Our clean energy future: the case for faster, bolder transition

Leah Stokes’ research examines public policy, public opinion, and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment, and climate change. Her award-winning book Short Circuiting Policy examines how interest groups have tried to weaken clean energy laws across the American states. Other ongoing projects include examining protests against energy infrastructure, political staff in Congress, environmentalists’ electoral participation, violence against environmental activists, and effective water conservation policy in California. She is a professor of political science and environmental studies and UC Santa Barbara and a Senior Political Advisor at Evergreen Action and Senior Policy Counsel at Rewiring America. Trained at MIT, Columbia, and the University of Toronto, Stokes has been published in top scholarly journals, as well as the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic.