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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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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
And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter that covers #ClimateChange news affecting #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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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

And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter covering #ClimateChange news for #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Big growth for cheaper clean energy

This week’s free, plain language Cruz Climate newsletter covers more #ClimateChange articles that affect #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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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.

This week’s free, plain language Cruz Climate newsletter covers more #ClimateChange articles that affect #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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September 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Major oil companies caused severe heat waves

This week's free CruzClimate.com newsletter covers 10 more #ClimateChange articles that affect #SantaCruzCounty, #California
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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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#ActOnClimate #ClimateChange #SantaCruz #California
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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#ClimateChange #Energy #SantaCruz
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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#ClimateChange #Energy #SantaCruz
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
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Companies collecting internal #CarbonTax. Use funds to further reduce #GreenhouseGas emissions. Free guidelines and case studies for others. Company #CarbonPrice better than broken #Cap-and-Trade
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September 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Goodbye #CarbonNeutral. Not trustworthy after many problems with #CarbonOffsets. Instead seek products from companies reducing their own #GreenhouseGas emissions
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September 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Much more support for #ClimateAction than politicians believe, say global surveys. And nearly everyone supports more government action. Lower U.S. support, high in #China
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September 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Even 1960s #ClimateChange forecasts were right. Kept improving for five important results, confirmed. 2021 #NobelPrize share for scientist involved
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#GlobalWarming #CO2 #SantaCruz #California
September 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Still true
My tweet from three years ago: My favorite ocean-based climate solution? Offshore wind.
September 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Many of you have seen the recent Nature article on limitations on the amount of CO2 that can actually be stored in the subsurface. You’ll not be surprised that I have thoughts! Which I detail here. #energysky 1/6 lhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09423-y
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature
A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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New #Geodatabase Of #Fuel #Treatment Across #FederalLand, USA
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#NFT #fedscience #opendata #fire #fedopendata #wildfire #risk #hazard #GIS #spatial #mapping #publicgood #mitigation #database #infrastructure #TWIG #nation #management #policy #spatialdata
#DOI #USFS #USGS
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Happy to share "Still No Miracles Needed" will be published by @universitypress.cambridge.org on Jan 22, 2026

The book is on how to address air pollution, global warming & energy insecurity with existing techs deployed on a massive scale-no miracle techs are needed

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September 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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• Turning wood chips into biochar, storing CO2 'forever'
• Planting trees won’t reduce climate change
• Killing wilderness myth to fix wildfire crisis
• Global warming changing outdoor fun
• Child care center designed for climate change
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#Climate #Wildfire #SantaCruz #California
Biochar machine, with tubs of mixed compost and biochar
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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• New forecast high costs of climate change damage
• We need to stash carbon dioxide underground forever
• U.S. mines discard imported minerals
• Diablo Canyon delays shutdown 5 years
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#Battery #BESS #Climate #Energy #Nuclear #Renewables #Solar #Wind #SantaCruz #California
Forecast cost of global warming damage as % GDP loss through 2100
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Confused by climate jargon? Check out climatejargon.com
Short, simple explanations of unusual climate-related words, phrases, and acronyms. Feedback welcome!
#Climate #SciComm
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September 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM