Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
Leah Stokes
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When it comes to climate, the choice between Becerra and Hilton for California Governor is clear. Becerra would continue his fight to defend our clean air and climate protections, and Hilton would roll them back.
We need Becerra to win in November!
Ugh, this is such a drag. I read this as Politico scrapping a scrupulously factual, down-the-middle news site in favor of a bunch of insider-gossip newsletters more in line with its garbage in-house style.
Fewer & fewer places to get reliable information.
www.semafor.com
In September, Politico plans to launch a series of energy-focused newsletters.
After a decade+ of nonstop pollution offenses, GOP Sen. Jim Justice's coal empire learned earlier this year that it was under federal criminal investigation.
But before prosecutors could gather crucial evidence, Todd Blanche's office told them "pencils down."
David Roberts
Leah Stokes
We have some really cool jobs open right now at EPI, if I may say so. An early-career fellowship, a data engineer position, and a CA-focused research manager.
My colleagues are amazing. We have fun and we make a difference.
energyandpolicy.org/jobs/
This is the only responsible thing to do. Steyer deserves credit for saying it and saying it immediately.
He’s a really smart guy with generally good policy ideas, it just didn’t quite work out. Sometimes that happens.
Jobs at the Energy and Policy Institute - a watchdog exposing the attacks on renewable energy and countering misinformation by fossil fuel interests.
May 2026 had the second-worst May drought conditions in contiguous U.S. history, with a Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) of -6.93. The only worse May: the Dust Bowl year of 1934 (a PDSI of -7.03). Three of the top-10 months for worst U.S. drought since 1895 have been in 2026:
Molly Redden
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally."
Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
OK so is it safe to say that "something is happening" ?!
Dr. Jeff Masters
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
Tom Steyer: "It would be a travesty for Steve Hilton to win the governorship, and Californians must unite behind Xavier Becerra to ensure he does not." tomsteyer.substack.com/p/im-on-your...
RIP to E&E. Since 2013, E&E has been my constant companion, the morning paper delivered to my digital stoop.
Truly the end of an era. My deepest thanks and appreciation to you all, E&E past and present.
The Trump Administration had no authority to unilaterally impose a $100,000 tax that Congress never approved—and today, a federal court agreed.
Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
