Blanca Begert

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.