Back from the brink: Sonoma County Energy Independence Program The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors decided to keep the SCEIP program open for business, despite pressure from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Taking bold action to ensure the survival of its local innovative energy efficiency program, the County of Sonoma filed suit in federal … Read more
What the Senate didn’t do Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada announced last Thursday that comprehensive energy reform meant to address climate change could not be passed before the August break. Reid said that the Senate may pull together a scaled down energy bill but it certainly won’t include a critical price on … Read more
North Bay Corp Joins Our Business for Clean Energy Program North Bay Corporation provides solid waste, recycling and compost collection services throughout Sonoma County. North Bay recognizes that maximizing waste reduction is an important component of reducing greenhouse gases and are proud supporters of the Climate Protection Campaign. More on the company >
A new building retrofit program, called Energy Upgrade California (EUC), is coming soon. Administered by the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA), this program will help property owners achieve energy-saving building improvements and help this community reach its greenhouse gas reduction goal. The Climate Protection Campaign worked with the RCPA to obtain this $2.6 … Read more
Four New Businesses for Clean Energy Welcome to the businesses that joined the Campaign’s Business for Clean Energy Program this month: Traditional Medicinals, Real Estate Agent Cory Maguire (Frank Howard Allen Realtors), Community Market and Straus Family Creamery. Spotlight on Traditional Medicinals, producers of organic herbal teas, from CEO Blair Kellison: “Here at Traditional Medicinals, … Read more
Annual Status Report on Sonoma County Greenhouse Gas Emissions At the sixth annual Climate Protection Everybody Profits conference hosted in Sebastopol this year Ann Hancock delivered Sonoma County’s greenhouse gas emissions status report. Total greenhouse gas emitted by Sonoma County in 2009 decreased slightly. Although many possible causes for this change exist, the economic downturn … Read more
BP Disaster has Obama Talking About Clean Energy “For decades, we have talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels. And for decades, we have failed to act with the sense of urgency that this challenge requires. Time and again, the path forward has been blocked – not only … Read more
Dr. Carl Mears will present “What’s Really Going On with the Climate? A Scientist Perspective” on Wednesday, June 30 at 5:30 to 7:30 pm (at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa). Carl is a senior scientist at Remote Sensing Systems and a participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the worlds leading … Read more
Kim Clement Joins Climate Protection Campaign Board Kimberly Clement, Deputy District Attorney for Sonoma County, has joined the Board of the Climate Protection Campaign after nearly a decade as a strategic advisor to the organization. In addition to her extensive legal background, Ms. Clement has volunteered with many community and political endeavors including Home Hospice, … Read more
Community sets ambitious GHG emissions reduction target Community representatives recommend that Sonoma County reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2015 An original “White Paper” on local actions to address climate change is available. For the condensed version (21 page pdf 300K).. For the full version with hyperlinks to all references (via wayback). … Read more