California

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November 6, 2024

States Must Step Up

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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October 30, 2024

Trucking Industry Disinformation Will Cost Lives

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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October 15, 2024

Ask a Scientist: How Close Are We to a Clean Energy Transition?

Guest Commentary

Kyger Creek Power Plant viewed from a parking lot off of Ohio State Route 7.

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September 30, 2024

Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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September 23, 2024

The Kids Get It: Why Proposition 4 Is the Right Thing to Do

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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September 5, 2024

Newsom Can Continue His Climate Leadership by Signing These Three Bills

Daniel Barad
Western States Policy Manager

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August 26, 2024

Solutions to Rising Cost of Climate Change in California Should Include Passage of Prop 4

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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August 19, 2024

Where Have All the Election Officials Gone?

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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August 13, 2024

When Bad Ballot Designs Confuse Voters, Democracy Suffers. Science has Solutions.

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

A firefighter drinks water in Oregon during a controlled burn to try to contain wildfires in the state.

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July 26, 2024

Climate Change Fuels Catastrophic Wildfires Across the Western U.S. and Canada

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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June 12, 2024

Who’s Doing Chevron’s Dirty Work in California?

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

In an aerial view, solar panels are seen at MCE Solar One solar farm on April 25, 2024, in Richmond, California

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June 10, 2024

For Clean Energy Progress in California, We Must Solve the Permitting Problem (Part 3 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

A dispatch board shows the distribution of the state's electricity at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Alhambra Control Center after a Stage 1 power emergency was announced in 2006.

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June 10, 2024

Want to Connect Clean Energy to California’s Power Grid? Get in Line (Part 2 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Power towers line a highway in Vallejo, CA.

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June 10, 2024

Transmission Is Holding up California’s Clean Energy Transition (Part 1 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

GRID Alternatives employees install no-cost solar panels on the rooftop of a low-income household in October 2023 in Pomona, California.

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June 6, 2024

UCS Is Following the Money in California

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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June 3, 2024

What Will the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule Do for California?

Michele Canales
Western States Policy Advocate

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June 3, 2024

What You Need to Know about Advanced Clean Fleets: Funding, Flexibility, and FAQs

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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May 13, 2024

¿El estado del aire en 2024? No es bueno.

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

Remnants of burned houses in a neighborhood in Paradise, California, 8 months after the 2019 Camp Fire.

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April 29, 2024

New California Legislation Would Help Us Better Understand Wildfire Health Impacts

Daniel Barad
Western States Policy Manager

Woman Plugs in Electric Charger for Car at Home

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April 23, 2024

What Fixed Charges on Your Electric Bill Could Mean for Charging an EV in California

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Footprints in the snow under a brilliant blue sky in Yosemite National Park

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April 1, 2024

Four Reasons You Should Care about California Snow

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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March 4, 2024

The Future of Resilient Agricultural Communities in California Is Alive in Allensworth

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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February 15, 2024

California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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January 23, 2024

An Equitable Energy Transition in California Will Take All of Our Voices

Guest Commentary