Leah Stokes
Political scientist; professor of climate and energy policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of Short Circuiting Policy (2020) and The Carbon Wave (2026); hosts the A Matter of Degrees podcast.
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Making electricity free in the middle of the day aligns incentives so that the cleanest power is also the cheapest.
Making electricity free in the middle of the day aligns everyone's incentives, so the cleanest power is also the cheapest.
electricnotes.newsSaid 22 Oct 2026This on korrents
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AI is crowding out climate action by consuming public attention and clean electricity.
AI is crowding out climate in two ways: it's eating up all our attention, and all the clean electrons.
electricnotes.newsSaid 14 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Making electricity free in the middle of the day aligns incentives so that the cleanest power is also the cheapest.
Making electricity free in the middle of the day aligns everyone's incentives, so the cleanest power is also the cheapest.
Why free electricity at noon changes everything Said 22 Oct 2026
Electrification will only happen if electricity is cheaper than gas.
But this will only happen if electricity is cheaper than gas.
Why free electricity at noon changes everything Said 22 Oct 2026
AI is crowding out climate action by consuming public attention and clean electricity.
AI is crowding out climate in two ways: it's eating up all our attention, and all the clean electrons.
Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doom Said 14 Sept 2026
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The existential threat posed by climate change is not hypothetical.
The interesting thing is that unlike AI, climate change's existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now.
Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doom Said 14 Sept 2026
The Inflation Reduction Act helped lift the Democratic vote share by roughly 1.5 percentage points in 2024.
We find they lifted Democratic vote share by roughly 1.5 percentage points in 2024 - a swing of 2.5 million votes, in an election where Trump won the popular vote by just 2.3 million.
No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead. Said 5 Aug 2026
Climate investments are helping Democrats win back manufacturing towns.
A close look at the data shows the opposite: Democrats are winning back factory towns with climate investments.
No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead. Said 5 Aug 2026
The learning from clean energy price declines is permanent and cannot be reversed by policy changes.
Cost declines work like a ratchet - every factory built and every panel installed pushes prices down the learning curve, and once they fall, they do not climb back up.
No, the Democrats' Big Climate Law is Not Dead. Said 5 Aug 2026
Explaining how clean energy lowers energy bills, cuts pollution, and creates jobs is a winning formula.
Explaining how clean energy lowers energy bills, cuts pollution, and creates jobs is the winning formula.
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate. Said 16 Jul 2026
The public continues to notice climate change through physical experiences like smoke and heat.
And voters will continue to notice: the smoke in the air and the endless hot days will make it impossible not to.
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate. Said 16 Jul 2026
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Site leahstokes.com Her personal site: research, books and media
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Newsletter Notes from the Electric Era Posts on electrification, climate politics and policy
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Bluesky @leahstokes.bsky.social Posts on climate and energy policy and politics
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