Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
Leah Cardamore Stokes is a Canadian-American political scientist specializing in environmental policy. She is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition, Stokes is a senior policy consultant at Evergreen Action and Rewiring America. She also hosts the climate change podcast A Matter of Degrees. Her research focuses on political behavior, public opinion, and the politics of energy and environmental policy in the United States. .. more
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Cheap energy is clean energy. Trump’s fossil fuel obsession makes families pay more. www.lcv.org/blog/how-tru...
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We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
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Brilliant reporting by Rivka Galchen with quotes from @leahstokes.bsky.social @gwagner.com @timlatimer.bsky.social
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How do these terrible people fail up???
NO SHIT. This is nuts.
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Why are we giving five-year-olds screens in classrooms? It's nuts and almost universal. What a messed up policy.
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u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
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