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"A lot of decisions about our environment are being made without the input of young people,” says program manager Diana Fu. “And because young people will be inheriting the estuary — our cities, our towns, and our ecosystems — it only makes sense that they should have a say.”
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November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"A lot of decisions about our environment are being made without the input of young people,” says program manager Diana Fu. “And because young people will be inheriting the estuary — our cities, our towns, and our ecosystems — it only makes sense that they should have a say.”
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With communities from East Palo Alto to Stockton facing significant #flooding by 2050, the @sfestuary.bsky.social Estuary Youth Council is bringing together young people to learn about #sealevelrise and take action for their future. #Delta #Estuary
📷: Juan Pablo Pérez Burgos
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📷: Juan Pablo Pérez Burgos
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November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
With communities from East Palo Alto to Stockton facing significant #flooding by 2050, the @sfestuary.bsky.social Estuary Youth Council is bringing together young people to learn about #sealevelrise and take action for their future. #Delta #Estuary
📷: Juan Pablo Pérez Burgos
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📷: Juan Pablo Pérez Burgos
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“It’s really important to have these long-term monitoring projects that can see the direct effects of climate change and educate the public,” says Missy Zepeda, an environmental consultant who volunteers for the banding project. #CitizenScientist #BirdBanding
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November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“It’s really important to have these long-term monitoring projects that can see the direct effects of climate change and educate the public,” says Missy Zepeda, an environmental consultant who volunteers for the banding project. #CitizenScientist #BirdBanding
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For six weeks each autumn, biologist Julie Woodruff leads a team of #citizenscientists catching, banding, and releasing northern saw-whet #owls in the #BayArea. The data they collect helps scientists understand how development and climate change are affecting these tiny raptors.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
For six weeks each autumn, biologist Julie Woodruff leads a team of #citizenscientists catching, banding, and releasing northern saw-whet #owls in the #BayArea. The data they collect helps scientists understand how development and climate change are affecting these tiny raptors.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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According to Eric Masanet, co-author of the 2024 U.S. Data Center Energy Usage Report, the environmental impacts of data centers could include "local land use, water use, local air pollutant emissions from backup generators or electric power stations, clearly carbon emissions, [and] e-waste."
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
According to Eric Masanet, co-author of the 2024 U.S. Data Center Energy Usage Report, the environmental impacts of data centers could include "local land use, water use, local air pollutant emissions from backup generators or electric power stations, clearly carbon emissions, [and] e-waste."
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Data centers powering #AI tools use 10 to 20 times more #energy than traditional servers—and could account for up to 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028. The environmental impact of the AI boom could depend on whether communities act now to regulate the industry.
📷: Afsoon Razavi
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📷: Afsoon Razavi
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The San Francisco Estuary's latest health checkup shows mixed results. The 2025 State of Our Estuary assessment, released this fall, reveals that #wetlandrestoration efforts are paying off and some #tidalmarsh birds are returning. @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The San Francisco Estuary's latest health checkup shows mixed results. The 2025 State of Our Estuary assessment, released this fall, reveals that #wetlandrestoration efforts are paying off and some #tidalmarsh birds are returning. @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social
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Since 2018, #Pleasanton has battled #PFAS contamination in its #groundwater, taking wells offline and switching entirely to treated water from Zone 7 Water Agency. Comic by Rain Hepting. #ForeverChemicals #BayArea #EastBay
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November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Since 2018, #Pleasanton has battled #PFAS contamination in its #groundwater, taking wells offline and switching entirely to treated water from Zone 7 Water Agency. Comic by Rain Hepting. #ForeverChemicals #BayArea #EastBay
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“We can’t simply conserve our way out of water supply problems. We need new sources of water,” says David Feldman, director of Water UCI, a research center focused on #waterpolicy. #CaliforniaWater
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November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We can’t simply conserve our way out of water supply problems. We need new sources of water,” says David Feldman, director of Water UCI, a research center focused on #waterpolicy. #CaliforniaWater
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#Antioch’s new #desalination plant treats brackish water from the #Delta to produce six million gallons of drinking #water daily. As climate change worsens #drought, #California is planning a dozen more brackish plants by 2040 to diversify the state's water supply.
