Friday

Running around getting my long underwear for my trip to Copenhagen for the international climate negotiations. Afterwards, checked the weather, Copenhagen was the same as the Bay Area 43 degrees!

KPFA is broadcasting live Democracy Now feed featuring my hero Jim Hansen the climate scientist who defied Bush's censor attempt. In 2007, I worked with Hansen and others to stop new construction of coal fired power plants in Iowa. Last month, Hansen joined students sleeping out on the Boston Common to demand that governments join together and do the right thing to protect our climate. It is an inspirational send off for my trip.

I am traveling with other California leaders to join a delegation of officials from other states and Canadian provinces to make it clear that states and local communities are not sitting idle. We're leading the way! We're hopeful that the recent commitments by China and India and the fact that 122 heads of state (including Obama) will be here at the end of the week bodes well for avoiding a stalemate.