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Dustin Mulvaney
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Professor, Environmental Studies🌎
San José State University @CalState.Bsky.social
Fellow, Payne Institute @ Colorado School of Mines, Climate & Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social, Switzer Network. www.dustinmulvaney.com
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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · Oct 8
Shout out to @motherjones.com for republishing this and adding the alt title.

Trump Team’s Plans to Exploit Public Lands Follow the Blueprint of Reagan’s Interior Secretary. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Trump Team's plans to exploit public lands follow the blueprint of Reagan's Interior secretary
James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.
www.motherjones.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 8h
👀 quite a few little earthquakes between Gilroy and San Juan Bautista the past two days. #SanAndreasFault #CalaverasFault
Gilroy quakes 11.26 3 San Juan Bautista quakes 11/27

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 10h
Brussels sprouts with a side of California’s finest groundwater. Salud!

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 11h
We are about to sit down and eat a dinner that includes Brussels sprouts. As I was cooking them I was thinking about the workers who tended to and harvested them, and the water and chemicals they require.
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Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
ufw.bsky.social United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d
Brussels sprouts grow upright on a tough, woody stem. This picture is a partly mechanized harvest, but a crew of workers used machetes to cut off the stalks in the field, while another worker trims off the leaves as he feeds the stalks into the machine. It's grueling work especially when it is hot.

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 15h
and yes, brussels sprouts have become less bitter in our lifetimes thanks to Hans van Doorn, a Dutch scientist, figuring out what made them bitter, and seed banks, and cross breeding the less bitter varieties with modern high-producing types

www.npr.org/sections/the...

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 19h
People still harvest wild mustard today. A Kumeyaay elder told me she couldn’t understand why people want to eliminate mustard in San Diego. “Just let me get up on the hill behind that Vons and pick it!“

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 19h
Back in the late 1800s even wild mustard crops were harvested. It was planted by missionaries along El Camino Real. benitolink.com/jim-jack-the...
Jim Jack: the Mustard King | BenitoLink
Jim Jack: the Mustard King
benitolink.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 20h
Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
ufw.bsky.social United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d
Brussels sprouts grow upright on a tough, woody stem. This picture is a partly mechanized harvest, but a crew of workers used machetes to cut off the stalks in the field, while another worker trims off the leaves as he feeds the stalks into the machine. It's grueling work especially when it is hot.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 21h
Lighthouse Point, morning twilight.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 21h
Twilight over Monterey Bay.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 22h
Vitivoltaics 🍇☀️
bsky.app/profile/bill...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d
This Monterey Mushroom facility has a strong union contract. The good union wages and benefits make for low overturn, which makes for extremely skilled workers like this.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d
As we go through your replies and show off the skills behind your favorite dishes, you can help us protect farm workers with a #Thanksgiving donation: act.seiu.org/a/thanksgivi... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
We can’t do Thanksgiving without farm workers
We can’t do Thanksgiving without farm workers: Make a donation during this season of thanks and giving and help fund change all year long. #WeFeedYou
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
vulture.com Vulture @vulture.com · 1d
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com

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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks for that info, Kendra and Dustin. I was reading more about the California situation and, while no easy solutions, it seems like this is another case where the scientific/statistical "no effect" assumption as the null hypothesis leads to doing nothing.
California's Wild Turkey Troubles
Some wildlife officials think the turkeys could cause serious damage to the state's ecosystems
www.scientificamerican.com

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Vulture @vulture.com · 1d
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d
California’s turkeys were brought in by fish and game from Texas. Two decades ago they were uncommon in our area; now they’re everywhere. They can be rough on native wildlife, especially lizards and invertebrates, because they forage heavily on the ground.
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4d
Why did the turkeys cross the road? 🦃

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d
We talk wild turkey (their decline, and resurgence) on today's episode of science quickly.

