. [10/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
stateofchange.bsky.social
We’re making our voices heard and letting legislators know that we’re watching and that we care about environmental justice." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
California students hold walk outs in support of Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act
Sacramento — Students in California and around the nation and world are extremely concerned with what the future holds for them, considering the increasing toll that Big Oil-induced climate disasters ...
www.dailykos.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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California playgrounds and open spaces are getting hotter, but few have much shading and many are actually losing tree cover, a team led by the UC Davis Urban Science Lab finds www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
California Schools Are Losing Tree Canopy
About 85% of elementary schools studied in California experienced some loss of trees between 2018 and 2022, found a UC Davis study.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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iopp-environment.bsky.social
💧☀️ Read in #ERW how climate change impacts mountain snowpack and the implications this has for agricultural water security in California 🫗🌽

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/3033-4942/ade7aa

#Environment #Water #Agriculture #ClimateChange #Snow #Irrigation #Hydrology #WaterResources ⛲🌾
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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nytimes.com
Exxon Mobil sued California late Friday claiming that two new state laws that aim to fight climate change would violate the oil company’s free speech rights.
Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights.
nyti.ms
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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sfbaypsr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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alexckaufman.bsky.social
Major scoop from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social:

Stardust Solutions, the Israeli geoengineering startup led by a team of Israeli physicists, just raised $60 million to develop the technology to artificially cool the planet by reflecting sunlight as soon as the 2030s.

heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
heatmap.news
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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dwallacewells.bsky.social
In the 2025 State of Wildfires report, the authors suggest that climate change made southern California wildfires much more expansive in 2025, increasing burned area 25-fold. And also that, in decades ahead, fire risk may *decrease* in the region, despite warming. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
State of Wildfires 2024–2025
Abstract. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme wildfires globally, yet our understanding of these high-impact events remains uneven and shaped by media attention and reg...
essd.copernicus.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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governor.ca.gov
I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.

Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.

California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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edsource.org
Hundreds of students across more than 50 California high schools are planning to participate in walkouts on Oct. 24 to voice support for legislation that would hold oil companies accountable for damage to infrastructure and costs associated with the climate crisis.

Learn more: bit.ly/47gxqSv
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
stateofchange.bsky.social
“You’re paying home and business owners to be part of the solution to accommodate data centers. They’re already facing bill increases, not just because of large loads but because of utility investments, costs of climate change. This is a way to offset that.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...
Can crowdsourcing help solve the data center power crunch?
Data centers want to connect to the grid faster. Voltus says virtual power plants can help them do so — and cut costs for everyday utility customers.
www.canarymedia.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
stateofchange.bsky.social
California Resource Corp broke ground on state's 1st carbon capture project— "Carbon TerraVault" — but it will also enable more oil extraction.

At the ribbon-cutting Chris Parlier, Kern County Supervisor said, "It’s jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs and drill, baby drill."

bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/p...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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LA Times: California made it through another summer without a Flex Alert. Thank batteries, experts say

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-17/california-made-it-through-another-summer-without-a-flex-alert

#solar #Climate #climateemergency #grid #power
California made it through another summer without a Flex Alert. Thank batteries, experts say
Batteries that pair with clean solar and wind energy or just bolster electrical grids in general have completely taken off and are making a big difference on the California grid.
www.latimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
stateofchange.bsky.social
"Where we've gone awry is that we've put flood insurance in the automobile & household insurance buckets, and those are high-probability low-consequence events. Flood insurance is a low-probability high-consequence event, and more like life insurance."
caclimateequity.substack.com/p/its-not-if...
How Can We Protect Marginalized Communities From Flood Damages?
Californians are used to thinking about wildfires, but flooding is even harder to plan for.
caclimateequity.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
"China Has Overtaken America--And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up"
by @pkrugman.bsky.social
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/china-has-...
China Has Overtaken America
And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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theclimatecenter.bsky.social
🎉 BREAKING: #SB279, introduced by @senatormcnerney, has been signed into law!

By expanding composting capacity, we can divert food scraps from landfills and provide California growers with a climate-friendly alternative to open burning.
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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caclimateinvest.bsky.social
(1/3) Three school districts, the Stockton Unified School District, Oakland Unified School District, and McKinleyville Union School District, transformed their buses into 100% zero-emission fleets thanks to several California Climate Investment programs.
Several images of zero-emission school buses are shown. One image includes students boarding a yellow school bus next to a pile of backpacks. "California Climate Investment Programs help students take clean rides to school." California Air Resources Board and California Climate Investments.
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
stateofchange.bsky.social
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that lays the groundwork for a 2026 ballot measure to shore up funding for Bay Area transit systems through a new sales tax.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/13/b...
New sales tax to fund Bay Area transit closer to 2026 ballot
Transit advocates say BART and Muni could face devastating cuts without long-term funding.
sfstandard.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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sfchronicle.com
A housing shortage crisis combined with an era of climate-fueled wildfires has made building homes a fraught undertaking across much of California.
California is building homes deeper into wildfire country. Here’s why.
A housing shortage crisis combined with an era of climate-fueled wildfires has made building homes a fraught undertaking across much of California.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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ucanr.edu
🌱 Big changes ahead for #California nurseries:
At the 2025 California Nursery Conference, growers got updates on new laws around plastics, water use & nutrients — all as climate change turns up the heat.
#CaliforniaNursery #Sustainability #AgPolicy
➡️ bit.ly/4mYFc9s
person working on plants two people giving a plant demo
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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savethesnakes.org
"Though snakes may make you recoil, they’re essential parts of our ecosystems. The giant gartersnake is unique to California, found only in the Central Valley. It is the largest of all garter snakes — some have been documented at more than 5 feet long!" @laist.com
laist.com/news/climate...
A state snake and shrub? Meet California’s newest designated state symbols
Californians, your newest state symbols are the native big berry manzanita and the giant garter snake.
laist.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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cayimby.bsky.social
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!

Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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alfredtwu.com
The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.

For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
warrenjwells.bsky.social Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · Oct 7
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Cross section of 114' wide bridge structure with each direction having a 12' outside shoulder and a 10' inside shoulder.
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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kendrawrites.com
This conversation on how media adds to obstruction on climate action by @amywestervelt.bsky.social with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social is really good
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM