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Sammy Roth
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I write Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate & culture. Former L.A. Times climate columnist. Find me at Disneyland, or hiking in the mountains.
Los Angeles, CA
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    Sammy Roth
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    Oct 16, 2025
    OK, here we go... I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate & culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game. Sign up here: climatecoloredgoggles.com
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    Sammy Roth
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    Jan 9, 2019
    I'm trying to imagine a universe where a Democratic president said, "I'm shutting down the government until I get a 100% clean energy bill on my desk." For one thing, there would be no "takes two sides to tango" narrative.
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    Sammy Roth
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    Aug 13, 2023
    "No crop is more wasteful or more useless than turf that’s never harvested and never feeds, clothes or fuels anyone or anything, while producing no revenue." @latimes editorial board calls for California to ban nonfunctional grass lawns:
    Lake Mead, NV - June 28: Tourists view the Hoover Dam and the "bathtub ring" that is visible at low water levels and is the result of the deposition of minerals on previously submerged surfaces, Lake Mead, Nevada Monday, June 28, 2021. Lake Mead is at its lowest level in history since it was filled 85 years ago, Monday, June 28, 2021. The ongoing drought has made a severe impact on Lake Mead and a milestone in the...
    Editorial: Say goodbye to grass that's only there for looks. California can't afford to waste water
    From latimes.com
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    Sammy Roth
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    Feb 27, 2022
    My story in today’s @latimes: How Europe and the U.S. could curb Russian influence by shifting away from fossil fuels: latimes.com/business/story…
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    Sammy Roth
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    Sep 2, 2022
    Hawaii shut down its last coal plant today:
    Windmills and solar panels are shown in Kahuku, Hawaii on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. As Hawaii transitions toward its goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2045, the state's last coal-fired power plant closed this week ahead of a state law that bans the use of coal as a source of electricity beginning in 2023. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
    Hawaii shuts down its last coal-fired power plant as ban takes effect
    From latimes.com
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    Sammy Roth
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    Sep 23, 2020
    A major gas plant in a Latino, low-income neighborhood had been leaking methane for at least 3 years. Los Angeles officials learned about it a year ago. But they didn't tell anyone until independent scientists found the leak and planned to publicize it:
    SUN VALLEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Activists with Pacoima Beautiful have been campaigning for over a year to shut down the LA Department of Water and Power Valley Generating Station in Sun Valley because of health and environmental concerns. The DWP disclosed a few weeks ago that the facility had been leaking methane for several years that, they say, has been fixed now. Photographed on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Sun...
    Los Angeles hid a methane leak for a year. Activists want the power plant shut down
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    Sammy Roth
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    Aug 12, 2022
    BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open through 2035, and loaning PG&E $1.4 billion to help make it happen. Legislature would need to approve in the next three weeks. I've got the details for @latimes:
    June 20, 2010, the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, in Avila Beach, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
    California could lend PG&E $1.4 billion to save Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
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    Sammy Roth
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    Jan 8, 2024
    Jeez, this is bad. New study finds that bottled water contains a lot more plastic particles than previously thought -- and most of them are "nanoplastics" so small they can cross the blood-brain barrier: latimes.com/environment/st… via @corinnepurtill @susrust
    Plastic bottles of water are seen for sale at a store Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in San Francisco. San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. The unprecedented move at one of the major airports in the country will take effect Aug. 20, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday. The new rule will apply to airport restaurants, cafes and vending machines. Travelers who need...
    Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water
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    Sammy Roth
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    Jan 22, 2021
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    Vin Scully's call is so, so good. "What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world. A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South.”
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    Chad
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    Jan 22, 2021
    Here’s Vin Scully calling Hank Aaron’s 715th home run. RIP Hank.
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    Sammy Roth
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    Sep 26, 2023
    Folks, big @latimes news: Today we're launching Climate California, a new section focused on climate change, the natural world, health and science. As part of this, I'm becoming The Times' first-ever climate columnist. More details here:
    Climate California staff
    Times launches Climate California
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    Sammy Roth
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    Jun 29, 2023
    I've been reporting on renewable energy for a decade. And no matter how much I write, there’s a question I get asked again & again: Why do we need big solar & wind farms when we can put solar on rooftops & parking lots instead? It's a great question. Let's do a thread... 🧵1/n
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    Sammy Roth
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    Apr 29, 2022
    BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom tells @latimes he’s reconsidering the 2025 shutdown of Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant. He’s worried California will have trouble keeping the lights on without it. My story:
    June 20, 2010, the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, in Avila Beach, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
    California promised to close its last nuclear plant. Now Newsom is reconsidering
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    Sammy Roth
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    Feb 3, 2022
    My latest for @latimes is a clarion call for journalists everywhere: Stop worrying about bad-faith critics and start demanding solutions to the climate crisis. None of us is going to look back in 20 years & wonder if our stories were a little too radical.
    Energy reporter Sammy Roth at Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant outside Delta, Utah in February 2019.
    Getting personal about climate change made me a better reporter
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    Sammy Roth
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    Jun 19, 2020
    "Not a day goes by where someone either personally or on social media doesn't comment or say — I mean I could say happy anniversary to my lovely wife of 13 years and I'll get six, 'Nobody cares, Seans.' And it makes me equally happy & fucking irate." — @scottkfoley