📷: Magali Gauthier
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📷: Magali Gauthier
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November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#Antioch’s new #desalination plant treats brackish water from the #Delta to produce six million gallons of drinking #water daily. As climate change worsens #drought, #California is planning a dozen more brackish plants by 2040 to diversify the state's water supply.
📷: Magali Gauthier
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📷: Magali Gauthier
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As the warming world shrinks California's water supply, every drop spoiled, spent, or saved counts. This month's stories dive into #AI's water crisis, a new #desalination plant for the #Delta, #PFAS contamination in the #TriValley area, and more. buff.ly/WIFcyqj
#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
As the warming world shrinks California's water supply, every drop spoiled, spent, or saved counts. This month's stories dive into #AI's water crisis, a new #desalination plant for the #Delta, #PFAS contamination in the #TriValley area, and more. buff.ly/WIFcyqj
#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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#CaliforniaWater #DataCenters
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“I think people like to make it black and white, separate what is human space and what is natural space,” says Griffith. “I like to find items that confuse and challenge that separation.” #BayAreaArtist
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November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“I think people like to make it black and white, separate what is human space and what is natural space,” says Griffith. “I like to find items that confuse and challenge that separation.” #BayAreaArtist
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#Oakland artist Courtney Griffith walks local #beaches collecting discarded plastics, burnt wood, and tangled ropes—then turns them into installations that spark reflection on our impact on local ecosystems. #EcoArt #RecycledArt
📷: Courtney Griffith
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📷: Courtney Griffith
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November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#Oakland artist Courtney Griffith walks local #beaches collecting discarded plastics, burnt wood, and tangled ropes—then turns them into installations that spark reflection on our impact on local ecosystems. #EcoArt #RecycledArt
📷: Courtney Griffith
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📷: Courtney Griffith
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At a recent community meeting, #TuolumneCounty District 4 Supervisor Steve Griefer described the situation as “a fork in the road” for residents, as county crews hurry to address the risk of erosion before winter rains arrive.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
At a recent community meeting, #TuolumneCounty District 4 Supervisor Steve Griefer described the situation as “a fork in the road” for residents, as county crews hurry to address the risk of erosion before winter rains arrive.
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This September, lightning sparked a #wildfire in #ChineseCamp. Photographer Tristan Moore documented the aftermath in this historic #GoldRush town, where residents lost nearly everything but are finding ways forward. #PhotoEssay
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November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This September, lightning sparked a #wildfire in #ChineseCamp. Photographer Tristan Moore documented the aftermath in this historic #GoldRush town, where residents lost nearly everything but are finding ways forward. #PhotoEssay
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Jimena Santos, one of the youth advisors, wants to persuade lawmakers and local officials to “create a safer environment for kids growing up in these neighborhoods.” #ClimateJustice #NextGen #ClimateYouth
🗺️: California Healthy Places Index, Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
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🗺️: California Healthy Places Index, Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Jimena Santos, one of the youth advisors, wants to persuade lawmakers and local officials to “create a safer environment for kids growing up in these neighborhoods.” #ClimateJustice #NextGen #ClimateYouth
🗺️: California Healthy Places Index, Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
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🗺️: California Healthy Places Index, Public Health Alliance of Southern California.
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In southwest #SantaRosa, Latinx youth are measuring #extremeheat disparities in their own neighborhoods. Organized by Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers, this new youth advisory team is documenting how the area’s sparse tree canopy creates #urbanheatislands.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In southwest #SantaRosa, Latinx youth are measuring #extremeheat disparities in their own neighborhoods. Organized by Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers, this new youth advisory team is documenting how the area’s sparse tree canopy creates #urbanheatislands.
