Good News Climate Blog

Quiz: What percent of Oakland Unified School District’s buses are electric?

Answer: All of them!

Yep! All 74 buses are fully electric as of the start of the school year this August. Oakland’s first-in-the-nation all-electric school bus fleet, made possible through the company Zum, means cleaner air for kids and communities. But that’s not all: during the school day when electricity is in demand but buses aren’t, the school buses can act as giant batteries, sending power back into the grid to keep costs down and maximize clean energy. 

When I was at Climate Week NYC in September, I was excited to

California broke its own zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales record—again!! Californians have seen how fun and economical ZEVs are to drive, and the transition to ZEVs now has momentum that Trump cannot stop

An outstanding 124,755 zero-emission vehicles were sold in California in the third quarter of 2025. That’s almost a third of car sales in the state—the highest of any quarter yet!

California is ramping up improvements to vehicle charging infrastructure hand-in-hand with ZEV adoption. In October, the state adopted pioneering reporting and regulation standards to ensure that electric vehicle

California is making record-breaking progress on climate action and clean energy! Here are just a few of the recent records, stats, and milestones that I’m excited to share with you:

I’ll be highlighting more stories of success and numbers like these in future posts, so stay tuned for more good news!

Sources:

Tracking Progress Toward 100% Clean Energy 

California Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 2000 to 2023: Trends of Emissions and Other Indicators 

California is now the 4th largest economy in the world

Clean Energy Serving California 

Geothermal Energy 

Top Ten Largest Wind Farms in the United States |

Coming out of COP30 in Belém and the UN Local Leaders Forum in Rio, I was overwhelmed with one feeling that was at great variance with the feeling of the day: there is LOTS of good climate news!!

Progress at all levels! Country, state, regional, city—good news abounds!!

So in Brazil I resolved to launch a Good News Climate Blog! 

And this is it!

In this blog, I’ll highlight the work that gives me hope in our shared fight for a sustainable future. I’ll be spotlighting stories at home in California and around the globe, from community-level initiatives to international cooperative efforts.

Across the