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Accelerating the Timeline for Climate Action in California
Climate change is occurring at a faster, more destructive rate than previously known — California must respond.
Clean Energy
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Emily Hendrick joins The Climate Center as Institutional Grants Manager
As a climate and social justice activist and advocate, I am excited to join The Climate Center as its first Institutional Giving Manager and work to ensure that my home state of California achieves net-negative emissions and serves as a model for other states and countries. Though I grew up in San Francisco, my environmental … Read more
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Climate-Safe California Campaign Reaches 1,000 Endorsements
Major milestone in effort to accelerate state climate leadership Santa Rosa, CA, March 24, 2021—Over 1,000 elected officials, business leaders, academics, organizations and community members have now endorsed The Climate Center’s Climate-Safe California campaign. By endorsing, they are sending a message that they want California to aggressively tackle the climate crisis with big investments now– … Read more
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Stockton Community Choice Energy study released
On March 23, Stockton’s City Council will be receiving an informational presentation on a feasibility study examining the opportunities and economic outlook for launching a Community Choice agency. A Community Choice Energy program would allow the City to buy electricity at competitive rates on behalf of Stockton residents and businesses and reinvest net revenues back … Read more
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Climate change is weakening the ocean currents that shape weather on both sides of the Atlantic
by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News Highlights The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a system of ocean currents that distributes heat energy from the tropics towards the poles and causes cold water to flow towards the equator. This system is what shaped the climate of eastern North America and Western Europe, allowing the development of … Read more
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Choking on fumes: Diesel generators are booming with state funding
In a state that takes pride in claiming to be a world leader in technology and reducing carbon emissions, state and local government decision-makers in California have taken a giant step backward in funding diesel back-up generators to mitigate for Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). In recent years, power shutoffs have cost California billions of … Read more
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Support these bills– avoid Texas-scale catastrophe in CA
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-o4o9hj’ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] By Ellie Cohen, The Climate Center, and Ed Smeloff, Vote Solar Californians might be wondering about the connection between recent power outages in Texas and those in California last summer. While some are eager to blame renewables in both cases, the actual … Read more
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Vincent Wiraatmadja joins The Climate Center as its first Government Affairs Manager
As an advocate who has worked for years at the intersection of climate policy and technological innovation, I am proud to join The Climate Center as its first Government Affairs Manager. Before joining the Center, I spent six years at a top-tier Sacramento lobbying firm, where I focused on helping California achieve its climates goals … Read more
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The data debunks the denial: Bold climate action sooner costs less in dollars and lives
In reaction to a historical day of climate policy action by the Biden Administration, some loud political and media voices continue to claim that climate action is too costly. These claims are idiocy. At this moment, we must remind naysayers that study after study shows the huge costs of waiting to act and points not … Read more
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CPUC Approves $200M Investment in Microgrids for Vulnerable Communities
On January 12, 2021 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a new decision in the CPUC microgrid proceeding. While the decision did very little to advance microgrid commercialization as required by SB 1339, it did include $200 million in utility ratepayer funding for a new incentive program to support microgrid development in vulnerable communities. These funds will not be … Read more