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Close to Home: Having a positive impact on climate far beyond our borders
by Ann Hancock, The Press Democrat
Clean Energy
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Climate Leadership Forum
October 12 and 13 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District focused on innovation at the Climate Forward Leadership Forum. It was an opportunity for Bay Area leaders to come together and have a robust and positive exchange about how to to reduce climate impacts and stimulate economic development and growth. It sparked climate conversation in … Read more
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Holiday tips: How to talk to a Trump supporter about climate change
If you expect tension around your dinner table this holiday season, here are some tips for you. First, listen. Be curious about what they think about this issue and appreciate what you have in common. You might want to explore the areas of common ground. For example, you might point out that a recent poll shows … Read more
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We aim to put solar on every roof
By Geoffrey Smith, Solar Energy Program Coordinator Solar Sonoma County (SSC), a program of The Climate Center, has the information you need to go solar now. This fall we held our first Solar House Party. It went very well. On a recent Saturday morning in Santa Rosa’s Junior College neighborhood, our party host welcomed friends … Read more
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Transform grief and outrage, but how?
Are you feeling grief, outrage, or both? Please join us and use these feelings as fuel to create something powerful and positive. How? One word: Solutions. Let’s spread clean energy solutions that create jobs, stabilize energy prices, and offer an alternative model that gives power to the people. The Climate Center has solutions that do just this. Please … Read more
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Community Choice Energy is a powerful rapidly spreading movement
As 2016 draws to a close, Community Choice Energy has spread to 26 out of 58 counties and over 300 cities in California as either operational, on track for launch of service, or at some stage of evaluation. Community Choice Energy has clearly become a powerful and rapidly spreading movement. The Climate Center began advocating … Read more
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Month of unprecedented global cooperation on climate change
October has been a remarkable month for global cooperation on climate change mitigation. Three landmark agreements illustrate a new willingness to work together to tackle the problem. October 5th: Paris Agreement reached threshold to take effect November 4th October 6th: New accord to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from aviation established October 15th: Deal to phase out … Read more
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Election day: 13 days until we keep going
The election is just 13 days away and climate protection has barely been a topic on the national stage. This year has been the hottest ever recorded, and yet we continue to pour carbon into the atmosphere because the price of fossil fuels do not reflect their true costs – yet. Four times in the last month, the … Read more
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McKibben says there’s nothing radical about climate protection
Bill McKibben, a world leader on climate protection, spoke at Sonoma State University on October 19. For me he proved the value of preaching to the choir. I came away completely inspired. Highlights of what McKibben said: The most important thing an individual can do is not be so much of an individual. It’s not … Read more
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American climate attitudes, global response, and what works
The Climate Center (CCP) has operated for years on the premise that local control of energy resources is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. This is specifically because of the uncertainty of action at the federal level as the political tables turn at election times. CCP has coupled this tactic with a … Read more