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This fall, the city of Antioch's new brackish desalination plant started treating water from the Delta. I wrote about the new facility along with the role brackish desalination is playing in the state's water supply strategy for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social.
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Antioch Desalination Plant Provides Path to Water Conservation
The $120 million plant opened this fall and treats 8 million gallons of brackish water a day, 75% of which is drinkable.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This fall, the city of Antioch's new brackish desalination plant started treating water from the Delta. I wrote about the new facility along with the role brackish desalination is playing in the state's water supply strategy for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social.
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As the warming world shrinks California's water supply, every drop spoiled, spent, or saved counts. This month's stories dive into #AI's water crisis, a new #desalination plant for the #Delta, #PFAS contamination in the #TriValley area, and more. buff.ly/WIFcyqj
#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
As the warming world shrinks California's water supply, every drop spoiled, spent, or saved counts. This month's stories dive into #AI's water crisis, a new #desalination plant for the #Delta, #PFAS contamination in the #TriValley area, and more. buff.ly/WIFcyqj
#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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#Oakland artist Courtney Griffith walks local #beaches collecting discarded plastics, burnt wood, and tangled ropes—then turns them into installations that spark reflection on our impact on local ecosystems. #EcoArt #RecycledArt
📷: Courtney Griffith
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📷: Courtney Griffith
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November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#Oakland artist Courtney Griffith walks local #beaches collecting discarded plastics, burnt wood, and tangled ropes—then turns them into installations that spark reflection on our impact on local ecosystems. #EcoArt #RecycledArt
📷: Courtney Griffith
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📷: Courtney Griffith
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This September, lightning sparked a #wildfire in #ChineseCamp. Photographer Tristan Moore documented the aftermath in this historic #GoldRush town, where residents lost nearly everything but are finding ways forward. #PhotoEssay
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November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This September, lightning sparked a #wildfire in #ChineseCamp. Photographer Tristan Moore documented the aftermath in this historic #GoldRush town, where residents lost nearly everything but are finding ways forward. #PhotoEssay
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In southwest #SantaRosa, Latinx youth are measuring #extremeheat disparities in their own neighborhoods. Organized by Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers, this new youth advisory team is documenting how the area’s sparse tree canopy creates #urbanheatislands.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In southwest #SantaRosa, Latinx youth are measuring #extremeheat disparities in their own neighborhoods. Organized by Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers, this new youth advisory team is documenting how the area’s sparse tree canopy creates #urbanheatislands.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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In #LosAngeles, shade is a rare luxury. Three-quarters of bus stops have no shelter, leaving vulnerable residents exposed to #extremeheat. Journalist Sam Bloch’s new book Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource digs deeper into shade inequity. @samkbloch.bsky.social
📷: Sam Bloch
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📷: Sam Bloch
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In #LosAngeles, shade is a rare luxury. Three-quarters of bus stops have no shelter, leaving vulnerable residents exposed to #extremeheat. Journalist Sam Bloch’s new book Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource digs deeper into shade inequity. @samkbloch.bsky.social
📷: Sam Bloch
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📷: Sam Bloch
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This Saturday, join Everyday Climate Champions & Trellis for an afternoon of hope, connection, and climate action in #SanFrancisco. Enjoy live music & happy hour. Free childcare & activities for kids. Tickets: $5-$25 sliding scale.
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This Saturday, join Everyday Climate Champions & Trellis for an afternoon of hope, connection, and climate action in #SanFrancisco. Enjoy live music & happy hour. Free childcare & activities for kids. Tickets: $5-$25 sliding scale.
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
Climate resilience is happening in our own neighborhoods every day—but these stories rarely get told. KneeDeep Times is building a #communityreporting network to amplify these stories. Read the first dispatches from our new Community Reporting Fellows: buff.ly/GFnelDo
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October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Climate resilience is happening in our own neighborhoods every day—but these stories rarely get told. KneeDeep Times is building a #communityreporting network to amplify these stories. Read the first dispatches from our new Community Reporting Fellows: buff.ly/GFnelDo
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The second installment of KneeDeep’s quarterly column “The Practice” spotlights innovative #environmentaldesign projects in progress from #PaloAlto to Ashland, including a #levee that filters wastewater and a commercial lot transformed into a #communitypark. #IndiaBasin
📷: Aaron Ackerman
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📷: Aaron Ackerman
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October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The second installment of KneeDeep’s quarterly column “The Practice” spotlights innovative #environmentaldesign projects in progress from #PaloAlto to Ashland, including a #levee that filters wastewater and a commercial lot transformed into a #communitypark. #IndiaBasin
📷: Aaron Ackerman
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📷: Aaron Ackerman
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New California legislation exempts many housing projects from #CEQA review to fast-track development. Environmental advocates warn the rushed process could enable unsafe housing in #flood and #fire zones and allow industrial facilities to be built near neighborhoods.
