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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 34m

Even older than that when you consider time finish ms! Major changes to western solar plan, missing forced labor issue in Xinjiang, because that did not get reported until 2020; and lots more to say about farmland & env review; didn’t realize those would be such hot topics. dustinmulvaney.com/pub

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 43m

Sounds like at least next era is on record as yes so far.

Unless NV energy was going expand the proposed substation that connected to the greenlink, there was no where near the capacity for anywhere close 6.2 GW. It was closer to 1 or 2 GW.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 49m

Welcome back monarchs on Sunday,
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.

THE ONLY ORANGE MONARCH I CARE ABOUT IS THE
BUTTERFLY

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1h

See chapters 5 & 6. bsky.app/profile/dust...

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · Dec 8

To anyone interested, here is my book, Solar Power: Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice, University of California Press. ☀️🔌💡 drive.google.com/file/d/1MpQ3...

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1h

Waiting for the swell, steamer lane. 🌅 #sunrise #CAwx

Sun rise over water with a patient surfer, waiting for a swell

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2h

Point Santa Cruz!

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2h

Fact checking myself, and under the CEQ regulations, this technically is still called a programmatic review; consolidated review is different term of art under CEQ; California energy commission review/approval would call multiple projects at once a coordinated review, NEPA calls it programmatic.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2h

Powerful storm.. My first geography paper as a masters student was research on shoreline erosion from coastal storms on New Jersey barrier islands, and impact of human made structures (jetties, seawalls, artificial dunes) on beach width. The Ash Wednesday storm 1962 was the most destructive/erosive.

The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 2h

For South Jersey and Delaware, it appears this will be the most significant coastal storm in 10 to 15 years. Major impacts, particularly from gusty winds, beach erosion, and coastal flooding. We explain impacts and the latest on active Western weather below or at theeyewall.com.

Major coastal flooding and beach erosion coming for the Jersey Shore and Delmarva, while storminess continues out West

Biggest coastal storm impacts in 10 to 15 years for Delaware and South Jersey

open.substack.com

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The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 2h

For South Jersey and Delaware, it appears this will be the most significant coastal storm in 10 to 15 years. Major impacts, particularly from gusty winds, beach erosion, and coastal flooding. We explain impacts and the latest on active Western weather below or at theeyewall.com.

Major coastal flooding and beach erosion coming for the Jersey Shore and Delmarva, while storminess continues out West

Biggest coastal storm impacts in 10 to 15 years for Delaware and South Jersey

open.substack.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2h

Ha ha, lots of folks ask, how we see sunrises over the sea in California. We are on a point that sticks out in the bay, so in winter, we get sunrise and sunset over water (summer both are over the mountains and there’s fog out in the water anyway).

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

There are some conflicting placer claims for lithium here too lol.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

This area was already went through a programmatic review for the western solar plan and was not selected for a solar energy zone (expedited approval via the environmental assessment). This was more like a consolidated review than a programmatic one.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

Sunrise, Monterey Bay. 🌅

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning Helmholtz clouds. #CAwx

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

This review approach was very unusual. BLM has done programmatic environmental reviews (western solar plan), but this is more like a consolidated review, and maybe that was even legally on thin ice.. not sure.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4h

This should come as a relief because it was not unilaterally canceled by Interior.. this appears to be a decision developers agreed to, most likely because the tax equity finance they planned is no longer viable.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4h

This article explains that what happened to the Esmeralda seven projects: “the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada,” instead of programmatic review, developers can review individually. 🔌💡
www.reviewjournal.com/business/ene...

Feds cancel review of Vegas-sized solar farm in Nevada desert

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have been among the nation’s largest solar projects. The Bureau of Land Management has listed the Nevada project as canceled since Thursday.

www.reviewjournal.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4h

This article explains that what happened to the Esmeralda seven projects: “the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada,” instead of programmatic review, developers can review individually. 🔌💡
www.reviewjournal.com/business/ene...

Feds cancel review of Vegas-sized solar farm in Nevada desert

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have been among the nation’s largest solar projects. The Bureau of Land Management has listed the Nevada project as canceled since Thursday.

www.reviewjournal.com

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Larry Darnell @calandscapeart.bsky.social · 12h

San Lorenzo river sunset Santa Cruz #Scape #sunset #clouds
#Art #weareroamers
#Landscape #river #solitude
#Photography #Nature #PhotographersofBluesky
#ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow #landscapephotography

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PhDsurfbum @phdsurfbum.bsky.social · 12h

I was going to be a frog for Halloween. But costumes are all of a sudden really hard to get a hold of

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 12h

Archiving! Wild that article uses the words collision and crash over and over.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 12h

My hope is they meant to convey how hard they were thrown, but poorly worded for a story about the violence of automobiles.

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Lumpy MD @lumpawaroomd.bsky.social · 13h

This is the first baseball game my wife has ever seen and she now believes this is a sport about eternal punishment

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 13h

Driver hit two people, one of them is pregnant, the other thrown 20ft, and the headline leads with WINDSHIELD DAMAGE

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The Berkeley Scanner @berkeleyscanner.com · 17h

BREAKING: A driver struck two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, near UC Berkeley on Friday, sending both to Highland Hospital.

'Major windshield damage': 2 people struck near UC Berkeley

Both pedestrians, one of whom is pregnant, were rushed to Highland Hospital, according to early reports.

www.berkeleyscanner.com

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 13h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 13h

If folks remember back in 2010, we got a typhoon recurve rainstorm that dumped to 8 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz mountains about same days of the month in October. #CAwx 🌀🌧️

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 14h

Might be time to pull out the plants that are growing in our gutters. #CAwx

Precip forecast showing 2 to 3 inches in Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz mountains

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 13h

Epic. Must’ve been so cool! Thx for correction, 11 is the solar max cycle.. 22 years includes the full polarity flip, Hale cycle, which can intensify auroras in the hemisphere it is aligned.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 14h

Reminder: Henry Kissinger got a Nobel Peace prize!

Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 14h

The Nobel peace prize is kind of worthless at this point. Time to pack it in. Maybe convert it into the Nobel Climate Prize for someone who has demonstrably brought down global emissions through their life’s work.

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 14h

The Nobel peace prize is kind of worthless at this point. Time to pack it in. Maybe convert it into the Nobel Climate Prize for someone who has demonstrably brought down global emissions through their life’s work.

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