Tag: California

A student faces the fires. We’re lucky he understands what drives them & is ready to do something about it.

January 13, 2025

Over the last few days, I’ve been texting with a former student, Joe Thompson, from the Local Climate Action Program who lives in Orange, CA. The Palisades fire has been raging around him, so he’s been assisting his community by taking food the local shelter for it to go to Los Angeles. With the Santa … More A student faces the fires. We’re lucky he understands what drives them & is ready to do something about it.

Rhetoric as dry as the drought-stricken ground

September 10, 2016

40% carbon reduction in emissions below 1990 levels? That is a bold step from California, the state known for bold environmental steps. Two bills Gov. Jerry Brown signed this week will broadly impact the economy for at least the next 14 years and bring the world’s sixth largest economy that much closer to doing their … More Rhetoric as dry as the drought-stricken ground