It might be the only reference to Star Wars you’ll ever hear at Climate One. Reaching for an analogy to drive home the impact of a shrinking cap on carbon emissions in California, Kristin Eberhard, Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, Natural Resources Defense Council, asks the audience to remember the trash compactor scene from the original Star Wars.

Edie Chang, Office of Climate Change, California Air Resources Board
Brent Newell, General Counsel, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
Bill Gallegos, Executive Director, Communities for a Better Environment
Kristin Eberhard, Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, Natural Resources Defense Council