Listen Now: How California Is Proving Climate Solutions Are Possible

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4.9 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Climate solutions aren’t out of reach. They’re already here, and California is leading the way. In 2025, the state hit a historic milestone: for more than 200 days, its grid hit 100 percent clean energy, often for hours at a time, making it the largest economy in the world to reach this goal. In this episode, host Gloria Riviera speaks with Mary Creasman, CEO of California Environmental Voters, about the state’s race toward total clean energy by 2045, what this transformation means for tackling wildfires, flooding and droughts, and how we can all push politics toward climate solutions that work. This episode was made in partnership with California Environmental Voters. To learn more about their work, visit envirovoters.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.9	I'm dropping into your feed today because I wanted to share an episode of good things that feels especially timely and hopeful. On good things, we focus on the people who aren't just
1:28.9	talking about what's broken. They're actually doing something about it. Each episode, we take on
1:34.1	big, complicated issues facing this country and look at them through a solutions lens. We dig
1:40.9	into everything, from climate solutions to literacy to protecting democracy while always
1:46.9	asking, who's rolling up their sleeves and what can we learn from them? In this episode, I'm joined by
1:52.8	Mary Kriesman, CEO of California Environmental Voters, for a conversation about California's push
1:59.1	to reach 100% clean energy by 2045.
2:03.8	We talk about what that really means for wildfires, flooding, and droughts, and how everyday
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