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Recapping “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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