Here's How California Plans to Spend $37 Billion Fighting Climate Change

When she first came to work in California during the Trump era, Lauren Sanchez says, the state’s climate budget was typically a few billion dollars a year, with much of that money automatically going to a couple of high-profile projects, including the bullet train through the Central Valley. That left climate policymakers and advocates fighting over a few hundred million dollars.

Coming to Terms with Energy Equities

Historically, it seems that the newest energy technologies tend to benefit the most affluent people first, while lower income households face the highest energy burdens. This has been true for customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) as we’ve seen through energy dynamics and policies played out over decades.

Climate Resiliency Strategies at the Community Level

In late 2019, the California Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA), in partnership with Climate Resolve and a number of state agencies, began discussions on how to develop and implement climate adaptation and resiliency strategies into the everyday functions of community-based organizations across the state of California. Today, those discussions have evolved into a full-fledged, multi-phase movement that has seen climate assessment and climate resource guides become available to over 100 community-based organizations statewide.

This is How the Energy Management Sector Performed in 2021, According to New Atrius Survey

Recently, smart building solutions provider Atrius released its third annual State of Energy Management survey. The survey polled more than 600 energy management professionals from a wide variety of organizations within the sector.

Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning

Record heat waves scorched the United States last summer. Along the Pacific Northwest coast, mussels cooked en masse in their shells, while people cooked in their houses. Few people in the traditionally temperate Pacific Northwest have central air conditioning, and people who could afford it rushed to purchase air conditioners. Then, some renters were hit with a surprise. Their landlords told them they needed to remove their air-conditioning units—and the law was on the landlords’ side. It was a deadly dilemma: Oregon and Washington saw over 600 excess deaths during the late-June heat wave.

Five Things that Rang True for Climate and Energy Experts in Don't Look Up

Don’t Look Up—the most popular movie on Netflix right now—satirizes the inability of humankind to grapple with the climate crisis. In the film, a comet is hurtling toward Earth, but the scientists who discovered it find that the media, general public, and even the president are somewhat indifferent to the impending threat—or worse, trying to turn it into a money-generating positive. For many of RMI’s climate solutions experts, this movie, while fictional, hit close to home as all good humor often does. Below they list five truths about the challenge of fighting climate change that resonated with them in the film.

LABBC’s Midnight Mission Holiday Drive

This holiday season, the LABBC challenges you to chose hope for the holidays by donating to The Midnight Mission. Each year, each day, and each hour, The Midnight Mission is delivering life-changing services to Los Angeles community members who are currently experiencing homelessness and providing a pathway to self-sufficiency.

In exchange for your donation, the LABBC offers you a chance to win a memorable experience donated by one of our esteemed staff or partners.

*Date Extended to January 22