Planning, policy and politics for a rapid low-carbon energy transition in the US

Given denial campaigns funded by the fossil fuel industry for four decades, the US has stalled on climate policy. We now have very little time to dramatically transform our energy system. What are some of the policies, politics and planning challenges on the way to a low carbon energy system in the US? Leah will present a variety of research papers she is working on, as well as some of her applied policy work, to explain where we are in this moment on US climate policy.