SwitchedOn Podcast: How a Republican Mayor in the US uses local government powers to electrify his city

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From believing climate change was a Chinese plot, to becoming a local government warrior for net zero, Republican Mayor R. Rex Parris has led the renewable transition of Lancaster in California.

 

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

Anne Delaney

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

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