California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage. That's enough to power about 13 million homes for four hours: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

‘A flood on steroids’: What to know as storm, debris flows threaten LA calmatters.org/environment/...

Data centers are putting new strain on California's grid. A new report estimates the impacts calmatters.org/environment/...

If Trump appointees succeed in repealing the greenhouse gas "endangerment finding," they could open a path for California to regulate carbon pollution itself: calmatters.org/environment/... via @gauchoesque.bsky.social

The Lingering Legal Issue of California’s Limits on Vehicle Emissions legal-planet.org/2025/11/13/s...

Sharp reporting earlier this week from my good friend Gabe Greschler. sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/s...

NEW: Supervisor Jackie Fielder is calling for a public hearing into a multimillion-dollar contract Mayor Lurie’s office signed with software company OpenGov after city staffers expressed concern over its cost and performance. ✍️ Story by Gabe Greschler & me sfstandard.com/2025/10/21/s...

Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies. Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.

NEW: A provocative idea, if Trump’s EPA abandons climate policy, could California take over on greenhouse gases? calmatters.org/environment/...

NEW: As a two-time speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi knew how to count votes. She also was wise enough to know her number was up. My new piece on why Pelosi retired to the great relief of many in San Francisco politics. sfstandard.com/2025/11/06/n...

Once upon a time, California showed that you can reduce drunk driving deaths simply by trying. Now, the state’s headed backward. And as deaths have increased, law enforcement has done less: DUI arrests statewide dropped from nearly 200K in 2010 to 100K in 2020. 1/6

'I don’t know what we’re going to do.’ Californians fear loss of food aid as shutdown drags on calmatters.org/economy/2025...

He's back. www.wsj.com/politics/arn...

The Trump Administration pulled $1.2 billion from California’s hydrogen hub. Even without federal funding, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is pressing ahead with clean energy retrofits anyway. bit.ly/4nLi66Z 📝 @gauchoesque.bsky.social 📸 Jay L. Clendenin

I feel like the headline-writers are just in a race with each other to find the tech worker who works the most hours per week now. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r...

You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

The feds want to know more about the people on food stamps. How Newsom responded calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Scott Wiener is done waiting on Nancy Pelosi. He’s running in 2026, sources say San Francisco’s state senator previously said he would wait for Pelosi to retire from Congress, but polling and a progressive challenger changed the game. sfstandard.com/2025/10/16/s...

Scott Wiener is done waiting on Nancy Pelosi. He’s running in 2026, sources say sfstandard.com/2025/10/16/s...

How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill | grist.org/solutions/ho... (for instance, "Natural Resources Defense Council has estimated that if California V2G’ed all of the 14 million EVs it’s expected to have by 2035, it could power every home in the state for three days.")

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador are facing state intimidation as Trumpian right-wing president pushes to rewrite constitution in favor of extractive industries and foreign military interests www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy. Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports. grist.org/internationa... #Solar #Wind #Energy #Renewables #Climate

Highly recommend spending some time with this project by @adrianaheldiz.bsky.social who got incredible access to a preschool in San Diego that helps children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence go on to live healthy, normal lives.

Who is watching California’s oil refiners, like when they explode? State, regional and local agencies are all investigating in a silo, reports @gauchoesque.bsky.social at @calmatters.org calmatters.org/environment/...

Definitely an insightful exchange — for sure. Important information about how a candidate might lead. Also, the disrespect fora journalist doing her job might be par for the course these days, but still worth calling out.

Federal oversight is disappearing as multiple refineries explode. Who’s in charge now? Read my latest @calmatters.org! calmatters.org/environment/...

California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications calmatters.org/economy/tech...

Come to Manny’s tonight if you’d like to engage on some climate policy with yours-truly and some fantastic guests. We have some slots left after getting a few cancellations! Go to: cal.news/climate

Lawmakers send Newsom a high-stakes energy overhaul tied to wildfires, utilities and oil calmatters.org/environment/...

Back on the CA politics beat at @wsj.com, we crossed paths often. He was then what he is now: kind, sharp, generous—the best kind of colleague. When @calmatters.org hired him in 2021, I soon followed. It’s been an honor to share a newsroom with you, @akoseff.bsky.social!

Newsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil production calmatters.org/politics/202...

From @gauchoesque.bsky.social @calmatters.org: California has a fallback plan for Trump’s clean car attacks. Does it go far enough? calmatters.org/environment/...

What's it's like to live through LA's long deportation summer calmatters.org/justice/2025...

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

Really smart piece: grist.org/politics/tru...

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift temporary ban on roving immigration stops in L.A. calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Eleni Kounalakis drops out of California governor’s race, pivots to downballot campaign politi.co/4mqVvfm

With electricity prices rising and pressure to keep the lights on, California is racing to create an expanded power market with other Western utilities to trade vast amounts of electricity, @gauchoesque.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social report calmatters.org/politics/202...

Huge props to @gauchoesque.bsky.social and @jeannereporter.bsky.social for giving me the layperson's understanding of a proposed shared power network in the West: calmatters.org/politics/202...

yeah for sure.

California has the greenest power grid in the U.S. Now it’s about to plug into coal-burning states — just as Trump moves to tilt energy markets back to fossil fuels. Here’s what’s happening 🧵

California cut coal from its energy supply. Why it might plug back into fossil fuels — with an expanded western energy market. Read my latest @calmatters.org with @jeannereporter.bsky.social. calmatters.org/politics/202...

🔥 California vs. Washington, Round 2. As Trump & Congress move to gut clean energy laws, CA faces rising costs, stalled projects, and a climate backlash. Can the state still lead? I'm moderating a panel at Manny's in SF Sept. 17. We'll discuss it all! give.calmatters.org/event/still-...

U.S. solar tariffs backfired—jacking up prices, killing jobs, and letting foreign firms dodge the rules while American manufacturing flatlined. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/t...

Kamala Harris will not run for California governor via @akoseff.bsky.social @calmatters.org calmatters.org/politics/202...

The country is in the middle of a housing market drought, and conditions look especially parched in California, writes @frombenc.bsky.social. calmatters.org/housing/2025...

Sharp reporting from @akoseff.bsky.social @calmatters.org : Newsom ramps up California redistricting threat as Texas weighs new Republican maps calmatters.org/politics/202...

Behind the masks: Who are the people rounding up immigrants in California? calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Earlier this month, the Trump administration withheld more than $120 million for California’s migrant education programs, for students who parents work in agriculture, @carolynjones100.bsky.social reports calmatters.org/education/k-...