California

Western Area Power/Flickr

August 31, 2022

September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Emmett Institute/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

August 24, 2022

California Needs a Petroleum Phaseout Plan

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

Aliazimi/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

August 22, 2022

Can California Stop Selling Polluting Cars by 2035? Yes It Can.

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Portland General Electric/Flickr

August 17, 2022

Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection

August 16, 2022

Recent Rains Highlight Additional Risks of Escalating Wildfires

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Fast Electric Vehicle charging stations along I-95 in Maryland.

Earth and Main/Flickr

August 1, 2022

What Are States Planning To Do With Federal EV Charging Funds?

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

California farmland seen under a hazy sky

Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash

July 26, 2022

Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Andre M/Wikimedia

June 29, 2022

Why Did California Fail to Pass this Clean Energy Bill?

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

National Interagency Fire Center/Flickr

March 24, 2022

Climate Change Is Turning California’s Wildfire Season into Wildfire Year

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

A vineyard worker gets a drink from a cooler during a break from the heat as the temperature exceeded 100 degrees in California.

AP Photo/Napa Valley Register, Lianne Milton

March 21, 2022

Central Valley Farmworkers: Surviving Extreme Heat While Feeding the US

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

USDA

March 15, 2022

In California’s Central Valley, Drought Is a Growing Threat to Farms, Food, and People

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Pablo Ortiz

March 7, 2022

Causes and Consequences of Epic Western US Drought

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

Brian Stalter/Unsplash

February 28, 2022

The Truck Industry’s Decades-long War on Stronger Pollution Controls

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Hush Naidoo Jade Photography

February 2, 2022

California Utilities Shut Off Power for Fewer People, But Too Many Are Still in the Dark

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Peter Szera (https://peterszera.com/)

December 16, 2021

Climate Change Impacts on California Central Valley: The Warning Shot the US Is Ignoring

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

Christopher Michel/Flickr

December 16, 2021

A California Climate Story

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Moritz Knoringer/Unsplash

December 14, 2021

California Energy: A 2021 Review and a Look Ahead

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Douglas Palmer/Flickr

December 14, 2021

Climate Experts at UCLA Sued by Fossil Fuel Industry Front Group

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Joel Muniz/Unsplash

December 13, 2021

Is California About to Give Up the Driver’s Seat on Electric Vehicles?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection

November 8, 2021

World Leaders at COP Say ‘The World Is on Fire.’ People in Western US Are Living It

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

An image of California governor Gavin Newsome from a CA democratic convention

Gage Skidmore/Flickr

September 15, 2021

Newsom Wins. Now He Must Move Fast on Climate.

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

a photo of the Russell City Energy Center in Hayward, California, taken by the blog author on his tour. a sign on the chainlink fence in front of the plant reads, "welcome to the best damn plant in the fleet!"

Mark Specht

August 12, 2021

I Toured “the Best Damn Plant in the Fleet.” Two Years Later It Exploded.

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Kevin Dooley/Flickr

June 24, 2021

California Takes Big Step Towards Clean Electricity, But Not Without Stumbling

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Jennifer Gidaro/Flickr

June 14, 2021

Can the US Survive California’s Drought?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration