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Cruz Climate

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CruzClimate.com is a FREE, weekly, plain language, climate change newsletter for Santa Cruz County, Calif. Checking dozens of reliable sources for climate news that affects our County. By Rex Sanders, science writer. Also ClimateJargon.com

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• More reasons to vote for Tom Steyer • Bad changes to state climate funding • Wildfire prevention dropping fast And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 10-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Berkeley homes slowly get more climate friendly • Electric cars almost never run out of juice • Hot ocean causing more sick and dead birds And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 5-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Apartments: more housing, better climate • Heavier rain plus longer droughts means big problems • Solar and wind power helps struggling farmers And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 7-minutes cruzclimate.com

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• Home energy upgrades help everyone • City trees reduce high temperatures and improve health And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 5-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• The climate conference with hope • City of Santa Cruz 30-year shoreline plan • West Cliff Drive coastal management update And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 7-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Tom Steyer for Governor • Revised rules for home wildfire safety • Driving an electric car keeps getting easier And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 7-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Many electric cars cost less than gas cars • Free electricity from clean energy • Building all-electric replacement homes after fires And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 7-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Stopping every ton of climate pollution matters • New heat pump installs fast at a low price • Now you can lease big home batteries And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 6-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Largest battery farm in a U.S. city • Fuel made from crops is worse than dirty fuels • Electric car charging is half the cost of gas And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Honest young woman grew a solar and battery company • Hydrogen buses cost more to run and break down more often And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 8-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Improving U.S. energy independence • Improving your energy independence • Whole house fans can keep you cool for less And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• A billionaire is running for governor • Global overheating is speeding up • Gary Griggs on coastal changes and climate change And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 16-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Iran war could speed up clean energy • Sea level is much higher than scientists thought And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Building homes smarter after wildfires • How one house survived last year’s Palisades Fire And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 8-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Communities sharing local clean electricity • Clean energy projects where the profits stay local And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• You can become one of the climate 10% • Fewer Winter Olympics locations as our climate changes And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 8-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Reducing wildfire smoke could save thousands of lives every month • Don’t store climate pollution deep under this wetland And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Solar power is replacing natural gas • Expensive Marin County problem is coming to Santa Cruz County And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter on climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 8-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• How PG&E could lower our electric bills • Autism linked to wildfire smoke during pregnancy And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Plans for more oil drilling will lose again • Winter storm tracks shifting north • Tide charts were wrong during recent king tide floods More in this week’s free, plain language newsletter on climate change news & analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 8-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Making plug-in solar panels and home heat pumps easier and cheaper • Oil from Venezuela is very bad for climate change And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 6-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• New rules for big utility batteries coming • Why some men are less concerned about climate change • Largest battery electric train engines More in this week’s free, plain language newsletter on climate change news & analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 7-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• Clean energy paths for overlooked industries • Hydrogen bus failures from misguided transit systems And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 10-minute read cruzclimate.com

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• New fire rules should help, someday • California’s big oil spill and climate problem • Big Oil’s climate ads have lied for 25 years More in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read at cruzclimate.com

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• Al Gore still optimistic about fixing our climate • How scientists connect extreme weather to climate change And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter on climate change news & analysis for Santa Cruz County, California, 9-minute read at cruzclimate.com

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• Fire station installs solar panels and batteries • LA County Fire recommends wildfire shelter-in-place • We need big clean energy projects fast And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California cruzclimate.com

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• Improve climate fast by cutting methane • Better state rules on landfill air pollution & methane leaks • Calif. 120 volt induction ranges & heat pumps And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California cruzclimate.com

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• Big climate actions that work • Why improve our climate? • Clean energy is cheaper, healthier, and safer • Overbuild clean energy And more in this free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California cruzclimate.com

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• Switch to clean energy for a healthy, cheaper life • State and local politicians could lower electric bills • Window heat pumps reduce PG&E bills And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California cruzclimate.com

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• Radical climate optimism • California could regulate climate pollution on its own • Ten years after the Paris Agreement on climate And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter with climate change news and analysis for Santa Cruz County, California cruzclimate.com

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• Clean energy revolution is coming fast • County passenger train report has a hydrogen problem • Positive tipping points for our climate And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter that covers #ClimateChange news affecting #SantaCruzCounty, #California cruzclimate.com

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Editorial: Climate expert syndrome Neighborhood “hub home” helps during blackouts Clean energy continues booming worldwide And more in this week’s free, plain language newsletter that covers #ClimateChange news affecting #SantaCruzCounty, #California cruzclimate.com

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