How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up

Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency and racial injustice requires including underserved communities in the planning process. Read More

Inside Elon Musk’s Tesla startup ecosystem

Over a dozen former Tesla execs have gone on to establish EV and energy-related startups of their own. Read More

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts

Smart policy, planning and market designs are critical so that utilities and customers can improve reliability through accelerated deployment of advanced clean resources as fossil generators retire.     Read More

California’s blackouts and its clean energy transition

To address both near-term reliability threats and emerging climate risks, the state needs to move both more carefully and faster. Read More

California makes history with zero-emission Clean Trucks rule

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously adopted the rule, which requires truck makers to sell an increasing number of clean, zero-emission trucks in the state. Read More

Here's how California's water laws were made

The 1880s brought on state supreme court rulings and dramatically changed marshes. Read More

Farmworkers are deemed 'essential' but are not protected from COVID-19

As many people in the U.S. shelter-in-place in their homes, farmworkers are at risk of becoming severely ill from the coronavirus as they continue to support the country's food supply chain. Read More

How US colonialism affects Indigenous peoples’ stewardship and access to food

From ceremonies to harvesting and food storage, to political leadership, to gender relations, indigenous groups have detailed understandings of how design societal institutions to support resilience. But colonialism changed that. Read More

The greenest public fleet in America

Here are five things to know about some of the cleanest transportation infrastructure around — Sacramento's city fleet. Read More

Episode 169: Schwarzenegger on climate change, Maersk dips toe in sustainable shipping

Plus, a visit from the executive director of The Solutions Project, the clean energy advocacy group co-founded by actor Mark Ruffalo. Read More