Giving Compass' Take:

• Climate One talks with former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister about how to successfully make a massive carbon reduction happen and how we can do this by learning things from the hot dog industry. 

• What will it take for California to achieve such a feat? What are the impacts on the fuel and transportation industries?

• Here's an article on the political realities of carbon and carbon pricing. 

Just ten years ago, an entire state running on 100 percent renewable electricity was considered fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the backing of big utilities, California committed to 100 percent use of zero-carbon electricity by 2045. The stakes were raised even higher with a statewide pledge to go carbon neutral by 2045.

A discussion on California’s surprise gambit to take the world’s fifth largest economy to net zero with John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil, Bob Holycross, Global Director of Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters at Ford Motor Company, and Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board.

Read the full article about a massive carbon reduction plan by the staff at Climate One