
Caroline Spears
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Jul 9, 2026
E142: The Hidden Climate Power of Local Politics
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Molly WoodHOST
Like what don't what don't people understand when they are heading into that ballot box with some of the things that you've mentioned in mind?

Caroline SpearsGUEST
I would say the first most common misconception or the most common opportunity is that state and local lawmakers are really where the majority of people.

Caroline SpearsGUEST
Clean energy and climate progress is made and certainly for the next few years.
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Molly WoodHOST
Who are the types of partners that you need that make the biggest difference for you as you operate?
Backing Climate Champions in Local Elections, with Caroline Spears
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Ethan ElkindHOST
They seek to identify climate champions running for state and local offices across the country and help get them elected.

Caroline SpearsGUEST
So what we're doing is we're using technology, including data science, to comb through all of those and find where places where there's a big opportunity for climate.

Caroline SpearsGUEST
So we find folks, we support them early in their election efforts to make sure that they can get across the finish line.

Caroline SpearsGUEST
A lot of times folks will have been on a city council, a county council, state legislature, a utility board, and we can look at how they voted on big issues have come up before them.