Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-12-21/column-who-will-make-sure-l-a-reaches-100-clean-energy-by-2035-boiling-point" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/newsle</span><span class="invisible">tter/2023-12-21/column-who-will-make-sure-l-a-reaches-100-clean-energy-by-2035-boiling-point</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EnvironmentalJusticeIsAClimateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvironmentalJusticeIsAClimateSolution</span></a>: Some climate activists are frustrated by DWP’s plan to convert several power plants from burning fossil gas to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hydrogen</span></a> — a top priority for the politically powerful labor unions whose members operate those plants, but a nonstarter for environmental justice groups who worry that hydrogen combustion would lead to continued <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>airpollution</span></a> in low-income communities of color.<br />More broadly, DWP will need to make sure its clean energy programs bring proportionate benefits to low-income families and communities of color — which they historically have not, according to a recent report commissioned by the utility.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CoBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoBenefits</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ParisAlignedBuildingsInsteadOfSprawl</span></a></p>