The LA Times just published an OpEd I wrote on what we can do to respond to the problem of catastrophic wildfire. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…

I’ll tell you what, we’re having an earthqua—” On this day, October 17, 1989, a massive 6.9 earthquake struck San Francisco during the live broadcast of the World Series. Does anyone remember watching this unfold live? Incredible footage of announcers Al Michaels and Tim McCarver maintaining their composure, unsure if they were even still on the air. The series, played between Bay Area rivals Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants, would forever be remembered as the “Earthquake Series.

The Red Sky lineup is here! Bipartisan leaders, federal transformation, global perspectives, & real-world tech. Focused on moving wildfire resilience from policy to action. @MichaelWWara, @OCFAChief, @SenJohnCurtis, & more. Full lineup, with more soon: redskysummit.com/2026speaker…

Putin personally ordered a new wave of attacks on @NATO countries in Europe. The Leipzig airport plot was one of the opening shots. Putin was driven by frustration with the stalled negotiations and Ukraine’s deep strikes. My report via @WSJ wsj.com/world/europe/airfiel…

How many homes are in that footprint today?

Great update on the California FAIR plan from two of our team at the Climate and Energy Policy Program - Nam Nguyen and Eric Macomber: cepp.substack.com/p/californ…

CFTC staff analyzing oil trades for insider trading around the U.S.-Iran war were told to retract their referral to the agency's enforcement division | h/t @CGorrivan bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Potential for power safety shutoffs coming to the higher elevations of the North Bay and East Bay. Warmer temperatures, windy, and dry over the hills 10/14-10/17. 10/13/2026

You know climate adaptation is totally on track when the best source of information about the sea level rise and El Niño related flooding is the gym by the highway. Note the cars driving through bay water to get to the on-ramp. clubevexia.com/live-web-cams…

I often see people argue that clean energy is not reducing emissions, because it just adds to rather than replaces fossil fuels. This argument is deeply misguided – clean energy built since 2005 has displaced 23 billion tons. I dive in over at The Climate Brink (link below)

#domefire looking pretty quiet on the way home from Denver just now.

The best (only?) way to stop a high intensity fire is to take the fuel away. That’s where recent fire history on a landscape creates safety and why we need more prescribed fire on the ground near where people live.

“The problem is implementation and funding,” said Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program. “We can have the best plans in the world, but if we do not actually implement those plans, it will not matter.”calmatters.org/environment/w…

Critical Bay Area news alert. Mint it’s-it’s were the treat that my grandmother always kept in her refrigerator for when we would come over/get dropped off by my parents and stay up past our bedtimes to watch the Lawrence Welk show.

Ignition at Audubon Canyon Ranch underway! share.watchduty.org/camera/Y…

First-entry prescribed burns occur when an area is burned without pre-treatment/thinning. Given the scale of our wildfire fuels problem in dry western forests, there are many areas which are too steep to thin, or where the economics of mechanical or hand-thinning make the work too expensive to justify. While there are many opportunities to use logging to thin forests while also making some money to pay for other management, we need to get better at using fire as the primary tool to thin forests. We often think of prescribed burns as being low-intensity events, where the flames creep slowly across widely-spaced trees, remaining on the ground, and killing very few of the trees in the area. However, intentional fires can also be applied under more intense prescriptions to kill thickets of dense, small trees, while still leaving the larger trees, alive. This video documents a late-summer prescribed burn in Nevada County, California, which included a portion of forest which had not been thinned before the area was lit afire. Link in comments, below.

Today @GavinNewsom signed a whole series of wildfire prevention bills that cement his legacy on the issue. This California resident is very grateful to both the Governor and all the legislators that worked on these bills. gov.ca.gov/2026/09/29/govern…

NEW: Justice Alito has recused himself from Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, a major case asking whether federal law bars state lawsuits seeking damages from fossil-fuel companies for harms attributed to climate change.