Posts Tagged: Climate crisis

California must keep creating the future

Energy transition, image by Olivier Le Moal

by TEFERE GEBRE posted 09.19.2023

OPINION – In the coming years, we will learn whether California’s government, led by Newsom, will seize the moment to demonstrate the first fully funded, equitable transition off fossil fuels like oil and gas. If we do it right, workers will be the designers and implementers, and will have access to good-paying, union jobs for the long-haul.

No Planet B: CARB Chair Liane Randolph guides CA climate plans

Liane Randolph of CARB.

by LISA RENNER posted 01.18.2023

Liane Randolph helms the state’s lead agency for climate change programs, putting her center stage on one of the hottest issues of the day. It puts her in a delicate position. “With climate change, you want to move fast,” she said. “But if you want to do it in a way where people have a say and where it is affordable, you need to be more patient and deliberative.”