Sammy Roth

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Short version: Lots of useful ideas for dealing with climate change! Also lots of shortcomings. This book will not save the world. It's also way more nuanced than the "abundance bros" you often find on the internet. Reading books is good. Let's all read more books.

Took me a year, but I finally read "Abundance." Here's my review, which is extremely measured and free of hot takes! climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/abundance-re…

Guess which California governor candidate is now being backed by half a million dollars from the state's biggest oil driller? Hint: It's not Tom Steyer. Lots of news in today's CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/oil-money-xa…

"I think Big Oil is choosing its governor. They are indicating very clearly which side they're on," said @RL_Miller. "They have chosen Becerra as the person who will do their bidding."

I got hold of documents showing Disneyland allegedly violated air quality rules at Autopia before agreeing to convert the ride to electric vehicles: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/disneyland-a…

When Disney promised to convert Autopia to electric vehicles, it wasn't just an act of corporate goodwill. Turns out California had issued an air quality "notice of violation" concerning modified engines. I've got exclusive details: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/disneyland-a…

Talked with Nithya Raman about her climate plan, which was finally released today. It didn't knock my socks off, but she has a strong track record and she's leagues better than Karen Bass on climate. Details in CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/nithya-raman…

This comes shortly after the Bass administration quietly fired L.A.'s chief heat officer with no announcement and no replacement, as I reported yesterday: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/karen-bass-c…

Of note: Bass tried to kill the budget for the climate emergency office (and delete the chief heat officer job from the city code) last year. City Council said no. Now this stuff is all happening behind closed doors.

SCOOP: Los Angeles just fired its chief heat officer ahead of the hot summer months. Also LA's climate office is down to one staffer. Total silence from Mayor Karen Bass, who's up for reelection and already had a mediocre climate record. My story: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/karen-bass-c…

Wrote about the candidate taking money from Chevron, and the candidate promising to make Chevron pay. climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/california-g…

Please read before reacting. Maybe even think about what I've written. Reading and thinking are good!

Ballots go out today in the California governor's race. I wrote about why Tom Steyer is the obvious choice for climate voters. climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/california-g…

OK, so we've got secret memos showing how much John Roberts hates clean energy regulations. What can we expect from the Supreme Court next? And what should climate advocates do about it? Don't despair! I talked with three climate law experts: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/supreme-cour…

Here's a Jane Goodall story you've never heard: During the last decades of her life, she fell in love with Disney. She worked on Animal Kingdom, Disneynature documentaries and the company's conservation fund. How did it happen? I've got the backstory: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/jane-goodall…

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Really good read from @Sammy_Roth: "Much as I’d love for rooftop solar to solve all our problems, researchers have found it will never come close to replacing fossil fuels. We need to get comfortable with hard choices." climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/soda-mountai…

Squeezed into a packed meeting room in Sacramento yesterday to watch the California Energy Commission approve a controversial solar farm hundreds of miles south. The whole thing felt like bureaucratic performance art — and maybe that's OK? My report: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/soda-mountai…