Clean Energy Archives

May 8, 2019June 8, 2018 | Post

The Center’s 2018 symposium on June 5th displayed CCA power and purpose

Community Choice leaders celebrate providing power with purpose

The Climate Center hosted this year’s “Business of Local Energy Symposium” in Sacramento on June 5th to discuss Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) and how to provide their customers power with purpose. That is, how to accelerate clean energy deployment, improve local programs, and navigate the extremely dynamic energy market in California going forward. More than … Read more

Barry Vesser

Clean Energy

September 21, 2022May 28, 2018 | Post

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Contract for 1,200MW of Offshore Wind

Massive new projects put New England states on the forefront of the U.S. offshore wind market. May 23, 2018 By Jeff St. John and Julia Pyper Massachusetts and Rhode Island, two states on the forefront of the nascent U.S. offshore wind market, have awarded a combined 1,200 megawatts of contracts to build out what could … Read more

Barry Vesser

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

Guest Blogger 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

Guest Blogger 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

Guest Blogger Clean Energy

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 | Post

AB 1745 – Clean Cars update

Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), the bill’s author, pulled it for 2018 and will reintroduce it in 2019. Said Assemblyman Ting, “If we want clean air, we need clean cars. For the sake of our health and our environment, we need to move away from gas-powered vehicles. While we won’t be able to achieve that through … Read more

Ann Hancock

Clean Energy

April 25, 2018April 11, 2018 | Post

I electrified my cooking. You can too.

When I moved to Sonoma County where I live now, I brought with me a beautiful 60 year old gas stove from my childhood home in San Francisco. People often comment on it when they come into my kitchen. But, these days, even though I love to cook and do so often, I rarely use … Read more

Laurie-Ann Barbour

Clean Energy

March 28, 2018March 27, 2018 | Post

March 22nd Clean Cars campaign launch was smashing success

On the evening of March 22nd, over 100 people convened in downtown Santa Rosa to support the launch of the Clean Cars Campaign. The Climate Center (CCP) is mobilizing supporters and organizations throughout the state to support landmark legislation from Assemblymember Ting (D – San Francisco). His bill would allow only new zero-emissions vehicles to … Read more

Jock Gilchrist

Clean Energy

March 19, 2018March 14, 2018 | Post

New greenhouse gas report highlights successes, challenges, and opportunities for California

The Climate Center just released the new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions report for Sonoma County for 2016. The good news is that emissions from electricity have gone down since the inception of Sonoma Clean Power, the region’s Community Choice Energy program. The reduction of emissions in electricity was so significant that Sonoma County’s overall GHG … Read more

Ann Hancock

Clean Energy

January 23, 2020March 14, 2018 | Post

Dark money, secrecy, conflicts of interest, and luxury travel

Republican leaders continue to stay busy advocating against public health and environmental protections, as well as personally enriching themselves. Highlights of the last two weeks: GOP pushes 80 anti-environment riders, dark money rule changes in spending bill EPA Chief’s clean-water rollback shaped by secrecy, luxury travel and handpicked audiences Jeff sessions has a huge conflict … Read more

Stacey Meinzen

Clean Energy