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Nicole Capretz

@ncapretz.bsky.social
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Founder and CEO, Climate Action Campaign. San Diego and Orange County.

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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
100% yes. How in the world can a city-appointed rep undermine the city and stay on the Board? San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/23/s...
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San Diego Deserves Representation That Defends Its Water Future
Marco Gonzalez is the executive director of the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation.   For decades, the city of San Diego has worked toward one of the most ambitious and environmentally […]
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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
With utility bills at record highs, AB 1167 delivers guardrails to prevent Californians from footing the bill for utilities' lobbying & political spending. Thank you @CAGovernor for signing this bill into law and Asm. @Marc_Berman for your leadership! earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...
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California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior
The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Why Mamdani could win anywhere --Dems wrong again. 'NY told him what they cared about most — the insane cost of living — and he built a hyperlocal campaign around that, all while resisting pollingism’s suburban-strip-mall blandness.' The Left Finally Has Its Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
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Opinion | With Mamdani, the Left Finally Has Its Trump
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Whennnn will the state actually take the reins and lower our utility bills? It's almost parody at this point how low CA utilities rank while profits soar and rates skyrocket. State has the power. Do something! www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/05/s...
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SDG&E finishes near the bottom of J.D. Power rankings
Two studies looked at responses from more than 155,000 residential customers of electric and natural gas utilities in the U.S.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Mamdani’s Donations Surged After the Primary While Cuomo’s Funding Lagged www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mamdani’s Donations Surged After the Primary While Cuomo’s Funding Lagged
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has amassed more support from small-dollar donors than his rivals.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Amen. Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Have a Real Problem Facing Charismatic Candidates
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Thx to KPBS for this story and including us! It is political capitulation not to build near this trolley stop. @sdclimateaction.bsky.social also supports SB 79 for exactly this reason. Helping families find housing they can afford near transit they can use is a crucial climate solution!
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
SD! Your bills are going sky high, and one is very troubling-SDGE. While families struggle and suffer--Sempra is drinking champagne and bragging to Wall Street about record profits! That's why we're fighting to lower your bills. SDGE will stop at nothing to keep profiteering, but we got your back.
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Spooky Connections @spookyconnections.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts Donald Trump a custom gold Apple product, this is also known as a bribe in exchange for preferential treatment & likely federal contracts: “It is engraved for President Trump. It is a unique unit of one. The base comes from Utah, it is 24 karat gold.” #3E #SpookyConnections
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NPR @npr.org · 07/08/2025
Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
What's up California?
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 27/07/2025
Dogs may have a more profound impact on reducing human stress levels than previously thought. They regulate both major stress pathways in the brain, keeping us in a healthy "sweet spot" for handling stress, according to researchers. theconversation.com/dogs-are-hel...
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Dogs are helping people regulate stress even more than expected, research shows
A new study finds that dogs’ mitigation of human stress is more biologically complex than scientists previously understood.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The new gold standard for Comms. And it's not even close. x.com/mehdirhasan/...
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
China is the dominant global superpower now...and forever? Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
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Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The reality of our petrostate industrial policy. Anyone batting for oil and gas is betting on a losing hand. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
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Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/07/2025
Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7. from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
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Big Plastic wants you to think you can recycle your yogurt container
Those numbered labels, vetted by private interests, can be misleading.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Not gas plants, but solar + batteries. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It's only just begun. Slowing down action to get off fossil fuels only hurts kid's chances of living successfully on this planet. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
These days, it's China. Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains. Climate bills are coming in. #ClimatechangeisWaterchange
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Whenever we see electeds pass on climate action (or dismantle their dept) , it’s embarrassingly short-sighted and will not age well
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The threat by the Chamber to pursue a referendum is laughable. Read the room/electorate, folks. Times have changed and billionaires aren't it. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/p...
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Proposal to mandate $25 minimum wage for San Diego tourism workers moves forward
Organized labor squared off against major San Diego businesses during a council committee hearing to consider what would be a 45% increase in San Diego’s minimum wage.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
He's all-in on climate action as well. This is what an inspiring and future-forward leader looks like!
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🥂Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
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Opinion | Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“I don’t like bullies. I feel like there’s a lot of bullying going on with utilities. People need to stand up to the bully.” The Wrestler vs. the Utility insideclimatenews.org/news/1506202...
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The Wrestler vs. the Utility - Inside Climate News
Former utility executive and amateur wrestler Mark Ellis is exposing the little-known factors that raise electricity bills and threaten the energy transition. People across the country are starting to...
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Brilliant column by @willbunch.bsky.social:
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
100% -- Dem electeds, go on ALL the podcasts. Talk normal. No talking points. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
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Opinion | The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The NYPD and ICE mistakenly arrested a Chilean woman who is a permanent resident in New York City and left her poor frightened 12 year old daughter on the street alone. She was released approximately six hours later. This is the fearful state of America.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
YES- it's beyond time to reign in the obscene profits of SDGE, SoCalGas, SCE, PGE. California Senate greenlights energy reform bills as Democrats pursue "affordability" www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/06/c...
