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Cancun Climate Talks Conclude

UN talks in Cancun reached a deal to curb climate change, including a fund to help developing countries. By 2020 the $100 billion Green Climate Fund is intended to protect poor nations against climate impacts and assist them with low-carbon development. Although all countries present, except Bolivia, agreed that deeper cuts in carbon emissions are … Read more

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Woody Hastings Joins the Team

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we just hired Woody Hastings as Renewable Energy Implementation Manager. Woody worked as a Public Information Specialist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, as Environmental Planning Deputy for the Los Angeles City Council, in the private sector and also on renewable energy in several nonprofits. One … Read more

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Bank of America Foundation Grants $7,500 for Educational Videos

Many of the Climate Protection Campaign’s public presentations during the past year were videotaped, thanks to volunteer Kevin Tally. The videos languished for lack of funding for editing. Now thanks to the Bank of America Foundation, the educational videos will be available on our website. We will also be producing a new video on developing … Read more

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Campaign’s Dr. Mears Responds to Lomborg’s Environmental Skepticism

From Press Democrat 11/26/10: “As a member of the scientific community devoted to studying the climate crisis, I would like to call out the nonsense in Bjorn Lomborg’s opinion piece. Let’s be very clear: We have to stop polluting our atmosphere with too much greenhouse gas now. After decades of rigorous study of the evidence, … Read more

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Senate Hearing Exposes Obstruction to Community Power

On November 9th, Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) held a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Renewable Energy in San Rafael. The purpose of the hearing was to gather testimony on the status and obstacles of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). CCA allows communities to procure greener electricity than is offered by private utilities such … Read more

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We Beat Prop 23, Now Let’s Make AB 32 Strong

We trounced oil companies that attacked California’s climate and energy law, winning 61 % to 39 %. Now we must strengthen AB32. California’s Air Resources Board on Dec. 16 will vote on staff’s recommendations for implementation. Although many of their recommendations are sound, others would mean big giveaways to industry – paid for by Californians … Read more

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Climate e-News – Do Something

Stop Prop 23 Join the opposition to Prop 23. Over 30 cities including Los Angeles and Sacramento, hundreds of business leaders, and many public officials to oppose Proposition 23, the deceptively titled “California Jobs Initiative.” A whopping 97% of funds come from the oil industry, with most from two large out-of-state oil companies, Valero and … Read more

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Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben: Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming “Try to fit these facts together: 1) According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, and the warmest April, May, and June on record. 2) A ‘staggering’ … Read more