"A recent poll conducted by California Environmental Voters found that roughly 2 in 3 likely voters favor increasing the state's investment in clean energy, believe the cost of electric vehicles should come down and think billion-dollar corporations with major environmental impacts should pay to offset climate-driven increases in the cost of home insurance."
""The reality is, the climate crisis is driving an affordability crisis," said California Environmental Voters CEO Mary Creasman. "These unnatural disasters are driving up energy costs, insurance costs, grocery bills, water rates and more. Corporate greed and climate impacts are creating an economic crisis.""
"Creasman's remarks came during a gubernatorial candidates forum in Pasadena on Wednesday, Jan. 28, where the six top-polling candidates based on recent surveys were invited to participate in person. This included four Democrats: former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Rep. Katie Porter, environmentalist Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell."
Affordability remains the top concern for California voters, with climate issues increasingly tied to economic strain. A poll from California Environmental Voters found roughly two-thirds of likely voters support greater state investment in clean energy, want lower electric vehicle prices, and believe billion-dollar corporations with major environmental impacts should pay to offset climate-driven increases in home insurance costs. A climate group frames the climate crisis as driving an affordability crisis, citing disasters that raise energy, insurance, grocery and water costs and pointing to corporate behavior as worsening economic impacts. Six top-polling gubernatorial candidates were invited to a Pasadena forum; four Democrats and two Republicans were listed, and some campaigns did not respond. Xavier Becerra emphasized investing in solar and wind to accelerate clean energy use.
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