Jason Spingarn-Koff
jskoff.bsky.social
Jason Spingarn-Koff
@jskoff.bsky.social
Professor UC Berkeley Climate Journalism, ex-Netflix and founder NYTimes Op-Docs
inspiring talk by Jay at Knight Media Forum
February 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Reposted by Jason Spingarn-Koff
In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."

Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tickets on sale for a climate documentary series that I’ve co-curated with @bampfa.bsky.social

bampfa.org/program/clim...
Climate Journalism on Screen
Climate change is here. It is a fact of daily life. The Industrial Revolution and ensuing turn-of-the-twentieth-century boom of contemporary existence–defining invention (cars, planes, plastics, you n...
bampfa.org
December 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Reposted by Jason Spingarn-Koff
"Automakers have invested hundreds of billions in electric vehicles — and they want those investments to pay off. Newsom, with a presidential run always in mind, knows supporting EVs is a smart move politically. By contrast, there’s no powerful, consolidated group of electric appliance companies."
Gavin Newsom leaned over the hood of a Ford Mustang Mach-E to sign his electric car mandate. Why hasn’t he done the same thing with an induction stove?

I wrote about the politics of Big Oil, gas stoves and EVs in my latest @latimes.com Boiling Point newsletter: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Boiling Point: Newsom loves fighting Big Oil. Gas utilities? Meh
The governor likes electric vehicles a lot more than he likes some other climate solutions.
www.latimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Honored to have EP’d these two shortlisted films with @latimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM