Amazing, these birds return to our coast from Alaska on about the same day, every year!

Golden-crowned sparrows returned to Central California on 9/19. This follows a long pattern of returning around equinox, from Alaska. greyhayes.net/2022/09/25/g...

Blanket of fog on Monterey Bay, happy autumnal equinox! #CAwx

Sea otters’ shell-cracking leaves behind underwater seashell middens. 🦦 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #seaotterawarenessweek

In case anyone’s wondering how environmental permitting for solar is going in California.☀️🔌💡

Fall equinox is 11:19am Pacific time, tomorrow.

In case anyone’s wondering how environmental permitting for solar is going in California.☀️🔌💡

Public comment just closed on the environmental impact report for the Valley clean infrastructure plan - 21 GW solar + 21 GW storage on 136,000 acres drainage impaired /repurposed farmland connected by 426 miles of transmission. CEQA certification expected late 2025. ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2024020124/2

long beach.

<<David Attenborough voice>> And here we see the common ocean potato… lounging on the sand. They appear lazy, but in reality they are simply conserving energy. 🦭

Goodnight, all. May we all know moments of peace and sun-warmed bliss like this adorable ocean potato I saw today.

Fall equinox is 11:19am Pacific time, tomorrow.

Summer’s last evening twilight. #CAwx #MitchellsCove #MontereyBay #sunset 🌅

Welcome back monarchs. The only monarchs we need. #MonarchButterflies

Happy sea otter awareness week! #ラッコ #seaotters

It’s sea otter 🦦 awareness week. To see them is to love them. I took this shot in Morro Bay 🌿🦑. www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/sea-...

At the Sun Day Festival in NYC! @sundayofaction.bsky.social

Permitting reform remains the biggest unforced error of climate politics.

Anna’s hummingbird, tongue out. #Birds #YardsBirds #Photography

Environmentalists were blunt in their concern: “NEPA seems so arcane and bureaucratic and ‘oh, it’s red tape,’ but in reality, that red tape is the only thing standing between us and having our water poisoned and our air unbreathable and our wildlife all dead.”

Saw this at a protest this summer

If you're housebound today (or in South Dakota, where there's no event), join us for a virtual Sun Day extravaganza! actionnetwork.org/events/think...

Getting to the time of year where the fog clears out, high clouds start moving in, and the sun rises and sets over the bay from south-facing spots. Autumnal equinox is tomorrow.

When it rains it spores.. polyspores. Chicken of the woods.

Happy sea otter awareness week, to those who celebrate. 🦦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wEIBgyO-XM #ラッコ #seaotters

A very unusual stretch of September weather will continue across California into next week. On Sunday, a weak stream of tropical moisture may drop some showers in far SoCal (near San Diego). But a more impressive/widespread thunderstorm outbreak will be possible Tuesday... #CAwx

Welcome back monarchs. The only monarchs we need. #MonarchButterflies

Anna’s hummingbird, tongue out. #Birds #YardsBirds #Photography

checking in from above

California weather is going electric again next week. #CAwx ⛈️

Nice update on the reconstruction plan for Big Basin Redwoods State Park, oldest state park in California. One highlight of the rebuild is moving the headquarters out of the old growth grove, up on saddle mountain/little basin. This will help habitat and solitude in the big trees.

Is it good luck or bad luck to have a murder of crows show up at your house? Asking for a friend. 🐦‍⬛

Happy sea otter awareness week! #ラッコ #seaotters

CLEAR SKIES IN MONTERAY BAY TODAY!!! WHAT AM I DOING IN MARIN COUNTY!!!??

You up? Find a #CoastalCleanupDay site near you and spend a couple hours outside with others making a difference this morning. It will feel good. Do the grocery shopping later. The laundry will wait for you. Promise. See you out there at 9am.

Sunrise, Monterey Bay. #CAwx

Amazing Swift show tonight in Portland! Every year migrating Vaux's swifts gather by the thousands and roost in chimneys like this SE Portland elementary school. And neighbors come out to watch them and cheer them on. It's a true delight.

Good morning, Pacific Ocean fog. #CAwx

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

A Texas company is trying to restart an oil operation off the California coast. It now faces criminal charges alleging it knowingly violated environmental laws. @grace2e.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

Sea otter and a snoozing pup, floating in the Monterey Bay kelp forest canopy. 🦦🦦

California’s clean energy goals will only succeed if they include the communities and tribes most impacted. By embracing stronger mitigation measures, Lithium Valley could power a clean energy future that also empowers local residents. calexicochronicle.com/2025/09/15/o...

Happy sea otter awareness week, to those who celebrate. 🦦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wEIBgyO-XM #ラッコ #seaotters

Check out our new report! The Devil Is In The Details: Environmental Health Impacts Of The Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power Project ccvhealth.org/hells-kitche...

Bonus: Join the largest faculty union in the United States, @cfaunited.bsky.social

Good morning, Pacific Ocean fog. #CAwx

It was great to chat with @emilypont.bsky.social @heatmap.news about my book EXTRACTION. We discussed why mining is so conflictual, the power relations of extractive frontiers, how organized communities fare better & why we should use the public sector to proactively plan + govern. Link ⬇️

In 1976, after Southern California Edison announced the withdrawal of plans for the largest coal fired power plant in the USA atop of the biggest undeveloped southwestern coal deposit, some people in Kanab, Utah burned an effigy of Robert Redford who was part of the coalition opposing the project.

This will be a preview of my book project on the history of solar in the western US.☀️🔌💡

Sunset through the trees and fog…..#SantaCruz #trees #fog @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social