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We have now reached the moment of American history where our president is talking about how California has had "so much water for millions of years" and the state doesn't even need reservoirs because it has a long-unused "half pipe"

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Talked to esteemed delta smelt politics expert @calebscoville.bsky.social about why Trump remains fixated on this tiny fish when the facts don't add up www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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In case you'e wondering who controls Israel/Palestine policy now ... nymag.com/intelligence...

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An extremely warm summer and fall. An unusually dry winter. Hillsides covered with dry vegetation. And strong Santa Ana winds. In the mix of conditions that have contributed to the L.A. fires, scientists say one significant ingredient is climate change. www.latimes.com/environment/... @latimes.com

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Starter pack alert 👀 Follow our reporters, editors and visual journalists as they cover life and news in Northern California. We'll add to it as more of our staff joins Bluesky! go.bsky.app/JZL11Sg

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Some homes in Los Angeles survived the firestorms using defensive strategies that are already required by California law. Will more people start to follow them? www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

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Fighting the urge to scream this @mattdpearce.com substack column from the rooftop of my newsroom. Posting it here instead mattdpearce.substack.com/p/california...

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California backs away from key climate rules ahead of Trump 2.0. calmatters.org/environment/...

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Southern California Edison's decision to keep some power lines operating during the start of the LA windstorm is drawing scrutiny. Story from me and @naurtorious.bsky.social. #EatonFire #EnergySky #GreenSky 🎁 Link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The L.A. City Council is taking up a bunch of brand new measures today in response to the wildfires. The first thing that happens is the paper copies are pinned to this bulletin board

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Starting to look like electric powerlines/equipment may have started all three of the Eaton, Hurst, and Palisades Fires.

submitted 49 days ago • 38 comments

Pretty amazing that nonprofit Watch Duty -- which says it has 150 volunteers working around the clock to track wildfires -- has become the most trusted source of information on LA fires. Operated by retired/volunteer firefighters, dispatchers, and reporters. Real people. www.watchduty.org

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On LA fires, @weatherwest.bsky.social said "The scope of the disaster is so vast" that following hourly updates is close to impossible. "We essentially have two historic wildfire catastrophes unfolding at once... I am genuinely worried what the final toll will show."

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Many great resources for SoCal #CAFires. I recommend: 1. WatchDuty app for evacs, shelter, etc 2. @weatherwest.bsky.social does regular zoom "office hours" and explainers 3. Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy 4. TheLookout runs a fab explainer on his YT channel:

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A huge insurance crisis is brewing, if it's not here already.

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Trump blames the LA fires on Gov. Newsom for protecting Delta Smelt in Northern CA... which mostly makes no sense

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Wow www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Inbox: Gov. Newsom appoints Berkeley rep Nancy Skinner to the CA Energy Commission

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PFAS chemicals are reaching tap water via treated wastewater, study finds www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/c...

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LA is on fire again.

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Pretty striking… southern CA is dangerously on fire today and northern CA is covered with prescribed burns

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I wrote about Gannett’s plan to kill off one of the last pieces of American legacy media to resist financialization: The Associated Press. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/wall-stree...

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one of my favorite stories I did at Vox was about Jimmy Carter and his role in energy efficiency standards at the DOE. Truly underappreciated legacy that tangibly improved everyday life www.vox.com/climate/2023...

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A $450-million Northern California solar project is supposed to help the Sacramento area achieve 100% clean power by 2030. Some conservationists say it would destroy sensitive habitat: www.sacbee.com/news/califor... via @ariplachta.bsky.social

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What was “pro-democracy” journalism? mattdpearce.substack.com/p/what-comes...

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“This loan is less a solution for California’s energy future and more a bailout for #PG&E,” said EWG Prez Ken Cook. Reporting by the SacBee's @ariplachta.bsky.social

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SoCalGas President Maryam Brown elected board chair of the CA Chamber of Commerce. Means the fossil fuel industry will have an even stronger voice in one of the state's most powerful business lobby groups, which has already fought hard against climate rules. advocacy.calchamber.com/2024/12/16/s...

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The Biden administration said it will provide a record $15 billion loan to PG&E for grid improvements as California electricity demand grows. Critics are calling it a "bailout." www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

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Interesting -- next year's mandate is now an "ideal." www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Breaking: The board of California’s largest urban water supplier has voted to spend $141.6 million for a large share of preliminary planning work on the state's proposed water tunnel in the Delta. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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The Metropolitan Water District of So Cal just approved $141M for the controversial Delta Conveyance Project, Newsom's priority water tunnel. Wade Crowfoot, CA's Natural Resources Secretary said the vote was about Met keeping its options open. Info on the project: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act today. Western monarch populations have plummeted by 95% since the 1980s. www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

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Interesting to see the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urge California officials to keep more water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, to protect fish populations central to tribal cultural practices: www.sacbee.com/news/politic... via @ariplachta.bsky.social

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And 2.2 million Californians are behind on their bills

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Inbox: Quarterly reminder from the public advocacy arm of CA's investor-owned utilities that energy bills are upppp

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Not a "hop-skip-and-jump," instead just a "hop" from potential human-to-human transmission of #H5N1. New research out of #Scripps shows we're just one mutation away... www.latimes.com/environment/...

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The EPA’s message to the CA Water Board yesterday: Put tribal water uses on equal footing with cities and agriculture in the Delta, and don’t stop regulating users (a dig on Newsom’s voluntary agreements proposal) www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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New: California is ready to go to battle with Trump on most environmental issues. But the state has unexpected common ground with him on forestry — it all began when Trump told CA to "rake" the forest floors in 2018 after the Camp Fire www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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California is finally digitizing its 100-year-old paper water rights. Why that’s a big deal www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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California says gas prices could spike 50 cents a gallon next year thanks to this climate program www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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"Icarus is always falling. It is our nature to look away and live" buttondown.email/theswordandt...

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California’s national reputation as a place of dreams and prosperity is in jeopardy, battered by Republicans who dislike almost all aspects of the state and many Democrats who see it too costly and a poor place to raise a family. Noah Bierman with new LA Times poll www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Years after a Newsom order, California is finally set to ban oil and gas fracking www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

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