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California’s Groundbreaking New Renewable Energy Law & Global Climate Action Summit — City Visions Tonight At 7pm, KALW 91.7 FM
Posted on September 10, 2018, 11:23 am By

Governor Brown today signed SB 100 to put California on a path to achieve a carbon-free electricity grid by 2045. I’ll be interviewing bill author and candidate for U.S. Senate State Senator Kevin De Leon on tonight’s City Visions at 7pm, KALW 91.7 FM.

We’ll also discuss the Global Climate Action Summit this week in San Francisco, hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown. The Summit will highlight achievements from around the world as policymakers, businesses leaders and grassroots organizations share the ways they’re working together to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Joining me in the studio will be:

  • Sen. Kevin de León – California State Senator representing District 24 in Los Angeles
  • Secretary Matthew Rodriquez – California Secretary for Environmental Protection
  • Louise Bedsworth – Executive Director for the California Strategic Growth Council

This show will be the first of a three-part series on California’s groundbreaking clean energy policies and the fight against climate change. Tune in with your questions! You can also live-stream or listen to a recorded version of the show afterwards.

 

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Climate Summit Event On Tuesday, September 11th, 2-5:30pm: Harnessing The “3 Revolutions” In Transportation For Climate Goals
Posted on September 4, 2018, 12:32 pm By

Next week leaders from around the world will be in San Francisco for the Governor Brown-convened Global Climate Action Summit. The event is designed to showcase climate progress globally and help leaders share best practices and ideas on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of the summit, many nonprofits, businesses and universities are hosting affiliate events (not part of the formal summit programming) on various climate issues. The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley Law and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA Law are partnering on an event to discuss how subnational governments can leverage the coming “3 Revolutions” in shared, electric, and automated transportation to meet climate goals:

Transportation technologies are evolving rapidly, and the course of their evolution will determine whether greenhouse gas emissions dramatically increase or drop as a result. Which outcome we see in the future depends on our policy decisions in the present. The driving question of this session will be: What policies will steer the 3 Revolutions toward climate goals? This event will empower states, regions, and cities with policy tools needed to harness these revolutions to reduce climate emission.

The session will run from 2 to 5:30pm at 555 Market St. in San Francisco (+ Google Map) and will be immediately followed by an evening reception through 7:30pm. The agenda is available, and you can register here ($15).

The law centers are co-organizing the event with:

  • UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, the Environment, and the Economy & the Institute of Transportation Studies
  • Uber
  • Metropolitan Transportation Commission
  • Georgetown Climate Center

The event is also co-sponsored by Bank of America as part of the grant-funded Climate Change and Business Series. Hope to see you there!

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