Climate change is battering California.

Wildfires, heat waves, droughts, floods, sea level rise, they're all getting worse.

That's why the Golden State is burning less oil and gas and investing in renewable power.

But even clean energy isn't straightforward.

You try to change the way things have always been done. Even Californians get heated.

I believe that the silver people came in and they sold us a bill of goods.

There really isn't a resource that doesn't have some kind of environmental impact.

I'm Sammy Roth. I've been reporting on energy and climate change in California and across the

American West for a decade. I've seen firsthand on energy and climate change in California and across the American West for a decade.

I've seen firsthand how these stories touch lives, livelihoods, and landscapes.

Sometimes for worse, sometimes for better.

30 or 40 years from now, we're going to run this planet on sun and wind because it's very cheap.

Emissions in California are down. Why? Electric cars.

Can't stop aspiring for the benefit of all of us.

From the Los Angeles Times, this is Boiling Point. I'll be asking scientists, politicians,

activists, and journalists the same questions.

What are the challenges we face to building a better world?

And what are the solutions we need to embrace, even when it's hard?

Boiling Point will be available everywhere you listen to podcasts starting January 16.