Woody Hastings, Renewable Energy Implementation Manager at the Climate Protection Campaign, described Sonoma County’s studies and plans for increasing local renewable energy at the second annual “Clean Power Healthy Communities” conference in Oakland on March 18. The conference drew over 100 people and was sponsored by the Local Clean Energy Alliance, a coalition of Bay … Read more
NASA says that last year was the warmest in 131 years of record keeping. For more details>
>From California Watch, “Lawsuit by low-income groups may delay climate law,” by Sarah Terry-Cobo: “The latest legal challenge to California’s landmark climate-change legislation isn’t coming from big polluters faced with a series of new regulations. Instead, groups representing low-income residents are challenging the environmental law as unfairly burdening their beleaguered communities… Brent Newell, an attorney … Read more
Jane Bender and Larry Robinson have joined the board of the Climate Protection Campaign. Bender served on the Santa Rosa City Council for ten years, and was co-director of ReLeaf for thirteen years. Robinson served twelve years on the Sebastopol City Council, and is a retired psychotherapist. Woody Hastings has also joined the staff as … Read more
Thanks to our partners at Calpine, last week the Campaign loaded up a bus with local elected officials, business sponsors and colleagues and took the windy road up to the Geysers. The Geysers is the world’s single largest geothermal resource for electrical generation and supplies 25% of California’s renewable energy. Calpine Corporation owns and operates … Read more
Last week the Press Democrat ran an editorial about declining car pooling. For the complete editorial> Alan Strachan, an advisor to the Campaign, responded with a letter to the editor. Strachan points out that “The Metropolitan Transportation Commission recently chose to fund a collaboration between the Sonoma County Transportation Authority and the Climate Protection Campaign … Read more
“Opponents of proposals to cap carbon emissions argue that such measures would be a drag on the economy. But action on climate change is simple prudence. Doing nothing carries risks that outweigh the cost of phasing out emissions. Politicians should accept that calculation because the science that supports it is strong. They should also consider … Read more
Energy, the environment, and the economy are all part of the leadership dialogs presented by Climate One at The Commonwealth Club on KRCB Public Television 22 and KRCB FM Radio 91 in February. Climate One brings together top thinkers and achievers from business, government, academia, and advocacy groups to advance the discussion about a clean … Read more
The focus of President Obama’s State of the Union address was keeping America competitive (see articles below on China). About clean energy he said, “…we’ve begun to reinvent our energy policy. We’re not just handing out money. We’re issuing a challenge. We’re telling America’s scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best … Read more
China leapfrogs U.S. wind power industry – LA Times January 24, 2011 by Tiffany Hsu “Chinese turbines are now harnessing more wind power than machines installed in the U.S., according to a trade group Monday.” For complete article >