Guest Blogger, Author at The Climate Center

September 21, 2022September 26, 2018 | Post

The Center’s electric vehicle survey well-received at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco

by Isabella Burch, The Climate Center On September 12, Ann Hancock, Jock Gilchrist, and I had the great honor of participating in a panel discussion entitled “Gas/Diesel Car Phaseouts: Global Strategy To End Gasoline Use”. This was an affiliate event for the larger Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Hosted by Coltura and the … Read more

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Transportation

December 4, 2019September 12, 2018 | Post

Buddy Burch talks of personal experience with electric vehicle

by Buddy Burch, CCP A few weeks ago, I finally took the plunge and purchased my first electric vehicle (EV). I had begun to seriously consider the switch at the end of 2017 when I moved back to Santa Rosa and started working at The Climate Center. My first assignment was to produce a survey … Read more

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Transportation

September 22, 2022August 15, 2018 | Post

Welcome: Amanda Begley joins the Center with transportation chops

Hi! My name is Amanda Begley, and I recently joined The Climate Center as an ECO2school Program Coordinator. How satisfying and rewarding it is to land a job aligning with your lifelong values and passions! These values have a direct connection to how I was raised by my environmentally-conscious father. I grew up in a … Read more

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Climate Justice

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 | Post

EV adoption in Iceland and opportunities in the U.S.

by Buddy Burch, The Climate Center On a recent trip to Iceland, I found myself wondering about the country’s electric vehicle (EV) adoption. According to official energy statistics, 85 percent of total energy and all electricity comes from renewable sources, so I was curious about the government’s efforts to support EV adoption and zero-emission transport. … Read more

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Transportation

July 31, 2018 | Post

Taking action

by Jane Bender, Board Member, The Climate Center “I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change—but in yours.” I was surfing the internet for something else when I ran across these words from President Obama’s 2016 farewell speech to the nation. Upon hearing these words, a lump rises in … Read more

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Clean Energy

January 2, 2020June 19, 2018 | Post

Jodi Seward joins the Center as Ann Hancock’s Executive Assistant

I’m Jodi Seward, and I come to the fight against climate change from a very personal place. Where petroleum products are concerned…especially exhaust emissions, I am a canary in a coal mine. I moved to Santa Rosa in 1989 because my home in Redwood City sat between the 101 and 280 freeways and my struggle … Read more

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Clean Energy

December 4, 2019May 21, 2018 | Post

A city council do-over vote translates to a vote for a climate action study

Mike Turgeon, on behalf of the Friends of the Santa Rosa Climate Action Plan

by Mike Turgeon, Climate Action Fellow, The Climate Center Not often in politics do the people get a do-over vote. That is precisely what occurred on Tuesday, May 15, at the Santa Rosa City Council meeting. The topic of the vote was whether the City would hold a study session on an “all-electric ready“ building … Read more

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Clean Energy

August 4, 2022May 7, 2018 | Post

The guilty tourist

Mike Turgeon participated in our first Climate Action Fellowship course last year, and helped lead our second course at the beginning of this year. by Mike Turgeon, Climate Action Fellow Truth be told, I should never get on an airplane again! That is what my inner climate voice wants me to hear, apparently. I recently … Read more

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Clean Energy

January 2, 2020April 23, 2018 | Post

The methane mystery is solved, giving direction and hope

$Aerial view of fracking wells.$

by Andy Ferguson A scientific mystery has been solved, giving direction and hope on the climate front. Methane is 102 times more powerful than CO2 as a cause of climate change, but because it remains in the atmosphere an average of only nine years, reducing methane emissions offers quick and tangible results for fighting climate … Read more

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Clean Energy

February 28, 2018February 27, 2018 | Post

The Climate Center at “Climate One”

by Buddy Burch, The Climate Center On February 13th, Karen Barnes, Jock Gilchrist, and I of The Climate Center attended a “Climate One,” presentation hosted at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Climate One “offers a forum for candid discussion among climate scientists, policymakers, activists, and concerned citizens.” The topic was “Power Shift: The End … Read more

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Clean Energy