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California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
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Making California's policies stronger with science and technology. Training CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows. Nonpartisan, nonprofit. Established via California State Legislature. #AI #Energy #Wildfire
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FELLOWSHIP ALERT: Are you an early-career journalist who is pursuing - or do you have a strong interest in pursuing - a career in science, health and/or environmental reporting? Apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship by December 19.

Learn more:
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The SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy. Join us in California and kickstart your career.
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#SciPol #SciComm #PhD #postdoc #CAleg #scipoljobs #academicsky
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Such a great career opportunity! Need to have your PhD by September 2026 to apply this cycle. Up to 15 spots. #scipol
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📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy. Join us in California and kickstart your career.
🔗 ccst.us/ccst-science...
#SciPol #SciComm #PhD #postdoc #CAleg #scipoljobs #academicsky
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December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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CCST Director of Science Eric Chu, PhD, is in Paris this week for @ipcc.bsky.social’s First Lead Author Meeting for the 7th Assessment Report, joining ~600 experts🔬 from 100+ countries🌎 to begin drafting one of the world’s most influential climate assessments. 🔗 bit.ly/4ir09cC
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy. Join us in California and kickstart your career.
🔗 ccst.us/ccst-science...
#SciPol #SciComm #PhD #postdoc #CAleg #scipoljobs #academicsky
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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CCST is excited to launch our new Science Residency Program, starting with CA Natural Resources Agency! Dr. Andrew Jones, a research scientist at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, has been appointed as the inaugural Science Advisor to Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Learn more at a special discussion 12/4.
wadecrowfoot.bsky.social Wade Crowfoot @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social · 13d
Science needs to guide our decisions, now more than ever.💯

As science is being defunded, ignored & even attacked we’re doubling down on scientific partnerships.

📺 Join us on Dec 4 from 12-1 pm to learn more. Register for our discussion here👉🏼 ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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CCST is dedicated to science-informed policymaking in California. Your #GivingTuesday gift today will support our work on urgent issues like AI policy, disaster resilience, extreme fire events, and our state's clean energy transition.
🎁 ccst.us/donate/donat...
Donate Now - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
Donate now to help CCST provide independent, nonpartisan science and technology advice to California policymakers on the most urgent challenges facing the state.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Welcome Henriette Canino, CCST’s new Partnership & Impact Officer! Henriette's deep experience in science policy and strategic partnerships (across gov’t/ research/ international orgs) is key to connecting CA's world-class S&T expertise to state policy. ccst.us/people/staff...
Henriette Canino - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
As Partnership and Impact Officer, Henriette Canino builds and manages CCST’s strategic relationships across California’s science, technology, innovation, and policy ecosystem.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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🎉 Welcome Bailey MkNelly to the CCST team!
Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...
Bailey MkNelly - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
Bailey MkNelly is a Program Associate with CCST, supporting the organization's communications team.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined other global science leaders in Berlin to speak at the Falling Walls Science Summit. The Resilient Pharma Round Table explored ways to navigate change & accelerate therapeutic breakthroughs for better patient care. #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit2025
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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"QSA will help realize this future by co-designing the algorithms, devices, and engineering innovations that will make quantum solutions possible.” — Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov and CCST Board Member.

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#quantum #tech
The Quantum Systems Accelerator Embarks on Next Five Years of Pioneering Quantum Technologies for Science
Berkeley Lab-led center will accelerate progress toward practical quantum computers, ultra-precise sensors, and powerful new tools for science.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🌟 CCST is #hiring!

We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.

📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...

#scipol
Executive Assistant - California Council on Science and Technology - Career Page
Executive Assistant position for California Council on Science and Technology. CCST is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization looking for administrative support
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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We're searching for a Managing Director to join our leadership team and help shape the future of science & tech policy in California, responsible for driving organizational excellence while connecting our extraordinary scientific ecosystem with policymakers to tackle our state's greatest challenges.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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🚀 CCST is hiring!
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...

#SciencePolicy #CCST
Managing Director - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
CCST's Managing Director serves as a strategic partner to the CEO and a key member of the leadership team, responsible for ensuring organizational excellence across all dimensions of CCST's work.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Fires are burning faster. “Nearly every year for the past decade, there’s been at least one town in California, or a large part of town, decimated by wildfire," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bresnick.bsky.social. "That didn’t use to happen”
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Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms
Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the aftermath requires a new approach as well.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"Effective communication involves explaining trade-offs clearly and presenting them as part of a broader, robust risk-management strategy."

Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.

www.compassscicomm.org/effective-ri...

#scipol #scicomm
Effective Risk Communication: Lessons from Wildfire Science | COMPASS
As climate change intensifies weather patterns, disrupts ecosystems, and endangers human health and infrastructure, the need for effective communication that supports informed action to prevent and re...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Scientists and policy experts came together at #ScienceDay2025 to build partnerships that strengthen California’s resilience.
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...

#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
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October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Listen to our latest briefing via the @americaadapts.bsky.social podcast. #scipol #scicomm #climatechange
americaadapts.bsky.social americaadapts.org @americaadapts.bsky.social · Oct 7
New (unusual) America Adapts #podcast: #ClimateChange & Human Mobility — rebroadcast from the @ccst.us series I moderated.

We unpack “climate havens,” how climate stress can raise civil war risk, and why NAPs must plan for mobility.

Listen here!
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation) — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation). Ep. 238.
www.americaadapts.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Congratulations to new @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez! #scipol #strongerwithscience
carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez @carb-chair.bsky.social · Oct 2
I’m incredibly honored & humbled to have been sworn in as Chair of the @airresources.bsky.social by @cagov.bsky.social. CA doesn’t wait for the future—we lead it. Time & time again we’ve proven that clean air, economic growth & innovation can go together.
Lauren Sanchez raises her right hand while being sworn in as Chair of the California Air Resources Board. She faces Governor Gavin Newsom, who is also raising his right hand and holding a book for the oath. They are smiling, standing indoors in front of a staircase and a bronze bear statue.
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Just getting started!
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 9
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders

Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.

🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...

@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
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October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Tune in Thursday at 12pm PT! #scipol #caleg #climatechange
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 9
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders

Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.

🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...

@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
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October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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“What makes Daniel @weatherwest.bsky.social special is that he doesn’t just do the fundamental science, he somehow finds the time to explain it to the public,” @michaelemann.bsky.social wrote about the @ucanr.edu climate scientist
#TIME100Next
ucanr.edu UC Agriculture & Natural Resources @ucanr.edu · Sep 30
🎉 UC ANR’s Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social joins the 2025 #TIME100Next, spotlighting 100 rising leaders worldwide. A climate scientist & communicator, Swain studies droughts, floods & wildfires—& makes complex science accessible to the public & policymakers.
More here: bit.ly/4nXePlk
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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We are kicking things off at Science Day 2025 with the California Natural Resources Agency with Secretary Crowfoot. First up? A keynote panel on cross sector #scipol partnerships moderated by CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social #ccstscienceday
CNRA headquarters on an overcast day California Natural Resources Agency building entrance Secretary Wade Crowfoot provides opening remarks. CCST CEO Julianne McCall opens and moderates the keynote panel.
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Starting soon! #ccstscienceday #scipol #caleg
ccst.us California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · Sep 25
How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.

Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Graphic with a large header "VIRTUAL KEYNOTE", the title of the panel "Sustaining Partnerships for a More Resilient California," and headshots, names, titles, and institutions of the four panelists.
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.

Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Graphic with a large header "VIRTUAL KEYNOTE", the title of the panel "Sustaining Partnerships for a More Resilient California," and headshots, names, titles, and institutions of the four panelists.
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM