Nicole Capretz
@ncapretz.bsky.social
Founder and CEO, Climate Action Campaign. San Diego and Orange County.
WTH
Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.
7. Residential customers - aka you and me, aka voters - pay 28% more (16.5 c/kWh, 2024 average) than commercial customers (12.9 c/kWh) and 201% more than industrial (8.2 c/kWh). This trend is accelerating: Residential prices rose 27% from 2019-2023, vs. 21% for commercial and 19% for industrial.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
WTH
100% yes. How in the world can a city-appointed rep undermine the city and stay on the Board?
San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/23/s...
San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/23/s...
San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future
Marco Gonzalez is the executive director of the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation. For decades, the city of San Diego has worked toward one of the most ambitious and environmentally […]
voiceofsandiego.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
100% yes. How in the world can a city-appointed rep undermine the city and stay on the Board?
San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/23/s...
San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/23/s...
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
With utility bills at record highs, AB 1167 delivers guardrails to prevent Californians from footing the bill for utilities' lobbying & political spending. Thank you @CAGovernor for signing this bill into law and Asm. @Marc_Berman for your leadership! earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...
California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior
The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs
earthjustice.org
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
With utility bills at record highs, AB 1167 delivers guardrails to prevent Californians from footing the bill for utilities' lobbying & political spending. Thank you @CAGovernor for signing this bill into law and Asm. @Marc_Berman for your leadership! earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...
Why Mamdani could win anywhere --Dems wrong again.
'NY told him what they cared about most — the insane cost of living — and he built a hyperlocal campaign around that, all while resisting pollingism’s suburban-strip-mall blandness.'
The Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
'NY told him what they cared about most — the insane cost of living — and he built a hyperlocal campaign around that, all while resisting pollingism’s suburban-strip-mall blandness.'
The Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Opinion | With Mamdani, the Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Why Mamdani could win anywhere --Dems wrong again.
'NY told him what they cared about most — the insane cost of living — and he built a hyperlocal campaign around that, all while resisting pollingism’s suburban-strip-mall blandness.'
The Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
'NY told him what they cared about most — the insane cost of living — and he built a hyperlocal campaign around that, all while resisting pollingism’s suburban-strip-mall blandness.'
The Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
Whennnn will the state actually take the reins and lower our utility bills? It's almost parody at this point how low CA utilities rank while profits soar and rates skyrocket. State has the power. Do something!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/05/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/05/s...
SDG&E finishes near the bottom of J.D. Power rankings
Two studies looked at responses from more than 155,000 residential customers of electric and natural gas utilities in the U.S.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Whennnn will the state actually take the reins and lower our utility bills? It's almost parody at this point how low CA utilities rank while profits soar and rates skyrocket. State has the power. Do something!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/05/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/05/s...
Mamdani’s Donations Surged After the Primary While Cuomo’s Funding Lagged www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Mamdani’s Donations Surged After the Primary While Cuomo’s Funding Lagged
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has amassed more support from small-dollar donors than his rivals.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mamdani’s Donations Surged After the Primary While Cuomo’s Funding Lagged www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Amen.
Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | Democrats Have a Real Problem Facing Charismatic Candidates
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Amen.
Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Thx to KPBS for this story and including us! It is political capitulation not to build near this trolley stop. @sdclimateaction.bsky.social also supports SB 79 for exactly this reason. Helping families find housing they can afford near transit they can use is a crucial climate solution!
San Diego’s Blue Line trolley has ridership numbers that most light rail systems can only dream of. But the Clairemont Drive Station attracts the fewest passengers by far. Why?
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
Because freeway, and because zoning.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...
MTS ridership data reveal high cost of banning apartments near trolley stations
The Clairemont Drive Station attracts fewer passengers than any other station on the Blue Line trolley. Experts blame the city's restrictive zoning.
www.kpbs.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thx to KPBS for this story and including us! It is political capitulation not to build near this trolley stop. @sdclimateaction.bsky.social also supports SB 79 for exactly this reason. Helping families find housing they can afford near transit they can use is a crucial climate solution!
SD! Your bills are going sky high, and one is very troubling-SDGE. While families struggle and suffer--Sempra is drinking champagne and bragging to Wall Street about record profits! That's why we're fighting to lower your bills. SDGE will stop at nothing to keep profiteering, but we got your back.
August 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
SD! Your bills are going sky high, and one is very troubling-SDGE. While families struggle and suffer--Sempra is drinking champagne and bragging to Wall Street about record profits! That's why we're fighting to lower your bills. SDGE will stop at nothing to keep profiteering, but we got your back.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts Donald Trump a custom gold Apple product, this is also known as a bribe in exchange for preferential treatment & likely federal contracts:
“It is engraved for President Trump. It is a unique unit of one. The base comes from Utah, it is 24 karat gold.” #3E #SpookyConnections
“It is engraved for President Trump. It is a unique unit of one. The base comes from Utah, it is 24 karat gold.” #3E #SpookyConnections
August 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts Donald Trump a custom gold Apple product, this is also known as a bribe in exchange for preferential treatment & likely federal contracts:
“It is engraved for President Trump. It is a unique unit of one. The base comes from Utah, it is 24 karat gold.” #3E #SpookyConnections
“It is engraved for President Trump. It is a unique unit of one. The base comes from Utah, it is 24 karat gold.” #3E #SpookyConnections
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Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
n.pr
August 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
What's up California?
"On July 25, the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council approved an all-electric building standard, making New York the first state in the nation to prohibit gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings." www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social 🔌💡
New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings
The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving…
www.canarymedia.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What's up California?
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Dogs may have a more profound impact on reducing human stress levels than previously thought. They regulate both major stress pathways in the brain, keeping us in a healthy "sweet spot" for handling stress, according to researchers. theconversation.com/dogs-are-hel...
Dogs are helping people regulate stress even more than expected, research shows
A new study finds that dogs’ mitigation of human stress is more biologically complex than scientists previously understood.
theconversation.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Dogs may have a more profound impact on reducing human stress levels than previously thought. They regulate both major stress pathways in the brain, keeping us in a healthy "sweet spot" for handling stress, according to researchers. theconversation.com/dogs-are-hel...
China is the dominant global superpower now...and forever?
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
China is the dominant global superpower now...and forever?
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
The reality of our petrostate industrial policy. Anyone batting for oil and gas is betting on a losing hand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The reality of our petrostate industrial policy. Anyone batting for oil and gas is betting on a losing hand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
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Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
Big Plastic wants you to think you can recycle your yogurt container
Those numbered labels, vetted by private interests, can be misleading.
www.motherjones.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
Not gas plants, but solar + batteries.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…
www.canarymedia.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not gas plants, but solar + batteries.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
It's only just begun. Slowing down action to get off fossil fuels only hurts kid's chances of living successfully on this planet. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's only just begun. Slowing down action to get off fossil fuels only hurts kid's chances of living successfully on this planet. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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These days, it's China.
Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains.
Climate bills are coming in.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains.
Climate bills are coming in.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
Flood-hit China expands social security net as extreme rain takes toll reut.rs/3Ga7te5
Flood-hit China expands social security net as extreme rain takes toll
China has expanded the economic safeguards for segments of its population affected by flood control schemes in times of extreme rainfall, including pledges of direct compensation from the central government and payments for livestock losses.
reut.rs
June 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
These days, it's China.
Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains.
Climate bills are coming in.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains.
Climate bills are coming in.
#ClimatechangeisWaterchange
Whenever we see electeds pass on climate action (or dismantle their dept) , it’s embarrassingly short-sighted and will not age well
ICYMI, here are some big home insurance stories from this week:
➡️ The insurance crisis is pushing the economy towards a meltdown
➡️ L.A. fire survivors win in the courts against the FAIR plan
➡️ Insurance prices are squeezing affordable housing development
➡️ The insurance crisis is pushing the economy towards a meltdown
➡️ L.A. fire survivors win in the courts against the FAIR plan
➡️ Insurance prices are squeezing affordable housing development
June 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Whenever we see electeds pass on climate action (or dismantle their dept) , it’s embarrassingly short-sighted and will not age well
The threat by the Chamber to pursue a referendum is laughable. Read the room/electorate, folks. Times have changed and billionaires aren't it.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/p...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/p...
Proposal to mandate $25 minimum wage for San Diego tourism workers moves forward
Organized labor squared off against major San Diego businesses during a council committee hearing to consider what would be a 45% increase in San Diego’s minimum wage.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The threat by the Chamber to pursue a referendum is laughable. Read the room/electorate, folks. Times have changed and billionaires aren't it.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/p...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/p...
He's all-in on climate action as well. This is what an inspiring and future-forward leader looks like!
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
He's all-in on climate action as well. This is what an inspiring and future-forward leader looks like!
🥂Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes.
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🥂Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...