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CCL Alameda County
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Alameda County chapter, Citizens Climate Lobby. We're for: 🌎Carbon pricing 💡Building electrification ⚡Energy permitting reform 🌳Healthy forests #Climate #Justice #FossilFree
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · Aug 13
Special thanks to the offices of @replsimon.bsky.social and @repgaramendi.bsky.social for meeting with us this Lobby Day🙏🙏🙏!

Our team members had a great time talking to our MOC's about energy policy and the need for climate justice in our communities.

Read more ⤵️⤵️⤵️
cclalameda.org/lobby-day-20...
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 23h
What a frustrating waste of time and resources! These industries -- which should have been subject to a carbon tax, anyway -- are trying to come back, but they can no longer compete with #renewables for economics and sheer efficiency! Shut down the coal plants!
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 1d
🌀🌪️⛈️ So the House is out, the workers aren't getting their pay ... wait, what? A life-threatening disaster!
#ClimateDisaster
#NOAA
Melissa was one of the strongest storms on record. NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters flew into it without pay | CNN
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data. But the gov...
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 2d
Not-so-good news: AI and data centers are killing us, no matter how much #cleanenergy #nfrastructure we build 😮‍💨.
AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say - Inside Climate News
Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 2d
🔋💧🪨One coal miner's story of displacement, uncertainty, and success!
#CleanEnergy #Infrastructure #GoodNews
Meet the coal miner who just started a geothermal drilling business
A Colorado entrepreneur is going all in on a renewable energy source that will keep him digging — and could be a model for other miners looking beyond…
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 4d
🌞🏡🌴 #GoodNews in California: The LA fires gave people a chance to rebuild -- and with it, HUGE resilience and efficiency gains.
#CleanEnergy #Infrastructure #ElectrifyCalifornia
Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires - Inside Climate News
David Brancaccio lost his house there. As he tries to rebuild, he’s seeing how the community has pulled together—and how the loss has weighed on people.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 4d
📺📺📺Why AI -- and its voracious hubs, the data centers -- are bad news for #climate people.
As the Data Center Boom Ramps Up in the Rural Midwest, What Should Communities Expect? - Inside Climate News
The rapid development will change the Corn Belt in significant, unforeseen ways. Residents are just beginning to grapple with what that means.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 4d
🔋💧🏭Why power bills are going up in America -- and our current #energypolicy is not enough.
#CleanEnergyTransition #Electrical #Infrastructure
www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
The complicated reality behind rising power prices
Post-disaster repairs and continued fossil-fuel reliance aren’t helping power prices, but data centers may not spell doom after all.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 5d
🐳🍃✈️ #MondayReads Why wind farms aren't bad for whales, even as Trump levels baseless claims against them.
#ElectrifyAmerica #CleanEnergy #Infrastructure
Trump claims ‘wind mills’ kill whales but quietly torpedoes the…
The Interior Department defunds two vital research programs that track North Atlantic right whales near active offshore wind construction sites.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 6d
🌻🌻🌻Special thanks to @canarymedia.com for this great chart! #climategoodnews
Chart: Solar is driving renewable energy to new heights around the…
Between 2025 and 2030, the world is expected to build nearly 4,600 gigawatts of renewables — almost double the amount built over the previous five-year…
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 8d
Major corals are being lost all over the world 🌎. Here's a group of researchers trying to save them 🛟.
#ClimateChangeImpact
These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
Florida’s primary reef-building corals have been declared ‘functionally extinct’ — prompting a shift in conservation strategies.
www.nature.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 8d
🌿🐟🪨Here's what I'm looking forward to at the next #climate international conference--in Brazil, no less.
#inclusionmatters #IndigenousVoices
Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices? - Inside Climate News
Indigenous and community leaders see the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the heart of the Amazon Basin as an unprecedented opportunity to infuse global climate ambitions with justice and inclusiveness.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 8d
🌳🌱🦧How Brazil's #HealthyForests policies are saving the lungs 🫁 of the world--one property at a time. Putting a price on deforestation seems really effective!
To save the world’s tropical forests, learn from Brazil
Last year it lost more rainforest than any other country. Yet there is hope
www.economist.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 9d
Thanks for keeping democracy alive🪧🗽! By staying engaged, we can influence decision-makers more than anything else. Tell your Congresspeople to hold polluters accountable. Thanks, Sierra Club 🫶!
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 10d
🌧️🌳🦝News from the Senate: Fix Our Forests Act (S. 1462) passes committee full of compromises.
#ClimateGoodNews #SilverLining #HealthyForests
via @dananuccitelli.bsky.social
community.citizensclimate.org/discuss/view...
Senate Ag Committee Passed FOFA 18–5 - Forum Topic - CCL Community
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a markup of the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) today in which they considered amendments and voted on whether to advance ... - CCL's Onlin...
community.citizensclimate.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 10d
🔌⚡💡Nice of Trump to observe some #energypolicy continuity by creating these grants.
#Climate
#SilverLinings
Trump admin approves $1.6B in financing for AEP transmission project
In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 10d
#ClimateNews Good bit of light reading on a Wednesday😀⛽🚙
Kia is handing out free 'gas-scented' car fresheners with its new EV
Kia has a new idea. So you don’t miss the smell of gasoline too much when you trade in for...
electrek.co
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 12d
💧🌱🐚 #GoodClimateNews Illinois now requires climate education at all levels thru 12th grade.

