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CruzClimate.com is a FREE, weekly, plain language, climate change newsletter for Santa Cruz County, Calif. Checking dozens of reliable sources for climate news that affects our County. By Rex Sanders, science writer. Also ClimateJargon.com
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• Clean energy paths for overlooked industries
• Hydrogen bus failures from misguided transit systems

And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 10-minute read cruzclimate.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
And everything is flawed, if you want to look at it that way. The analogy that has helped me most is this: in Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of boat-owners rescued people—single moms, toddlers, grandfathers—stranded in attics, on roofs, in flooded housing projects, hospitals, and school buildings. None of them said, I can’t rescue everyone, therefore it’s futile; therefore my efforts are flawed and worthless, though that’s often what people say about more abstract issues in which, nevertheless, lives, places, cultures, species, rights are at stake. They went out there in fishing boats and rowboats and pirogues and all kinds of small craft, some driving from as far as Texas and eluding the au- thorities to get in, others refugees themselves working within the city. There was bumper-to-bumper boat-trailer traffic—the celebrated Cajun Navy—going toward the city the day after the levees broke. None of those people said, I can’t rescue them all. All of them said, I can rescue someone, and that’s work so meaningful and important I will risk my life and defy the authorities to do it. And they did.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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• New fire rules should help, someday
• California’s big oil spill and climate problem
• Big Oil’s climate ads have lied for 25 years

More in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read at cruzclimate.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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• Al Gore still optimistic about fixing our climate

• How scientists connect extreme weather to climate change

And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter on climate change news & analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read at cruzclimate.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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• Fire station installs solar panels and batteries

• LA County Fire recommends wildfire shelter-in-place

• We need big clean energy projects fast

And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California
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December 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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• Improve climate fast by cutting methane

• Better state rules on landfill air pollution & methane leaks

• Calif. 120 volt induction ranges & heat pumps

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November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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• Big climate actions that work

• Why improve our climate?

• Clean energy is cheaper, healthier, and safer

• Overbuild clean energy

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November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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• Switch to clean energy for a healthy, cheaper life

• State and local politicians could lower electric bills

• Window heat pumps reduce PG&E bills

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November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Special: Believe climate scientists or Bill Gates?

Mr. Gates posted a controversial memo about climate change.
Actual climate scientists are not happy.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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• Radical climate optimism
• California could regulate climate pollution on its own
• Ten years after the Paris Agreement on climate
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November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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September 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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• Clean energy revolution is coming fast
• County passenger train report has a hydrogen problem
• Positive tipping points for our climate
And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter that covers #ClimateChange news affecting #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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November 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Editorial: Climate expert syndrome
Neighborhood “hub home” helps during blackouts
Clean energy continues booming worldwide
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October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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• U.S. still adding clean energy
• UC Santa Cruz will host UN event to help improve climate
• More new California climate laws

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October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Big growth for cheaper clean energy

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October 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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California net zero barely possible in twenty years

This week’s free, plain language Cruz Climate newsletter covers many more #ClimateChange articles that affect #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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New California climate laws are mostly good.

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September 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Major oil companies caused severe heat waves

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September 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Divers smashed millions of starving urchins to save a kelp forest near #LosAngeles. Thousands of hours underwater, "forearms super tired," but successful. Might need in #MontereyBay
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September 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#SeaLevelRise strategies for Seacliff and New Brighton beaches. Presentation of post-2023 storm damage study and survey, September 11 6 pm at #CabrilloCollege, also by Zoom
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Only one #SantaCruzCounty location for #Battery storage plant. County staff put 3 in first draft of new zoning, but other two had problems. Delays might force #BESS developer to get #California permit instead
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September 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#BatteryFire stopped quickly. Four #Battery containers burned at #BESS in rural #California. #CALFIRE cleared scene less than 24 hours after alarm, no injuries, no offsite damage
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September 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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#MossLanding burned #Battery removal starts soon. Already removing #Asbestos from old building. Battery storage plant like this would never get approved or built today
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#BatteryFire #BESS #ClimateChange #Energy #SantaCruz #California
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Raising strong, flexible kids in an age of #ClimateDisasters. How do we help kids feel safe & hopeful? Online preso Sep 11 + parent's guide. Register to watch live or later
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#ClimateChange #MentalHealth #SantaCruz #California
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM