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Keep in mind, all of this is inseparable from what's taking place in our skies.

From grist.org, Trump vowed to stop an energy emergency, then he created a real one.

Grist is wrong about this.

The energy emergency was already here, and certainly the biosphere collapse emergency with it.

Her plan is to kind of replace it with basically like a public option or like a single payer system where the government of California would be the sole provider of fire insurance.

That's Jake Biddle with our newsroom partners at Grist.

You can read Jake's article on the race for California insurance commissioner at LAist.com slash climate or by going to Grist.org. Jake, thank you so much for your time.

Thanks very much.

There's a new colony of fluffy friends awaiting visitors at the L.A.

We've got a first-time guest on the horn.

Benton Graham from Grist is waiting in our lobby.

He'll be joining us shortly.

I am Factor This Content Director Paul Gerke, joined once again by Clean Tech commentator Mike Casey of Tigercomm, and my dog Theo, who is waiting patiently next to me at my desk for me to finish this podcast so we can go on a walk.

Meanwhile, some scientists say the world may be moving away from the most extreme climate scenarios once considered possible.

So what's actually improved? What hasn't? And what does the changing political landscape mean for the future of the climate and the clean energy transition? Joining me now, Jake Bittle, writer at Grist.

He's also the author of The Great Displacement, Climate Change, and the Next American Migration.

Jake, thank you so much for being on the show this morning.

So that was kind of the backdrop.

On the other hand, the array of interesting technologies, political pathways, new coalitions, interesting financing for clean energy was itself fun to see across these many, many side events going on all around Manhattan.

Jake, the writer at Grist, Jake Bittle, did any clear themes emerge during the week? AI, oil, we just talked about wars.

What were people focused on?