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🚨New from the @NYT, with research from @fieldnotes_: Energy Transfer is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm to block a first-of-its-kind countersuit in the Netherlands. nytimes.com/2025/12/17/clima…
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Bombshell reporting by @propublica & @insideclimate describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. propublica.org/article/texas…
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🚨 from @julianhast & @ArgusMedia: @exxonmobil ends its membership w/ @TheAXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs. This comes after @washingtonpost reported on internal docs obtained by @fldnotes_ exposing AXPC 's efforts.
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Talked to the nation's leading delta smelt politics expert @calebscoville about why Trump remains fixated on this tiny fish even when the facts don't add up
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Quick reminder of what the State Water Project is and how it actually works
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Gov. @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor on Thursday said, "it's very damaging when people believe such misinformation...maybe the president just does not know there is not a spigot that can be turned to solve all of the water problems that he alleges exist."
Some homes in LA survived the firestorms using defensive strategies that are already required by California law. Will more people start to follow them?
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BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom sends letter to Donald Trump, inviting him to California to meet with wildfire victims and tour the devastation.
“With respect and open hand,” he signs.
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NEW: @GavinNewsom is ordering an independent investigation into the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power amid reports of fire hydrants running dry amid horrific fires
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It remains to be seen whether power lines played a role in the fires in LA, but as the winds picked up this week, the utilities in the area took different approaches. SCE proactively cut power. LADWP did not. It doesn't have a plan for that. My latest:
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Much of the malibu coast is devastated, standing at the great western fire break. #palisadesfire
Pretty striking difference... So Cal is dangerously on fire today and Northern CA is covered in prescribed burns
The Biden administration said it will provide a record $15 billion loan to PG&E for grid improvements as California's electricity demand grows. Critics are calling it a "bailout"
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Thousands of elephant seals are returning to Año Nuevo State Park, where construction is finishing on spiffy new facilities
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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.
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Update: I am at a @SacramentoKings game right now, and they just debuted a new fossil fuel promotion during a timeout where a giant Arco gas pump was rolled out onto the court and fans competed to pump the “perfect” amount of gas (to wild applause).
Video:
No better example of hypocrisy than @SacramentoKings owner @Vivek, who built a solar-powered arena and says: "We can only beat back climate change and improve our environment if everyone does their part."
Meanwhile, gives fans Chevron and Arco propaganda. latimes.com/environment/news…
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In today’s @latimes: My column on the beloved bagel shop that helped defeat a clean energy ballot measure in liberal Berkeley: latimes.com/environment/news…
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Another significant atmospheric river will impact California, bringing 1–5 feet of snow to the Central and Southern Sierra above 7,000 feet, with up to 7+ feet on the highest peaks through Thursday.
An epic snowpack builder for the High Sierra as we approach winter.
If Donald Trump kills the $7,500 EV tax credit, Gavin Newsom says he'll replace it with a state rebate. Those costs could ultimately fall on fossil fuel producers and consumers
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NEWS: Tesla would be excluded under Newsom's proposal for an EV tax credit.
“It’s about creating the market conditions for more of these car makers to take root,” governor’s office tells @business. Reporting w/@Keith_Laing
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