Interviews & Profiles
100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry, Automotive News, November 2020
The Green 30 for 2020: The pioneers, leaders, and ideas that are trying to solve the climate crisis, Bloomberg Green, January 21, 2020
The climate in California: America’s most populous state has reduced its carbon output to 1990 levels. One determined Yalie has led the charge, Yale Alumni Magazine, January/February 2020
Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown congratulatory video messages for the presentation of the 2019 “LACItizen Award” to Mary Nichols, November 7, 2019, LaKretz Innovation Campus, Los Angeles.
The 'Queen of Green's' Coming Bout With Trump, The Atlantic, October 2, 2018
California Regulator Mary Nichols May Transform the Auto Industry, Bloomberg Businesss, August 2, 2015
CARB chief Nichols talks power plan changes, 'just say no' compliance option, E&ETV, March 12, 2015
Mary Nichols, California's Environmental "Rock Star" on Valley Edition, KVPR, January 20, 2015
CARB Chair Nichols discusses climate, air policies, Bloomberg BNA, December 30, 2014
Mary Nichols influence as top air quality regulator, Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2014
The 2013 TIME 100, TIME Magazine, April 18, 2013
Personality of the Year, Environmental Finance magazine, July 18, 2012
The Queen of the Green, Dan Rather Reports, HDnet, April 10, 2012
New Directions in Environmental Law, Yale Law School, February 24, 2012
California's Clean Car Rules Help Remake U.S. Auto Industry, Yale Environment 360, February 8, 2012
The Quiet Ones: 12 Leaders Who Get Things Done, Rolling Stone Magazine, January 5, 2012
Advancing Low-Carbon Policies, Climate Group, June 14, 2011
America's Top Climate Cop, Nature Magazine, May 19, 2011
Speeches & Commentary
Mary Nichols 1:1 on the 50 years of the Clean Air Act, American University, October 14, 2020
NHTSA/EPA Clean Car Standards Rollback Hearing Testimony, Fresno, September 24, 2018
Introduction to 50th Anniversary board meeting, Sacramento, February 8, 2018
Harvey Mudd College Commencement Address, Claremont, May 17, 2015
Statement on EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan, United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, March 11, 2015
Abengoa Mojave Solar Plant Inauguration Remarks, San Bernadino County, January 23, 2015
California State of Change: Cutting Edges Panel, Public Policy Insitute of California, Sacramento, December 3, 2014
Fireside Chat with Tom Steyer, Advanced Energy Economy Pathway to 2050 Conference, Sacramento, August 6, 2014
AB 32 Implementation, Informational Hearing of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, Sacramento, March 12, 2014
Climate Change and California's Future, Public Policy Institute of California Sutton Family Speaker Series, San Francisco, December 3, 2013
Address at launch of Shenzhen ETS and National Carbon Trading Forum, June 18, 2013 | Chinese Translation
UC Davis: Climate-Smart Agriculture: Global Science Conference, March 20, 2013. Opening remarks (14:39-23:10)
Stanford Graduate School of Business, March, 2013
Northern California Power Agency, January 23, 2013
Chair Nichols addresses clean cars convention, ACT Expo, Long Beach, May 16, 2012
California Launches Cap-and-Trade to Fight Global Warming, PointCarbon's annual survey of the global carbon market, March 2012
Update on Cap-and-Trade Program, California Senate Select Committee on Environment, Economy & Climate Change, March 27, 2012
The Future of Energy, Harvard Law School, February 27, 2012
AB 32: Fuels of the Future, Informational Hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing , October 23, 2011
AB 32: Delivering on the Promise, California Independent System Operator Stakeholders Symposium, Sacramento, September 7, 2011
Sustainable Communities for a Sustainable State, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Spring 2011
Policymaking is a Patchwork Quilt, California Air Pollution Control Officers Association, Climate Change Forum, San Francisco, August 30, 2010
AB 32 Powering the Future, Chautauqua Institution, New York, August 19, 2010 (Media Coverage)
Welcome to the Bank of California Carbon, California Forests magazine, Summer 2010
Climate Change: Restraining the Present to Liberate the Future, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010
Board Statements
Why we need an auction in the cap-and-trade program, Opening Remarks on AB 32 Update, September 20, 2012
We Can't Afford to Wait, Opening remarks on proposed Advanced Clean Car regulations, January 26, 2012
The Capstone of AB 32, Opening comments on proposed cap-and-trade regulation, October 20, 2011