How States Can Boost Renewables & California Updates

In this show, we have three segments for you, looking at climate change, the environment and social justice at the national, state and local levels. We will start with a report from Washington on ways to work social justice into clean energy programs. Then we’ll visit with members of West Marin Standing Together to talk about an exciting artistic community event they are planning, and finally a brief update on environmental legislation in California. We talk to Basav Sen, Climate Policy Director at Institute of Policy Studies in Washington DC. His work focuses on climate solutions at the national, state, and local level that address racial, economic, gender and other forms of inequality. He is author of a report focusing on Renewable Energy Portfolios. Given Trump’s pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, innovative state and local actions will be critical if we are to achieve a just transition to a sustainable economy.