📷: Amy Moore
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📷: Amy Moore
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Some LA residents have built makeshift shelters, only to have the city deem them illegal. “Why is this thing so basic and elemental actually really hard to find in LA and actively punished?” asks Bloch. #Shade #ClimateJustice
📷: Maylin Tu
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📷: Maylin Tu
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Some LA residents have built makeshift shelters, only to have the city deem them illegal. “Why is this thing so basic and elemental actually really hard to find in LA and actively punished?” asks Bloch. #Shade #ClimateJustice
📷: Maylin Tu
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📷: Maylin Tu
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In #LosAngeles, shade is a rare luxury. Three-quarters of bus stops have no shelter, leaving vulnerable residents exposed to #extremeheat. Journalist Sam Bloch’s new book Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource digs deeper into shade inequity. @samkbloch.bsky.social
📷: Sam Bloch
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📷: Sam Bloch
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In #LosAngeles, shade is a rare luxury. Three-quarters of bus stops have no shelter, leaving vulnerable residents exposed to #extremeheat. Journalist Sam Bloch’s new book Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource digs deeper into shade inequity. @samkbloch.bsky.social
📷: Sam Bloch
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📷: Sam Bloch
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This Saturday, join Everyday Climate Champions & Trellis for an afternoon of hope, connection, and climate action in #SanFrancisco. Enjoy live music & happy hour. Free childcare & activities for kids. Tickets: $5-$25 sliding scale.
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This Saturday, join Everyday Climate Champions & Trellis for an afternoon of hope, connection, and climate action in #SanFrancisco. Enjoy live music & happy hour. Free childcare & activities for kids. Tickets: $5-$25 sliding scale.
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
November 8, 1 - 4 pm, 981 Mission St.
Register: buff.ly/aE7CAZL
Climate resilience is happening in our own neighborhoods every day—but these stories rarely get told. KneeDeep Times is building a #communityreporting network to amplify these stories. Read the first dispatches from our new Community Reporting Fellows: buff.ly/GFnelDo
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October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Climate resilience is happening in our own neighborhoods every day—but these stories rarely get told. KneeDeep Times is building a #communityreporting network to amplify these stories. Read the first dispatches from our new Community Reporting Fellows: buff.ly/GFnelDo
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“Innovation is worth it on the shoreline. It takes partnership, it takes creativity, it takes dedication — but the eventual benefits are so much more lasting,” says Heidi Nutters, senior program manager with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. @sfestuary.bsky.social
📷: Zoon Engineering
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📷: Zoon Engineering
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October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“Innovation is worth it on the shoreline. It takes partnership, it takes creativity, it takes dedication — but the eventual benefits are so much more lasting,” says Heidi Nutters, senior program manager with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. @sfestuary.bsky.social
📷: Zoon Engineering
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📷: Zoon Engineering
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The second installment of KneeDeep’s quarterly column “The Practice” spotlights innovative #environmentaldesign projects in progress from #PaloAlto to Ashland, including a #levee that filters wastewater and a commercial lot transformed into a #communitypark. #IndiaBasin
📷: Aaron Ackerman
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📷: Aaron Ackerman
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October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The second installment of KneeDeep’s quarterly column “The Practice” spotlights innovative #environmentaldesign projects in progress from #PaloAlto to Ashland, including a #levee that filters wastewater and a commercial lot transformed into a #communitypark. #IndiaBasin
📷: Aaron Ackerman
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📷: Aaron Ackerman
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“In the Bay Area, for example, we’re seeing a lot of new housing developments getting proposed in low-lying areas that are vulnerable to flood risk, because that’s where the space is,” says UC Davis’ Mark Lubell. @envpolicycenter.bsky.social
📷: Greenbelt Alliance
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📷: Greenbelt Alliance
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October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“In the Bay Area, for example, we’re seeing a lot of new housing developments getting proposed in low-lying areas that are vulnerable to flood risk, because that’s where the space is,” says UC Davis’ Mark Lubell. @envpolicycenter.bsky.social
📷: Greenbelt Alliance
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📷: Greenbelt Alliance
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New California legislation exempts many housing projects from #CEQA review to fast-track development. Environmental advocates warn the rushed process could enable unsafe housing in #flood and #fire zones and allow industrial facilities to be built near neighborhoods.
Map: MTC/ABAG
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Map: MTC/ABAG
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October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM