News

Check out The Climate Center featured in other publications in In The News

| Take Action

Tell California’s leaders to stand up to Trump on climate

Climate Rally in Sacramento

What we do in California to address the climate crisis has a ripple effect across the world. With a climate-denying, pro-oil president soon to take office promising a war on federal climate action, California’s climate leadership is more important than ever. Our elected officials — led by Governor Newsom, Senate President pro tempore Mike McGuire, … Read more

| Blog Post

The climate imperative: As goes California, so goes the world

California has a reputation for precedent-setting climate policy, and the last year has shown us why. Thanks to the support of our generous donors, The Climate Center has been at the center of passing nation-leading, new laws. This year, together with policymakers, scientists, business leaders, local governments, activists, and others across the climate movement, we: … Read more

| Blog Post

We’re at COP29, the UN climate summit

We’re at COP29, the UN climate summit On Monday, representatives from nearly 200 nations and more than 3,000 NGOs — including our own Chief Operating Officer Barry Vesser — arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29, the annual United Nations climate change conference. The COP, or Conference of the Parties, brings together the nations of the … Read more

| Blog Post

A note from The Climate Center CEO Ellie Cohen

The outcome of this presidential election is a blow to our community’s hopes for accelerated, equitable climate action. But this election does not spell the end of climate progress. Why? Because we in the California climate movement are resilient, we are committed, and we refuse to give up the fight. Our foundational belief at The … Read more

| Press Release

California voters pass Prop 4, the climate bond

Bond secures $10 billion for investments in clean air, clean water, and climate resilience

Climate Action Now

SACRAMENTO — Moments ago, the Associated Press announced that California’s Proposition 4 has passed. Prop 4 will invest $10 billion in urgent protections against extreme heat, wildfire, sea level rise, and flooding, as well as investments in clean water. The bond also includes funding for California’s farms, natural lands, and waters to build climate resilience. Baani … Read more

| Post

What you need to know about methane

New satellite data shows the United States is releasing more methane despite pledges to cut back. Cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest ways to slow the climate crisis as this planet-heating gas is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.  Across California, methane is released intentionally via flaring and venting at oil … Read more

| Post

Courtenay Washkowitz joins The Climate Center as the Southern California Development Director

I am very excited to be joining The Climate Center as the Southern California Development Director. Before The Climate Center, I worked as Director of Development, Fundraising, and Strategic Partnerships at Environment America and the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). A couple of years ago, I transitioned full-time into development work, but my interest in … Read more

| Post

Every bit of warming prevented makes a difference

Recent extremes on every continent have been made more devastating by the burning of fossil fuels. How do we know? A new branch of science called rapid attribution studies connects the dots.  Scientists estimate climate change made the high sea temperatures that fueled Hurricane Helene 200 to 500 times more likely and caused Helene to … Read more

| Post

Big utilities are killing affordable clean energy

Corporate utilities including PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric are influencing rules to maximize their profits and cut off millions of Californians from accessing affordable, clean energy. Case in point, last Friday, Governor Newsom vetoed SB 1374 (Becker). This common-sense bill would have allowed schools and apartments to use their own … Read more