In the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, where cattle feedlots and rows of almond and pistachio trees give way to oil fields dotted with creaky old pumpjacks, it’s not hard to find signs of the energy transition. Large-scale solar arrays dot the land where food crops once grew and new electric vehicle chargers are sprouting up next to roads and gas stations.
” We stopped by the electric car ride-sharing service run by Huron’s environmental justice advocate mayor, where Teslas and Chevy Bolts were charging and a trailer-mounted, solar and battery-powered shade shelter and cooling station for farmworkers was under construction. When she was tapped to lead the campaign, León said she insisted that “we need to be absolutely transparent. We need to own who we are.