I attended a symposium last week hosted by Joint Venture Silicon Valley on energy storage. As renewable energy becomes an increasingly significant part of California’s generation resources, storage will become critically important. Enough solar pv has been installed in the last few years to actually change the peak demand profile of the load in California. … Read more
Building a Sustainable Enterprise in an Era of Climate Risk & Water Scarcity From Davos to New York to San Francisco, from Coca-Cola to Private Equity, to Cisco, climate change is increasingly on the minds of executives. The reason is simple: Traditional sources of business value are being eroded and new opportunities are being … Read more
The Silicon Valley Energy Summit explores best business practices, exciting technologies, government regulation and energy policy. Convened by Stanford University’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, SVES traditionally benefits some 400 facilities managers, regulators, researchers, investors and others dealing with energy economics and environmental impacts. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Energy efficient lighting innovations • Clean tech investment Big data analytics … Read more
(Promoting ECO2school and biking at Analy High School) With bike blender smoothies, breakfast tables, school rallies and giveaways, who could resist taking action against the climate crisis? Students across Sonoma County stepped up by walking, biking, taking the bus, and carpooling during the ECO2school Challenge in April. Green teams, eco clubs, and leadership classes encouraged … Read more
In June 2008, I wrote my first Mitzvah Moments column for the Gazette. I wanted a way to make a difference about the environment, for which I had always had a love and a deep concern. Soon I am going to walk my talk. More about that later. Recently, my good friend Barbara Oldershaw introduced … Read more
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Climate Sustainer Club member Gerry Lazzareschi, MD Gerry Lazzareschi had 38 solar panels installed on the roof of his Healdsburg home a month ago. (Conner Jay / PD) The second time’s a charm for Climate Protection Campaign Sustainer Club member Gerry Lazzareschi. Gerry was recently featured in the Press Democrat for going solar … Read more
Dan Morain in a recent editorial entitled “Lining up for the cap and trade gusher,” does a good job depicting the varied interest groups jockeying for a piece of the AB 32 (Global Warming Solutions Act) pie. He also rightly expresses concern over a serious potential problem for supporters of cap and trade when transportation … Read more
(Heated by magma near the Earth’s surface, natural ‘fumaroles’ or steam vents, emit steam in a field near piping that carries hot steam from the source). When we think of renewable energy we mostly think of power from the sky – solar and wind. The power sources that we are trying to phase out come … Read more
This month you are going to see something new on your utility bill – a Climate Credit. It is not often that you get credited on your utility bill, so here is the story. For several years, Climate Protection Campaign has been advocating for a carbon price that returns revenues to people. Last year after input … Read more
SAMPLE LETTER We recommend sending this letter to all the commissioners at the CPUC and copying the governors office, if you have or are planning a solar installation. Addresses and email addresses are below. February 2014 President Michael R. Peevey California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102 Pres. Peevey, … Read more
