![In an aerial view, solar panels are seen at MCE Solar One solar farm on April 25, 2024, in Richmond, California](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template140-1000x600.jpg)
Western States
Our experts examine the ways the Western States can become resilient to the changing climate, modernize the grid, and shift to electric vehicles, all while protecting vulnerable communities and improving existing inequities.
![In an aerial view, solar panels are seen at MCE Solar One solar farm on April 25, 2024, in Richmond, California](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template140-1000x600.jpg)
![A dispatch board shows the distribution of the state's electricity at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Alhambra Control Center after a Stage 1 power emergency was announced in 2006.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template139-1000x600.jpg)
![Power towers line a highway in Vallejo, CA.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template138-1000x600.jpg)
![GRID Alternatives employees install no-cost solar panels on the rooftop of a low-income household in October 2023 in Pomona, California.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template137-1000x600.jpg)
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![Remnants of burned houses in a neighborhood in Paradise, California, 8 months after the 2019 Camp Fire.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-0429-Daniel-blog-1000x600.jpg)
![Footprints in the snow under a brilliant blue sky in Yosemite National Park](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template127-1000x600.jpg)
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![a close up of a person's hand holding a gas pump nozzle to a dark red car's fuel tank](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template117-1000x600.jpg)
![hand holding microphone on black background](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-0122-Matt-guest-blog-1000x600.jpg)
![A real-life 'Rosie the Riveter': a woman wearing a Rosie-style bandana works on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in California.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template101-1000x600.jpg)
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![An electric car charges at a transportable, off-grid, solar powered, solar tracking, electric vehicle charger at a National Renewable Energy Laboratory facility.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Copy-of-Blog-Lead-Image-Template90-1000x600.jpg)
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![Two men working on photovoltaic panels.](https://blog.ucsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-0808-Vivian-blog-1000x600.jpg)
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Our experts examine the ways the Western States can become resilient to the changing climate, modernize the grid, and shift to electric vehicles, all while protecting vulnerable communities and improving existing inequities.