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Building Climate Resilience: Wade Crowfoot on California’s Land, Water, and Energy Systems
In conversation with VX News, California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot discusses advancing climate resilience across land, water, and energy systems as extreme weather intensifies. From wildfire resilience and biodiversity restoration to the state’s long-term Water Supply Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future, Crowfoot outlines how California is preparing for a projected 10 percent decline in water supply while supporting a population of nearly 40 million people.
The 14 Climate Signals That Will Define 2026 (Bloomberg Excerpt)
As the world enters the latter half of a decisive decade for climate action, Bloomberg News identifies fourteen global signals shaping climate, energy, and policy outcomes in 2026. In sharing this excerpt, VX News points to a fragmented transition, driven less by coordinated diplomacy and more by geopolitics, infrastructure constraints, and market forces.
EDF’s Michael Colvin on Clean Energy Strategy and the Future of the Western Grid
VX News interviewed Michael Colvin, Director of California Energy Program at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), to elaborate on the impetus behind the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative and current status of SB 540, California’s latest legislative effort to implement a western regional day-ahead electricity market.
White House Executive Order 14260: Protecting American Energy from State Overreach
On April 8, the White House issued an executive order directing the U.S. attorney general by June 7 to identify and take action against state and local laws “burdening” domestic energy development, especially laws addressing climate change, ESG, and environmental justice
Jigar Shah & CEC’s Robert Chun on Battery Storage Deployment in California
VX News shares framing remarks from Jigar Shah, co-host of the Open Circuit podcast and former director of the USDOE Loan Programs Office, and Robert Chun, Chief of Staff to California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, who elaborate on the necessity and advantages of battery storage for meeting the state’s energy and affordability needs as well as actions taken by the state and the CEC to ensure safe deployment of grid-scale battery technology.
