Leah Stokes
Assistant Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB
Scheduled Appearances
A Matter of Degrees: Tracking the Biden Administration on Climate Change
An evaluation of the first 100 days of the new administration's climate change promises.
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