Leah Stokes
Political scientist; professor of climate and energy policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of Short Circuiting Policy (2020) and The Carbon Wave (2026); hosts the A Matter of Degrees podcast.
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Their wordsMaking electricity free in the middle of the day aligns everyone's incentives, so the cleanest power is also the cheapest.
↗Why free electricity at noon changes everythingelectricnotes.news 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsBut this will only happen if electricity is cheaper than gas.
↗Why free electricity at noon changes everythingelectricnotes.news 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThe interesting thing is that unlike AI, climate change's existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now.
↗Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doomelectricnotes.news 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsAI is crowding out climate in two ways: it's eating up all our attention, and all the clean electrons.
↗Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doomelectricnotes.news 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsWe find they lifted Democratic vote share by roughly 1.5 percentage points in 2024 - a swing of 2.5 million votes, in an election where Trump won the popular vote by just 2.3 million.
↗No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead.electricnotes.news 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsA close look at the data shows the opposite: Democrats are winning back factory towns with climate investments.
↗No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead.electricnotes.news 2nd of 3 in this piece
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The learning from clean energy price declines is permanent and cannot be reversed by policy changes.
Their wordsCost declines work like a ratchet - every factory built and every panel installed pushes prices down the learning curve, and once they fall, they do not climb back up.
↗No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead.electricnotes.news 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsExplaining how clean energy lowers energy bills, cuts pollution, and creates jobs is the winning formula.
↗Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.electricnotes.news 1st of 2 in this piece
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The public continues to notice climate change through physical experiences like smoke and heat.
Their wordsAnd voters will continue to notice: the smoke in the air and the endless hot days will make it impossible not to.
↗Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.electricnotes.news 2nd of 2 in this piece