Loved talking to @danielraimi.bsky.social, who is one of my all-time favorite people in the energy/climate world, not least because he truly cares about energy communities. Give us a listen over the break if you have a long drive and want to tune out the in-laws. www.resources.org/resources-ra...

The othet day I spoke on a Sweep webinar about why its so important for companies to treat climate risk--especially physical risk to operations and supply chains--as material. That continues to be true despite new delays in #SB261 disclosure rules. Watch here: go.sweep.net/3LLhikV

Prices and political winds have the climate community and broader political class discovering--again!--that climate is fundamentally an economic development issue. New Substack up today: khgordon.substack.com/p/its-the-cl...

Just in time for #COP30, here's my new @carnegieendowment.org piece on the arc of green industrial policy from 2000 through the Biden era. My takeaway on lessons learned from the trenches: don't overpromise, and do be honest about tradeoffs. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Place matters--to people, communities, the economy, democracy. Local media is how people learn what's happening in places, not just in the scrum of national clickbait news. But as we highlighted @ the #CAEconimicSummit in Stockton last month. More here w a killer map. www.axios.com/2025/11/08/l...

And now that I'm back -- hot take from last night/#Prop50! Thinking @governor.ca.gov @pelosi.house.gov need to think about donating a big chunk of leftover cash from the campaign to national efforts to do independent redistricting commissions. Walk the walk on this one.

Finally getting back onto this platform after nearly a year of head-down organization rebuilding! Happy to be back.

Really important measure to get CA on the road to clean energy supply chain and manufacturing jobs, across all regions. Let's get it passed to turn ambution to action.

Yes, US is less vulnerable to Middle Eaat oil shocks than it once was, due to production and electrification. But CA is an islanded gasoline mkt quite dependent on Saudi Arabia. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

These pictures could be from the Kent State massacre 55 years ago -- National Guard in full riot gear facing off against protesters exercising a fundamental Constitutional right to express opinion and outrage. Praying it does not end the same way. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

I'm excited too, should be a fascinating discussion.

Look forward to speaking here next week alongside @duncamp.bsky.social @katenrg.bsky.social @bharatramamurti.bsky.social & others - come say hi! siepr.stanford.edu/events/polic...

Job opportunity 👇

Hope to see my media friends in the a.m.!

Hi friends -- just arrived in Tempe AZ where I'm excited to be speaking at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference tomorrow morning! Worth getting up at 8am I promise: "Clean Energy Projects in the West: Who Benefits?" @sejorg.bsky.social

I loved this interview with a recent Skadden lawyer who quit over their capitulation to the administration's demands. Made me proud to be a lawyer & and American. open.spotify.com/episode/0i07...

Proud to stand with other climate and energy nerds in a call for a new approach to CA climate strategy that provides real gains for our economy. open.substack.com/pub/khgordon...

Of all the things I’ve done in my career, I’m perhaps proudest of the many students, staffers, and other young professionals I’ve convinced to go into public service. Last week, most of them were fired. khgordon.substack.com/p/the-purge-...

This new year, I'm finding hope in the legacies of Presidents Carter and Biden, and in the slowly emerging green shoots of a new and more resilient kind of economic growth. Read more in my most recent Substack, and Happy New Year! khgordon.substack.com/p/faith-in-t...

A fun and wide rangong converstion w @volts.wtf on insurance, #climaterisk, the economy, life. www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...

Pounding the pavement and getting out the vote in rural WI this weekend! Touched/humbled by the level of knowledge and thoughtfulness of these voters. I credit good public schools.

Friends! Sorry I've been MIA as I ramp up at CA FWD. Here's a piece I just published for Carnegie CA, arguing for "place-based" policy approaches to energy transition--not just climate policy but econ & community development policy as well. Enjoy! carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Best line from #SOTU and my stock answer to all the doubters: “It doesn’t make news, but in a thousand cities and towns, the American people are writing the greatest comeback story never told.”

Excited to see the new CA Jobs First Council stood up at the state level to catalyze #highroadjobs in every region of this great state. Proud to have been involved from Day 1 in critical push toward sustainable and equitable economic development. www.gov.ca.gov/2024/03/08/c...

ARGH why can't we do this better in the U.S., given that many of our own train routes are full to bursting (Northeast, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins...)? More trains please!!

Some of you may remember "Kate's Cliffnotes," my irreverent and occasional blog from my Next Generation days. It's back & on Substack! This week, talking about #roads2removal and why I still think #carbonremoval is necessary. More at open.substack.com/pub/khgordon...

So glad the economists finally realized climate change affects everything! Us planners and economic development types have known about this for a while. :-) ‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’ www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/b...

Re-watching Love Actually as I do most Decembers, and I continue to be highly amused by the British take on Milwaukee culture. Also, who knew January Jones was one of the girls in the bar? #OnWisconsin

Biden has signed 4 major bills, 3 bipartisan, all moving the ball far & fast on a revitalized, more sustainable American economy. He's managing the delicate dance of Middle East diplomacy against all odds. Frankly, if this is "quiet competence" I'll take it. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I just read this: "Land use change has contributed to about 35% of total anthropogenic emissions in the last 150 years." Urban sprawl increases emissions (more driving) + decreases carbon sinks (more concrete). Isn't it time we took land use change seriously as part of our US climate strategy?

Hi friends, happy to be over here in the new space! Slowly building back followers and posts and am always looking for ideas.