Map: MTC/ABAG
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Map: MTC/ABAG
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October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thousands more cars on the road. Entire rail lines shut down. No free #transit for youth, low-income families, and seniors. That's the reality heading to the #BayArea in 2027 unless voters pass a ballot measure in November 2026 to fund #publictransit. #SB63 @bart.gov
📷: Joey Kotfica, MTC
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📷: Joey Kotfica, MTC
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October 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thousands more cars on the road. Entire rail lines shut down. No free #transit for youth, low-income families, and seniors. That's the reality heading to the #BayArea in 2027 unless voters pass a ballot measure in November 2026 to fund #publictransit. #SB63 @bart.gov
📷: Joey Kotfica, MTC
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📷: Joey Kotfica, MTC
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In #SantaClara backyards, fruit is rotting—releasing #methane and adding to the county's 677,167 tons of annual organic waste. Now, #Cupertino's backyard harvesting program is rescuing that bounty and donating it to families experiencing #foodinsecurity. #FoodWaste
📷: Stephanie Lam
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📷: Stephanie Lam
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October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In #SantaClara backyards, fruit is rotting—releasing #methane and adding to the county's 677,167 tons of annual organic waste. Now, #Cupertino's backyard harvesting program is rescuing that bounty and donating it to families experiencing #foodinsecurity. #FoodWaste
📷: Stephanie Lam
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📷: Stephanie Lam
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On October 25, as part of the @litquake.org festival’s #LitCrawl event, four KneeDeep writers will present literary pieces on the theme of journeys back to our own terrain at Grand Coffee Too in #SanFrancisco. Register for free: buff.ly/lRWElN1
#LiteraryFestival #MissionDistrict #NatureWriting
#LiteraryFestival #MissionDistrict #NatureWriting
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On October 25, as part of the @litquake.org festival’s #LitCrawl event, four KneeDeep writers will present literary pieces on the theme of journeys back to our own terrain at Grand Coffee Too in #SanFrancisco. Register for free: buff.ly/lRWElN1
#LiteraryFestival #MissionDistrict #NatureWriting
#LiteraryFestival #MissionDistrict #NatureWriting
Last month, hundreds of climate activists, planners, and scientists descended on the #Exploratorium in #SanFrancisco for the Bay Adapt Summit. New to the Bay Area, KneeDeep Assistant Editor Duncan Agnew asked the experts for a crash course on #sealevelrise.
📷: Ida Høyrup/Exploratorium
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📷: Ida Høyrup/Exploratorium
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October 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Last month, hundreds of climate activists, planners, and scientists descended on the #Exploratorium in #SanFrancisco for the Bay Adapt Summit. New to the Bay Area, KneeDeep Assistant Editor Duncan Agnew asked the experts for a crash course on #sealevelrise.
📷: Ida Høyrup/Exploratorium
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📷: Ida Høyrup/Exploratorium
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This month's stories explore the Bay Area's struggle to balance affordability, efficiency, and #climateresilience. New #housing and #transit policies spark debate, while #grassroots activists find inspiration in their own backyards. buff.ly/6ky3MpQ
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October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This month's stories explore the Bay Area's struggle to balance affordability, efficiency, and #climateresilience. New #housing and #transit policies spark debate, while #grassroots activists find inspiration in their own backyards. buff.ly/6ky3MpQ
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New research reveals that #flooding events send massive loads of sand to eroding #beaches, giving them a natural boost against rising seas. San Lorenzo River delivers enough sediment during wet years to elevate Santa Cruz's Main Beach for 3-4 years. #SeaLevelRise
📷: Peter Pearsall
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📷: Peter Pearsall
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October 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New research reveals that #flooding events send massive loads of sand to eroding #beaches, giving them a natural boost against rising seas. San Lorenzo River delivers enough sediment during wet years to elevate Santa Cruz's Main Beach for 3-4 years. #SeaLevelRise
📷: Peter Pearsall
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📷: Peter Pearsall
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As fires and floods scare insurance companies away from high-risk areas, some communities are experimenting with innovative solutions. #Truckee, CA just scored the first US #wildfireinsurance policy that rewards communities for smart #forestmanagement. #WildfirePreparedness
📷: Steve Kuehl
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📷: Steve Kuehl
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October 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As fires and floods scare insurance companies away from high-risk areas, some communities are experimenting with innovative solutions. #Truckee, CA just scored the first US #wildfireinsurance policy that rewards communities for smart #forestmanagement. #WildfirePreparedness
📷: Steve Kuehl
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📷: Steve Kuehl
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California's #forests can't outrun #climatechange, so scientists are helping them adapt. The new strategy: plant seeds from warmer, lower elevations at higher altitudes, using climate-smart tools to predict which trees will thrive under future conditions. #Reforestation
📷: CAL FIRE
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📷: CAL FIRE
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October 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
California's #forests can't outrun #climatechange, so scientists are helping them adapt. The new strategy: plant seeds from warmer, lower elevations at higher altitudes, using climate-smart tools to predict which trees will thrive under future conditions. #Reforestation
📷: CAL FIRE
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📷: CAL FIRE
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After five #wildfires in eight years, a #Napa Valley vintner has learned what it really takes to survive in fire country. Steve Rasmussen has retrofitted buildings, built fire breaks, navigated federal grant bureaucracy, and learned to work alongside PG&E and CAL FIRE.
