As worker-led protests taint Los Angeles’ plans toward a new green economy, Kelly Kay, Assistant Professor in Geography at UCLA, examines a “scalar mismatch” between city, state, national, and global interests surrounding the question of Los Angeles’ Green New Deal.
Listen in as we consider the importance of scale as we move to carbon-free energy, just transitions, and some of the complex, overlooked realities of union labor.
Hosted by Linda Quiquivix and produced by Maritza Geronimo.
Show notes
Read Kay and Furnaro’s “Labor resistance and municipal power: Scalar mismatch in the Los Angeles Green New Deal” in Political Geography, Volume 98 (October 2022)
Also see: “Phasing out fossil fuel infrastructure in Los Angeles: Challenges for a Just Transition Report” by Kelly Kay and Andrea Furnaro
Kelly also mentioned an article on the Navajo Nation’s renewable energy by Andrew Curley
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Kelly Kay is Assistant Professor of Geography at UCLA with interests in nature/society geography, political economy, social theory, land conservation and natural resource industries. She teaches courses on political ecology, environmental politics, qualitative methods, and North America.