Across The Margin : The Podcast tells a story of Democracy, parenthood, and the race to protect our planet with the author of The Carbon Wave, Leah C. Stokes…
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This episode of Across The Margin : The Podcast features an interview with Leah C. Stokes, the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of California. She researches Climate Change, renewable energy, and public opinion. In 2022 she was named to TIME100 Next and to Business Insider’s top 30 global leaders working toward Climate solutions. Her first book, Short Circuiting Policy, was named the Best Energy Book of 2020 by the American Energy Society, listed among The New York Times’ top five climate books of the year, and won three awards from the American Political Science Association. Her latest book — The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race To Protect Our Planet — is the focus of this episode.
They were perhaps an unlikely trio: the professor Leah Stokes, the policy wonk Sonia Aggarwal in the White House, and the DC insider Adrian Deveny in the Senate, but together, they crafted the boldest climate legislation of our time, the Inflation Reduction Act. The Carbon Wave chronicles the turbulent path of their climate bill as it veered between breakthrough and collapse — from the hopeful beginnings of the Green New Deal in 2018, to the bill’s near-certain defeat by Senator Joe Manchin in the winter of 2021, to the surprise passage of the landmark legislation in August 2022. Interlacing personal narratives with stories from Congress, the White House, and outside activists, Leah shows how dogged perseverance and collective action can still bend the course of history. The book concludes with an update from the second Trump administration, explaining the parts of the bill that were — and were not — rolled back, and why we should remain hopeful that progress is still being made.
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Listen to Leah C. Stoke’s podcast, A Matter of Degrees, here!
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