Reminder wild turkeys, like pumpkins (squash), potatoes, and cranberries are indigenous to the Americas (turkey and cranberries from north America specifically).
Wild Turkeys Went from Almost Gone to Millions Strong
Wild turkeys once nearly disappeared, but today they’re thriving.
www.scientificamerican.com

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Jonathan Thompson at the Land Desk @landdesk.bsky.social · 1d
On Trump's arroyo-phobic Clean Water Act rule
www.landdesk.org/p/on-trumps-...
On Trump's arroyo-phobic Clean Water Act rule
Plus: Congress kills another RMP, sows chaos; Trump endangers Endangered Species Act
www.landdesk.org

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
I’d argue the build rate is basically going to follow the Renewable Portfolio Standards. That’s why all the talk about permitting reform feels like a distraction; if we really want more renewables deployment, the real lever is raising those standards. 🔌💡

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
Oh wtaf?

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
Check out the rest of the elements of the collective bargaining contract proposal here. #AcademicSky #UnionStrong
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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
The 29,000 professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, and librarians of the CSU seek a successor contract.. 📢 ✊
www.cfabargaining.org
CFA Bargaining
CFA members are bargaining for better working conditions and learning spaces. We are bargaining to lift up our most vulnerable faculty and address long-standing racial, gender, and social inequities.
www.cfabargaining.org

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d
Keeping old coal plants open is so dumb. So, so dumb.

Ofc these costs are going to be passed on to ratepayers.
Cost to keep Michigan coal power plant running under Trump administration orders tops $80 million
An emergency order from the U.S. Department of Energy is requiring the J.H. Campbell power plant near Lake Michigan to remain open.
www.michiganpublic.org

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
First, I think both states are good examples😎 To see it needs earlier data bc CA was far along solar adoption by 2019. IOUs met 2020 rps early bc of pending stepdown/ expiration of tax credit. Data period might have CA utilities using banked credits. Does graph include DERs?
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 5d
California installed solar capacity just crossed 43 GW.. with another 20 GW in the pipeline. ☀️🔋🔌💡
California is now second to Texas in installed solar, with 23.8 GW operating as of October 2025 and an additional 20.6 GW of grid-scale projects in the pipeline https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/research/2025/11/rapid-solar-build-continues-to-cloud-sunny-economics-in-california 19.2 GW distributed

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
Re: California vs. Texas, instead of debating who is better at solar we should be asking why places with even more sun, looking at you Arizona and New Mexico, have such low solar adoption.☀️🔌💡
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 7d
A graph you won’t see in a story about Texas’ rapid solar and storage deployment.. 🔌💡 #EnergyTransition

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d
Please tell me where you’re getting this “California can’t build” nonsense. Ezra Klein? bsky.app/profile/dust...
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · Sep 22
Public comment just closed on the environmental impact report for the Valley clean infrastructure plan - 21 GW solar + 21 GW storage on 136,000 acres drainage impaired /repurposed farmland connected by 426 miles of transmission. CEQA certification expected late 2025.
ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2024020124/2
Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan (VCIP)
2024020124 - 2025-08-05 - EIR - Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan (VCIP)
ceqanet.lci.ca.gov

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d
Meanwhile Texas has also seen a reduction in gas.......because it was replaced with coal (and all the new renewables were diverted to meeting new demand instead of eliminating fossil fuels)

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
texas' generation profile

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 2d
A look at what is possible.
Could California be done with gas electricity by 2030? The rapid acceleration of battery storage systems seems to point in that direction.
Natural gas use for electricity in California falls as solar generation rises. In green a new layer has been added showing how gas use could fall to near zero by the end of the decade if current trends continue. Battery storage is the fastest growing resource type in the CAISO balancing area. As of January 1, 2025, limited energy storage resource (LESR) batteries make up nearly 14 percent of the CAISO’s nameplate capacity. The aqua bars in Figure 2.2 show the steady growth of battery capacity in the CAISO balancing area compared with other resource types. Nearly half of all projects waiting to connect to the CAISO grid contain a battery component. As of Q2 2025, batteries account for about 46 percent of total capacity in the interconnection queue. Historically, many planned resources drop out before the interconnection process is finished, so much of the capacity currently in the queue is expected to never come on-line.