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Merced, California
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Please check this Twitter thread by @chriscmooney about a new interactive publication from the @washingtonpost titled "How we know that global warming is real"
xitter.cf/chriscmooney/status/12…
1. The idea that the globe is warming isn’t based on computer models.
It’s based on millions of measurements, taken on land and at sea over some 170 years.
washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
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"This is a major, major health problem, and it’s growing." Valley fever cases are on the rise in California and across the Southwest. khn.org/MTAzMDgxNA @khnews
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Residents of this farm worker community in the San Joaquin Valley will soon be enjoying safe drinking water straight from their own taps thanks to a new $11 million water treatment plant built with state and federal funds. #CAWater
Kettleman City residents, politicians and environmental justice representatives make it official: The ribbon has been cut. The new $11 million water treatment plant will soon provide safe drinking water right out of the taps. bit.ly/2sISim8
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“More and more, we’re able to say yes the following extreme event was influenced by climate change,” says @PeterGleick: bit.ly/2Eisrnv #climatechange #extremeweather
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Good news. In the last 2 weeks, northern California has gone from <10% of average precipitation to 78% of average precipitation for the water year.
cdec.water.ca.gov/precipapp/…
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If you still haven't programed your irrigation controllers from the weekend rain or for the cooler temperatures coming up, we're here to help! Read more on how to program your irrigation controller here > buff.ly/2Au9ETJ
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Traditional Wind Turbines aren't ideal in urban areas. Welcome to the #WindTree.
We have the solutions to the #climatecrisis, implement them.
#Climate #energy #Tech #Energy #Sustainability #WindPower #CleanEnergy #COP25 #COP25Madrid
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“The “entire Arctic” now emits more carbon than it absorbs, a fact that can only be described as worse than bad news.” counterpunch.org/2019/12/06/…
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In #cawater news this weekend: Farmers sell off fields ahead of SGMA; Friant-Kern Canal getting bipartisan love – but no money; Pattern change to bring drier trend through mid-December; Trump takes aim at trickle-down toilets, faucets; and more … mavensnotebook.com/2019/12/0…
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GDP is an imperfect measure. When someone breaks their arm and pays for a cast, GDP goes up. We know air pollution contributes to premature deaths. My colleagues (@PTschofen et al.) argue we should deduct these deaths (gross external damages) from GDP. post-gazette.com/news/enviro…
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.@JayFamiglietti: "My concern is really about the future. How long can it really go on before, in the case of Arizona, the water is gone?” azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
California loses square mile of farmland every five days. And 70 percent of that loss is prime farmland, areas with rich soils and water access. abc10.com/article/news/local… #CAwater #Ag #agriculture
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Three banners, three drops. The Kieshaun White Cleaner Air Experiment and Sunrise Movement made three banners for the #GreenNewDeal. They dropped the banners in three locations: at Fresno City Hall, an overpass on Highway 99 and California Dairies.
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Unusually warm and unstable airmass today across NorCal has resulted in some torrential convective downpours and thunderstorms along with locally significant #flooding, including in #SanFrancisco and #Redding. More heavy showers possible tonight. #CAwx
Record high temperature in Stockton today with 70 degrees breaking the old record of 68 in 1988 and 1979. Sacramento Executive Airport reached 67 degrees today which tied the previous record high for the date set back in 1988. #cawx
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Rep. Devin Nunes is dodging questions about whether he spoke with indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas - despite the phone records that show an 8-minute conversation between them. on.msnbc.com/2sR4Lnz
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"You're more likely to be sued by @DevinNunes than to see him at a town hall."
--Nunes' constituents on their absentee Congressman.
latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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It’s cooking around the planet, but nowhere like in the Arctic...
#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through November 2019...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 41=coldest (blue)
+ Download visual: sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-t…
ALT Heat map-style graph of Arctic temperature rankings for each month from 1979 to November 2019
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US electricity generation from coal has plunged to below 1980 levels, and an ostensibly coal-friendly Republican administration has not slowed the decline. Insightful piece by @hausfath and @LaurenRAnders1:
thebreakthrough.org/issues/e…