Join Professor Joe Nation and HumBio alum and environment reporter Rachel Becker '11 on Thursday, November 10th, 2022 from 5:00-6:15pm PT for a conversation about the environment, climate policy, and water issues and rights. Are we doing what we need to to take on climate change? What impact might we expect California’s recent climate legislation to have on other states or countries? How does the current drought in California compare to past droughts and what might that portend for the future? What do conflicts over water rights tell us about state regulators’ power (or lack thereof) to curtail water use? Joe and Rachel will tackle these and other tough questions and challenge the audience to think critically about these key environmental issues. 

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About the Speakers
Joe Nation is a Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at Stanford University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate-level policy courses on climate change, health care, and California state issues. He also serves as a Kennedy-Grossman Fellow in Human Biology, teaching environmental and health policy in the HumBio Core.

Rachel Becker '11 covers California’s complex water challenges and water policy issues for CalMatters, a non-profit news outlet that reports on California's policy and politics. In 2021, Rachel won first place for Outstanding Beat Reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists, and, in 2022, CalMatters' drought coverage was a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards in Explanatory Reporting.