{"id":157907,"date":"2022-04-20T16:15:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T02:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157907"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T02:15:47","slug":"expert-sheds-light-on-clean-energy-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/20\/expert-sheds-light-on-clean-energy-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert to shed light on clean energy battle as state pushes toward 2045 goal"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Hawaiʻi<\/span> has set some of the most ambitious clean-energy targets in the country, pledging to use 100% renewable energy for electricity production by 2045. In an effort to help the state navigate the transition, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Better Tomorrow Speaker Series<\/a> is organizing a public forum with acclaimed energy expert, Leah Stokes, a professor at UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara and author of award-winning book, Short-Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to welcome Leah Stokes to Hawaiʻi<\/span>,” said Gov. David Ige. “Hawaiʻi<\/span> is a climate leader—Hawaiʻi<\/span> was the first state to commit to 100% clean renewable energy for electricity and the first state to commit to the Paris Agreement in law. And we will sequester more emissions than we emit as soon as practical, but no later than 2045. We are focused on high-impact actions and leading by example to meet these goals. We look forward to sharing our work with Professor Stokes and gaining from her expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The in-person lecture, Our Clean-Energy Future: The Case for a Faster, Bolder Transition, is free and open to the public, and will be held on Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Art Building auditorium at 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Masking is required inside the lecture hall.<\/p>\n

“Leah Stokes understands the existential stakes of cleaning up our electricity sector,” noted 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost Michael Bruno<\/strong>. “She is also an expert in crafting effective policies and moving them through the political process. We look forward to learning from her and sharing 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s extensive research collaborations on climate and clean energy. This will be an important event.”<\/p>\n

Trained at MIT, Columbia and the University of Toronto, Stokes has been published in top scholarly journals, as well as the New York Times<\/em>, Washington Post<\/em> and The Atlantic<\/em>. She is a professor of political science and environmental studies at UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara, and also serves as Senior Policy Advisor at Evergreen Action and Senior Policy Counsel at Rewiring America.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Better Tomorrow Speaker Series at btss@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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