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Becerra's plan for free midday electricity would be a leap forward

Leah Stokes · Oct 2026
Op-Ed

The worst energy policy in the world

Mahdavi & Ross · Aug 2026
In the News

The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

Leah Stokes · Sep 2026
News, Events & Press Releases
Press Release

New Report Finds Electrifying Oregon Industry Can Cut 11.5 MMT of Climate Pollution and Deliver Up to $520 Million in Health and Economic Benefits

Oct 2026
Press Release

New Report Finds Pennsylvania Can Cut Industrial Emissions Through Electrification

Jun 2026
Press Release

Community & Worker Impacts of an Onshore Oil Phaseout in Santa Barbara County

Apr 2026
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Commentary

Misinformation won: How divisive politics doomed Canada’s carbon tax

Harrison, Mildenberger et al. · Nov 2026
 Op-Ed

Santa Barbara County Wants Responsible Offshore Wind

Brown-Law · Oct 2026
 In the News

Polling: Offshore wind strongly supported in California coastal communities

2035 Initiative · Oct 2026
 Op-Ed

Becerra's plan for free midday electricity would be a leap forward

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Power companies' permitting play

2035 Initiative · Oct 2026
 Op-Ed

Thanks to El Niño, California is getting a grim preview of its climate change future

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Map Shows States Where Biggest Data Centers Are Being Built

Masanet · Oct 2026
 In the News

A simple AI query uses a bottle of water just to keep the servers cool

Masanet · Oct 2026
 In the News

The Carbon Wave with Leah C. Stokes

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

The Carbon Wave

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Why Have US Politicians and the Media Largely Gone Quiet on Climate?

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

The grueling fight to pass the Inflation Reduction Act

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Leah C. Stokes Talks Activism, Democracy and the Struggle For the Earth with Bill McKibben

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Why Biden's Climate Law Isn't Dead Yet

Stokes · Oct 2026
 Commentary

The El Niño Diaries #1 — The Ants

Stokes · Oct 2026
 In the News

Climate on the Ballot: Voters Want Candidates to Talk About Climate Change

Mildenberger · Oct 2026
 In the News

Environmentalists, lawyers, academics praise signing of Gregg Hart’s offshore oil bill into law

Mahdavi · Oct 2026
 Op-Ed

Trump can’t stop America’s shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.

Stokes · Sep 2026
 In the News

I Skipped NY Climate Week and Read These Books Instead

Stokes · Sep 2026
 In the News

Why this Canadian climate professor thinks Trump is the ‘poster child’ the world needs for climate action

Stokes · Sep 2026
 In the News

The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

Stokes · Sep 2026
 In the News

Leah Stokes brings urgency, optimism to fight to save the planet

Stokes · Sep 2026
 Commentary

Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doom

Stokes · Sep 2026
 In the News

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Bans New Onshore Oil Drilling

2035 Initiative · Sep 2026
 In the News

Board of Supervisors Bans New Onshore Oil & Gas Wells as First Part of Industry Phaseout

Mahdavi · Sep 2026
 In the News

Santa Barbara County supervisors vote 3-2 to ban new onshore oil and gas wells

Mahdavi · Sep 2026
 Commentary

Climate action comes in waves

Stokes · Sep 2026
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