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Dustin Mulvaney
@dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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
📍Popeloutchom, Monterey Bay 🌅🦦
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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.
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@hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, @davidho.bsky.social and I were interviewed by @rollingstone.com about the Trump admin and Climate Intervention research. Compared to initial hopes/worries, Trump admin has shown zero interest to support any kind of climate research.
Trump Is Kneecapping Some of the Boldest Plans to Fight Climate Change
Donald Trump's assault on climate innovation is also affecting scientists researching geoengineering methods like carbon-dioxide removal.
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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10:00am radar update: Already over 2” of rain in Santa Rosa, and over 1” in San Francisco! Less than a half-inch in Concord, Livermore and San Jose…but another surge of moisture is heading up from the south.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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In this new report from me & @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org, we argue the current electricity affordability crisis is caused by the rules of private ownership. To solve the crisis, we recommend banning shutoffs now and using many tools to expand public power!
Overcharged: The Rules Of The Electricity Affordability Crisis
Nearly a quarter of adults in the US—or over 52 million people—cannot pay their power bills.
climateandcommunity.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a little bit of rain this morning.. #CAwx ☔️
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
One of these bolts took out utility pole on Rt 156 near prunedale.. and knocked out power.
A couple of flashes of lightning over Monterey Bay just now.⚡️⚡️ #CAwx
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lots of water on our street from the morning downpours. ☔️ #CAwx
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Storm clouds gather over Monterey Bay, Moss Landing stacks and Salinas Valley lights, out on the horizon.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Storm front stalled on Monterey Bay last night.. real lens versus iPhone camera.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Well, this is gonna be fun getting the kids to school. #AtmosphericRiver #CAwx
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Really bugs me that "abundance" is creating a heuristic whereby a policy is presumed good if it makes it easier to build something without any consideration of harms. With "harms" ridiculed as "everything bagel" liberalism that must be sacrificed to the development Gods.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This Q&A asks all the important and thoughtful questions about the future of batteries and and energy storage systems, local resistance, and what’s next.. #EnergySky #GreenSky #EnergyTransition 🔋🔌💡 #MossLandingFire
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Another brief view into Molino Creek Farm, northern Santa Cruz County, California USA

greyhayes.net/2025/11/12/a...
Annual Penultimate Post for Molino Creek Farm
-I post nearly weekly from Valentine’s Day until Thanksgiving a blog about Molino Creek Farm. So, this is the second to last post for 2026. Rain. Every vignette, each part of the farm…the ent…
greyhayes.net
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Monterey Canyon has a steeper dropoff than the Grand Canyon!
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Monterey Bay nightscene.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A couple of flashes of lightning over Monterey Bay just now.⚡️⚡️ #CAwx
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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“Litigation could take years, if not decades, to resolve. The effects of aridification are unfolding at a faster rate.” @danielrothberg.bsky.social invisiblewaters.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happened on the Colorado River?
Negotiating around legal uncertainties as climate change takes its toll.
invisiblewaters.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Eagle rock ALERT cam tonight, Santa Cruz Mountains, the aurora substorm burst of activity happened between about 8:30 and 9:30.. fog rolled in at 9:40.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This cam stayed in monochrome/infrared so no colors.. some of the Alert cameras that picked up color got tricked into day camera mode. #AuroraBorealis
Eagle rock ALERT cam tonight, Santa Cruz Mountains, the aurora substorm burst of activity happened between about 8:30 and 9:30.. fog rolled in at 9:40.
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Given that nearly all of Santa Cruz county was covered in dense fog except a few peaks sticking out like islands in the sky, these might be some of the only photos from last night’s aurora storm around here. #auroraborealis
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Eagle rock ALERT cam tonight, Santa Cruz Mountains, the aurora substorm burst of activity happened between about 8:30 and 9:30.. fog rolled in at 9:40.
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is what the Eagle Rock camera looks like now. Caught the Aurora only moments before it was eaten by the fog.
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#auroraborealis #stratus
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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We had a good show in Marin tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Fog and light pollution are the biggest obstacles to seeing the rare auroras in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Have to go pretty far west to get around the Silicon Valley light pollution , and the fog takes out the coastal spots; tonight’s fog took away nearly all the mountain views too.
Aurora borealis above the fog, at the top of Ben Lomond Mountain, Santa Cruz Mountains. #auroraborealis
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The brightest aurora I’ve seen in NorCal. Photograph made along Dry Creek Rd. in Healdsburg, with the iconic Timber Crest Farms barn. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #substorm #Auroraborealis #northernlights #CME
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Aurora borealis above the fog, at the top of Ben Lomond Mountain, Santa Cruz Mountains. #auroraborealis
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM