Alejandro Lazo writes about the impacts of climate change and air pollution and California’s policies to tackle them. He’s written about the state’s groundbreaking electric vehicle mandate, the oil industry’s efforts at capturing carbon from fossil fuels, and how California’s climate programs have created a robust cow poop industry. Alejandro is particularly interested in how the most vulnerable in society are faring in the midst of rapid global warming. Alejandro joined CalMatters’ environment team in 2023 after spending a year on CalMatters’ California Divide team, where he wrote about California’s economic, housing and racial disparities, and the attempts and failures by the state to address these issues.