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Illinois Wants Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Need to Figure Out How to Make It Happen. - Inside Climate News
It’s the seventh state to pass a law requiring climate education in public schools. The requirement will kick in next fall.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 13d
🌻🌻🌻 #GoodNews from California! Future fires like the one at Moss Landing will be prevented.

#ClimateNews

www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
California has a new law to prevent big grid battery fires
The state enhanced battery safety rules in response to the Moss Landing fire. The industry is on board, hoping better standards will reassure the public.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 15d
🍄🐝🌳Perspectives on #HealthyForests: Why people now see Nature as a living thing with the right to exist.

#RightsOfNature
#Inclusion

insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World - Inside Climate News
José Gualinga discusses his Kichwa People of Sarayaku’s visionary Living Forest Declaration and the importance of collaborating across cultures and areas of expertise.
insideclimatenews.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 15d
🌱🌻🌾Sadly, extra carbon dioxide often doesn't mean better crops. Here is a fact-check from our own @dananuccitelli.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/fact...
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...
yaleclimateconnections.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 16d
🌻 The #CleanEnergy economy is here! @cclusa.org has five ways to participate. ⤵️⤵️
5 min. read
The clean energy economy is here | Citizens' Climate Lobby
Transitioning to clean energy is not only crucial for addressing climate change; it’s a massive economic opportunity.
citizensclimatelobby.org
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 17d
Here, Berkeley's own ventures produces more eco-friendly coffee☕ roasters. And, it helps small businesses 🏪🏠 too!

#electrification
#CarbonNeutralFuture
#efficiency
This startup’s electric roasters cut carbon and costs from…
Bellwether produces all-electric, efficient machines that replace gas-burning roasters, giving cafes a sustainable – and affordable – way to roast their…
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 17d
🌞🌻 One place #SolarEnergy is surviving and, hopefully, thriving in the current administration.
#agrivoltaics #CleanEnergy #Infrastructure
Can farmland thrive with solar? This Virginia nonprofit is finding…
The agrivoltaics demonstration project is experimenting with growing crops under solar panels to determine what works and help educate a wary public.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 17d
🌱⚡ #WednesdayReads New plan to make #electrifying possible for everyone!
Boston is piloting window heat pumps in affordable housing
Housing authorities in Boston and two nearby cities are installing plug-in heat pumps from startup Gradient to try to swiftly and affordably cut emissions.
www.canarymedia.com
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CCL Alameda County @cclalameda.bsky.social · 18d
🌱💧🌱Check out this 📽️ about #ClimateChange from Jon Batiste!

youtu.be/Ma569yZnsrM?...
Jon Batiste - PETRICHOR (Audio)
YouTube video by JonBatisteVEVO
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