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Tom Steyer vs Xavier Becerra is the choice that matters for the world’s 4th largest economy
What happens in California has BIG ripple effects for the pace of our global clean energy transition. With AI tech valuations ballooning, California is now the world’s 4th largest economy, ranking ahead of Japan, India, and the UK, and only a bit behind Germany, China, and the entire United States. On June 2nd California voters will decide which two of the top three leading candidates for governor will be on the ballot in November.
After following the money, the track records, and the facts, I’m convinced there’s only one candidate who will lead my state in a better direction: Tom Steyer.
I’ve spent my entire 20+yr career working on climate, clean energy, and social justice solutions, going back to growing up in a sustainability-minded farming community in Mendocino County, CA (which has since been devastated by wildfire). After starting as scientist and engineer, I now evaluate the sustainability and social responsibility of companies for my day job at Etho Capital, while sometimes teaching university courses, co-authoring a climate solutions textbook, and volunteering time to co-organize one of California’s longest-running communities of cleantech professionals (E-Discuss). I’m a scientist and engineer at heart. I like calm, rational, fact-based decision-making. With that said, I’ve come to realize the biggest key to solving our interconnected climate, health, inequity, and affordability crisis is better communication that moves hearts and minds. So I’m taking the time to share a few facts that hopefully at least some of you read, consider, and share with others.
