How California Is Proving Climate Solutions Are Possible

About this episode

This episode discusses California's achievements in clean energy and its implications for climate solutions.

Climate solutions aren’t out of reach. They’re already here, and California is leading the way. In 2025, the state hit a historic milestone: for more than 200 days, its grid hit 100 percent clean energy, often for hours at a time, making it the largest economy in the world to reach this goal. In this episode, host Gloria Riviera speaks with Mary Creasman, CEO of California Environmental Voters, about the state’s race toward total clean energy by 2045, what this transformation means for tackling wildfires, flooding and droughts, and how we can all push politics toward climate solutions that work. This episode was made in partnership with California Environmental Voters. To learn more about their work, visit envirovoters.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Gloria Riviera

Guest: Mary Creasman

Topics covered

• climate solutions
• clean energy
• California
• environmental policy
• wildfires
• flooding
• droughts

Keywords

• climate solutions
• clean energy
• California
• wildfires
• flooding
• droughts
• environmental policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Environmental Voters

Places: California

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