Power move: Stacey Abrams’ next act is the electrification of the US

The Georgia activist on why she is leaving campaign politics behind to focus on weaning America off fossil fuels

Stacey Abrams has been hailed as a masterly community organizer, after she helped turn out the voters that secured two Senate seats for Democrats in once solidly red Georgia. She has also run twice - unsuccessfully - for state governor. For her next move, she's not focusing on electoral power so much as power itself.

Recently she left the world of campaign politics and took a job as senior counsel for the non-profit Rewiring America. Her role will focus on helping thousands of people across America wean their homes and businesses off fossil fuels and on to electricity, at a moment when scientists have given a final warning" about the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prevent global catastrophe.