The climate movement needs scientist-educators in Congress – people who understand climate science and can educate their colleagues. The climate movement needs people from diverse backgrounds in Congress – people who know firsthand the greater impacts that climate change has on low income communities and people of color. And the climate movement needs truth-tellers in Congress – people who aren’t afraid to call out bad ideas, from ethanol to carbon capture to geoengineering, masquerading as solutions.
Luz Rivas is all that and more. She's an engineer, educator, and public servant from the San Fernando Valley. And she's running to represent California’s 29th Congressional District.
