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VX Feature: The Solar Stupidity is Blinding
Formerly the LA Times' first climate columnist and now writing independently on Climate-Colored Goggles, Sammy Roth argues that California regulators passed up an easy win on electricity affordability when they blocked PG&E's exit from the Ivanpah solar plant. In this piece, appearing originally on Climate-Colored Goggles and republished by VX News with permission, Roth weighs the CPUC's reliability rationale against contracts priced near $135 per megawatt-hour in a market building new solar for $38. Find the original, here
Through Climate-Colored Goggles — Sammy Roth on Culture as Catalyst for Environmental Change
In conversation with VX News, established climate journalist Sammy Roth, formerly of the LA Times and now writing independently on Climate-Colored Goggles, explores how culture, communication, and accountability shape climate progress.
California’s Next Power Play - Transmission & Renewable Energy Markets
At the Los Angeles Business Council’s Sustainability Summit, former LA Times climate columnist Sammy Roth led a wide-ranging discussion with CAISO CEO Elliot Mainzer, SCE’s Mike Backstrom, and developers from AES, EDF, Southwestern Power Group, and Vineyard Offshore on how California will build the grid a clean economy requires.