📷: Afsoon Razavi
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📷: Afsoon Razavi
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October 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
After five #wildfires in eight years, a #Napa Valley vintner has learned what it really takes to survive in fire country. Steve Rasmussen has retrofitted buildings, built fire breaks, navigated federal grant bureaucracy, and learned to work alongside PG&E and CAL FIRE.
📷: Afsoon Razavi
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📷: Afsoon Razavi
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Check out our recently updated ReaderBoard for #environmental events and announcements in the #BayArea. This month, we feature events in #SanFrancisco and #Oakland, opportunities for #teachers and #youngprofessionals, and much more! buff.ly/pi7A4bn
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Check out our recently updated ReaderBoard for #environmental events and announcements in the #BayArea. This month, we feature events in #SanFrancisco and #Oakland, opportunities for #teachers and #youngprofessionals, and much more! buff.ly/pi7A4bn
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How two rivers could rescue sinking beaches and marshes #cawater @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social mavensnotebook.com/2025/09/29/k...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: How two rivers could rescue sinking beaches and marshes
by Kimberly Hickok, Knee Deep Times On the west side of the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, where it flows into Monterey Bay, sits the oldest amusement park in California — the 118-year-old Santa Cruz...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
How two rivers could rescue sinking beaches and marshes #cawater @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social mavensnotebook.com/2025/09/29/k...
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More cities, NGOs, even HOAs are getting disaster insurance.
'Parametric' plans pay out at key triggers: hurricane hits cat 5, wildfire crosses line, etc.
Now, some of those plans are rewarding climate adaptation with big discounts.
with @jojofoshosho.bsky.social for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social !
'Parametric' plans pay out at key triggers: hurricane hits cat 5, wildfire crosses line, etc.
Now, some of those plans are rewarding climate adaptation with big discounts.
with @jojofoshosho.bsky.social for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social !
The insurance industry is broken, especially in wildfire-prone states like California that have been hit hard by climate change. Could a community-based risk reduction model be the solution? Proud to have gotten to co-write this story for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social with @megduff.com 🌎🧪
Insurance Innovations Reward Communities Reducing Climate Risk
Fires and floods are scaring insurance companies away from disaster zones, but communities are doing their part to improve outcomes.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
More cities, NGOs, even HOAs are getting disaster insurance.
'Parametric' plans pay out at key triggers: hurricane hits cat 5, wildfire crosses line, etc.
Now, some of those plans are rewarding climate adaptation with big discounts.
with @jojofoshosho.bsky.social for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social !
'Parametric' plans pay out at key triggers: hurricane hits cat 5, wildfire crosses line, etc.
Now, some of those plans are rewarding climate adaptation with big discounts.
with @jojofoshosho.bsky.social for @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social !
This month’s stories spotlight innovation in the aftermath of #climatedisasters. A California town pilots a new community #wildfireinsurance model, scientists replant forests with #climateresilient seeds, and a #NapaValley resident shares wisdom from surviving five fires. buff.ly/0DMjvEG
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September 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This month’s stories spotlight innovation in the aftermath of #climatedisasters. A California town pilots a new community #wildfireinsurance model, scientists replant forests with #climateresilient seeds, and a #NapaValley resident shares wisdom from surviving five fires. buff.ly/0DMjvEG
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September 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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