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California Senate greenlights energy reform bills as Democrats pursue “affordability”
Two bills passed by the California Senate this week would drive major changes to energy markets.
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Kristin Reid @kristinmreid.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This is beyond the pale. Predatory cruelty. 💔
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Trump/Elon breakup is so good, Taylor Swift should write a song about it.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Drs. Mai and Nguyen: From the Pediatric Perspective, Orange County’s Polluted Air is an Immediate Danger to Our Children’s Lungs. We Have a Chance to Fix It. voiceofoc.org/2025/06/mai-...
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Mai and Nguyen: From the Pediatric Perspective, Orange County’s Polluted Air is an Immediate Danger to Our Children’s Lungs. We Have a Chance to Fix It.
We represent a group of current and future pediatricians who advocate for the health of our region’s pediatric asthma patients. Gas appliances in our homes are an underrecognized yet major threat to c...
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Oof. This is a horrible harbinger. Consumers Are Financing Their Groceries. What Does It Say About the Economy? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/b...
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Consumers Are Financing Their Groceries. What Does It Say About the Economy?
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Democrats should probably start acting as if a fascist regime was sending agents of the state to arrest them without warrants for political crimes—because that’s exactly what is happening.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Reality check on the growing use of oil and gas, and delaying transition to clean energy. It's crushing the health and welfare of kids. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects
Natural gas has become a go-to fuel for power plants from coast to coast, sometimes replacing dirtier coal-fired plants and, by extension, improving air quality.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Just the beginning..."The study is the latest sign that major banks are worried about how global warming could affect their balance sheets — and are taking steps to limit their exposure that could ultimately make it harder for Americans to get home loans." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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Banks are avoiding mortgage loans in California’s wildfire zones, study says
New research suggests banks are approving fewer home loans in fire-prone areas. But researchers found online lenders are ignoring the risks.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Oh yeah, we did this...5 year fight, but we won! "With nearly 957,000 customer accounts, San Diego Community Power is the second-largest CCA in the state." 🥂 Launched two more up the road in North County and OC as well. Huge climate wins. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/28/s...
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San Diego Community Power finalizes 2 solar+battery projects
One facility in Kern County expects to open next year; another in Nevada eyes a start date in 2028.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
For all of us that worked so hard to reform SANDAG and do good for the community, this is yet another gut punch. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/22/f...
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Favoritism and 3,300% pay hikes: Audit finds SANDAG failed to reform no-bid contracting despite pledge
A new audit has found that no-bid contracts at the regional planning agency lacked basic oversight and skirted SANDAG’s own policies for years.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Gas stoves nearly double children’s cancer risk, Stanford study finds www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
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Gas stoves nearly double children’s cancer risk, Stanford study finds
Stanford study finds gas stoves emit benzene, nearly doubling cancer risk in children — especially in homes with poor ventilation.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Heartbreaking to see dolphins, sea lions, whales sick and dying because of humans. Pollution and warming ocean from climate are crushing marine life. Whenever we hear "climate is not a priority" from leaders, it's clear they don't understand. 💔 weather.com/news/climate...
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Toxic Bloom Killing Sea Life Along California Coast | Weather.com
Rescue centers are overwhelmed as disoriented animals wash ashore, victims of a fast-growing toxin fueled by warming waters and pollution. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I remember this decision in 2018. Lobbyists for Republic etc won since they fund electeds, and city lost big time. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/07/s...
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San Diego’s deals with trash haulers lose the city millions, send tons of recyclables to landfill, audit finds
It also says recycling rates for city forces are even worse, finding that 80% of the waste taken to the landfill by city forces could be recycled.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Nothing makes me prouder than watching a young person come to @sdclimateaction.bsky.social and become a powerful climate warrior! Go Tomas!
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"We estimate you can save somewhere btw $7,000 and $10,000 [in construction and appliance costs], by building an all electric home as opposed to a dual-fuel home." That argument was recently bolstered by a report from Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley. www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...
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Some Los Angeles fires victims are rebuilding their homes without gas appliances
As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“Hmm, I wonder why the ground looks green?” “Oh!” 🤯
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The craziest thing about this Santos story is TRUMP JUST ARRESTED A FUCKING JUDGE.
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
91% of CA voters support ending excessive utility profits. Some good bills AB 1167 Prohibits utility misspending AB 1020 Prevents double-charging SB 636 Provides hardship deferments SB 330 Promotes alt financing for transmission SB 24 Prohibits undermining the launch of municipal utilities
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Nicole Capretz @ncapretz.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Steps to take to stop lawless presidents. Dem Govs. can sever ties btw their states’ law enforcement orgs and those at the federal level. 2. Start movement to amend Constitution. Politics as usual will not stop Trump’s unconstitutional acts www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/20/p...
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Politics as usual will not stop Trump’s unconstitutional acts
The sooner we get started with restoring a functioning Republic, the better.
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