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Blanca Begert

Reporter, California

Blanca Begert covers climate change and the environment in California. She previously reported on state climate policy and politics as the California climate and energy reporter at Politico. Before that, she was a fellow at Grist and an award-winning editor and video producer at PBS SoCal. She has a master’s degree in Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment, where she focused on forest management, conservation, and international climate policy. Her reporting has taken her across the United States, Latin America, and China. Blanca lives in Los Angeles and is originally from Miami, Florida.

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A layer of smog lingers above the downtown Los Angeles skyline on Dec. 6, 2024, as the region faces an air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert

Pamela Rayane Fernandes holding a tombstone of her 5-year-old daughter Emanuelle, who died in Bento Rodriguez, Brazil, following the collapse of the Fundão mine dam in the mountains of southeast Brazil nine years ago. Credit: Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images

Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters

By Blanca Begert

Solar panels stand near the remains of coal mining equipment in Lynch, Ky. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade

By Blanca Begert

An oil platform looms in the distance off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help

By Blanca Begert

A Pacific Gas and Electric worker replaces power poles destroyed during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 22. Credit: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?

By Blanca Begert

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

This Altadena home was exposed early to the Eaton Fire in January. The location of burning palm trees in front of the windows may have created a radiant heat exposure. Credit: Courtesy of Yana Valachovic

A Debate Heats Up over California’s ‘Zone Zero’ Rules to Cut Home Losses to Flammable Vegetation

By Blanca Begert

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