Climate Change Policy

August 22, 2025

Excerpt: Jeff Goodell on The New American Inequality

Jeff Goodell warns that extreme heat is dividing the U.S. into the “cooled” indoors and the “cooked” outdoor workers. Heat waves are deadlier, protections are weak, and low-wage workers — bear the greatest risks. The comforts of some are built on the suffering of others, a climate injustice that will only deepen as the planet warms.

May 14, 2019

OPR Director Kate Gordon on Managing California’s Utilities, Wildfires, Housing & Transportation Planning

Gov. Newsom's Director of the Office of Planning & Research, Kate Gordon, presents her office’s extensive responsibilities and initiatives addressing resilience and sustainability.

February 21, 2019

California Rep. Mike Levin on the Green New Deal & Congressional Climate Action

California Rep. Mike Levin discusses the policies that will ground the Green New Deal and his plans for bold and aggressive climate action.

December 9, 2014

New York & California Incent Climate-Change Innovation Differently

Richard Kauffman and Mary Nichols discuss the public sector’s role in catalyzing clean-technology innovation.

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