Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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There are no shortages of policy proposals and carefully constructed models to transform our energy system in response to the climate crisis. The problem has been turning these policies into law, even when the American public has been supportive of environmental protection.

State Representative and Western professor Sharon Shewmake talks about what she has learned working on policy in academia and what are the challenges faced in Olympia.

https://alumni.wwu.edu/event/huxley-speaker-series-energy-economics-and-electoral-politics