Deeper and faster cuts are now required Global greenhouse gas emissions have grown by 1.5 percent every year over the last decade. To stay within relatively safe limits, emissions must decline sharply, by 7.6 percent every year, between 2020 and 2030. Even if every country fulfills its current pledges under the Paris Agreement — and … Read more
by Sasja Beslik March 18, 2019 on Medium here The Paris climate agreement is a joke. And I should know — I was there when it was drafted. Three and a half years ago, I was one of the hundreds of politicians and heads of industry who convened in Paris with a singular goal: Devise a plan … Read more
Over four million of us demonstrated across the world on September 20th. School strikers, unions, businesses, teachers, scientists, celebrities, and religious organizations took to the streets. Hearing the call to action from Greta Thunberg, people united across time zones and cultures to fight the fossil fuel industry for our future. While we might all expect … Read more
By Efren Carrillo, Board President, and Ellie Cohen, CEO, The Climate Center Published in the North Bay Business Journal, October 7, 2019 Given the science and climate reality, we must do more. California must immediately begin enacting a suite of policies that put us solidly on the path to reversing the climate crisis by 2030. … Read more
Ellie Cohen, former Point Blue CEO, will lead the Center’s collaborative efforts to address the climate emergency in California and beyond The rapid decarbonization campaign, focusing on sustainable mobility to healthy lands, expands upon the Center’s key role in growing Community Choice Energy, which now offers clean, non-fossil fuel electricity to 10 million people—one quarter … Read more
June 8, 2015 by Andy Ferguson In the race to reduce green house gases, Fort Collins, Colorado has moved into the Diamond Lane, adopting a plan the city hopes can overtake and pass previously attempted emission reduction strategies. In March the City Council adopted a goal of reducing the municipality’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by … Read more
May 1, 2015 by Adrienne Tatman, SSU student and The Climate Center Intern Recently I attended a Sonoma County Water Agency’s Energy and Sustainability tour and learned how the Agency achieved carbon free water. The Agency pumps and distributes water to more than 600,000 Sonoma and Marin customers, and also runs several sanitation plants. Before … Read more
A new tool on the Climate Protection Campaign website allows you to offset the carbon impact of your driving and flights. A contribution based on your carbon emissions will go toward establishing policies that result in ongoing emission reductions. http://staging-theclimatecenter.org/carbon-calculator
Oct 14th at 7 PM at the Jackson Theater a panel of experts will explore “Factory Farms or Grass-raised Animals?” Dan Imhoff, who has a new book, CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories will speak about the business and agricultural practices of CAFOs and lead the panel discussion on local alternatives to factory raised … Read more
