2026 Governors Race
Does More Energy Reporting = Less Climate Reporting?
The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
If you are one of the many loyal readers of E&E News, big change is coming to your daily routine. POLITICO announced it is shuttering E&E, the standalone, subscription-based reporting outfit that it bought in 2020. “Beginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a …
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CONTINUE READINGOne Big Loser in the California Primary is Already Clear
The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
The stakes are high for climate and energy policy in California’s primary election. In the gubernatorial race, we’ll either get a real runoff between a billionaire climate progressive and a moderate Democrat with big corporate backing OR, more likely, we’ll get to watch that moderate Dem do a cake walk against a Republican. The governor’s …
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CONTINUE READINGDoes Taking Oil Money Disqualify You from Being Governor?
The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
UPDATE: At the time I published this article, Xavier Becerra had received the max contribution from Chevron of $39,200. Since publishing, Becerra has received much more support in the form of independent expenditures. As of May 21, Chevron had given $500,000 to an independent campaign committee supporting Becerra for governor. As of May 12, California …
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CONTINUE READINGClimate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Energy Transition
Seventh in a series of posts outlining key challenges and opportunities facing California’s next governor
California is pursuing some of the world’s most ambitious clean energy goals, including a legally mandated zero-emissions electricity sector and statewide GHG emissions neutrality by 2045. When it comes to the energy transition, the stakes for the incoming governor are high: a massive surge in electricity demand from electric vehicles, building electrification, and data centers …
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CONTINUE READINGClimate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Building Decarbonization and Energy Efficiency
Fourth in a series of posts outlining key challenges and opportunities facing California’s next governor.
(This climate issue brief is authored by CLEE’s partners at the Building Decarbonization Coalition and Caliber Strategies.) As California pushes to decarbonize, its homes and commercial buildings are a central driver of the state’s affordability, energy and infrastructure challenges. Building energy consumption (both electricity to power appliances and gas to power furnaces and stoves) is …
CONTINUE READINGClimate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Electricity Affordability
Second in a series of posts outlining key challenges and opportunities facing California’s next governor.
Skyrocketing electricity costs pose a formidable political and economic barrier as California pushes to decarbonize its power supply and electrify homes and transportation. The stakes for the incoming governor are incredibly high: average residential rates for large investor-owned utilities (IOUs) increased 8%-10% annually over the last decade, far outpacing the 3.5% inflation rate. While the …
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CONTINUE READINGClimate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Transportation
First in a series of posts outlining key challenges and opportunities facing California’s next governor.
In collaboration with California Environmental Voters, CLEE is leading a nonpartisan initiative to educate all candidates running for governor, as well as the public, on critical climate, energy, and environmental issues. In February, CLEE and CEV co-hosted a candidate forum featuring 90 minutes of discussion on these issues. And we’ve launched a public website, www.climatevote.org, …
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CONTINUE READINGRecapping “Our Climate Future”: A California Gubernatorial Candidate Forum
How four top candidates plan to tackle affordability, environmental justice, and clean energy and continue California’s leadership
Californians will elect a new governor in November. The race presents state voters with a wider variety of potential outcomes for climate policy–from increased ambition to continuity to changed priorities–than any election since 2010. To help voters understand where the candidates stand on our most pressing environmental challenges, the Center for Law, Energy, and the …
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CONTINUE READINGMaintaining California’s Environmental Leadership
California’s 2026 Gubernatorial Race
California will elect a new governor in 2026. The primary is June 2 and the top two candidates will face off on November 3. If you are in California, make sure you are registered to vote! This election comes as a pivotal time for California’s environmental leadership. California’s next governor must be ready to step …
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