Community Energy Resilience

How Electric Vehicles and Solar Can Cut Costs and Boost Energy Resilience

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California leads the nation in residential solar power and electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Our state has the opportunity to integrate these technologies into the electricity grid to lower energy bills and prevent power outages, even in the face of climate-fueled extreme weather. In this webinar, speakers will discuss new technology that can accelerate this Vehicle-Grid … Read more

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Two ways climate change hits your pocketbook

Vue Her on his farm in Singer, California, outside of Fresno. Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Affordability continues to be a concern both in California and nationwide, despite Trump calling it a fake issue. Fortunately, investments in clean energy and other climate solutions are investments in affordability!  Numerous studies point to climate-fueled extreme weather as a driver of rising consumer costs, especially for food. In fact, U.S. food prices are up … Read more

Categories Community Energy Resilience Natural Carbon Sequestration

Advanced Energy Communities Symposium

The California Endowment Oakland Regional Office, 2000 Franklin St, Oakland, CA 94612

This interactive symposium was designed specifically for community and local government leaders, policymakers, and energy and climate program implementers. A consortium of community choice aggregators, nonprofit and private sector solution providers, municipalities, and universities has implemented Advanced Energy Community (AEC) pilot projects in four communities — Richmond, Lancaster, Oakland, and Los Angeles County. The integrated … Read more

Advancing Affordability Through  Electrification

Press Conference 2 Area D, COP30, Belém, Brazil

At this press conference at the United Nations climate conference — COP30 in Belém, Brazil — California State Senators Josh Becker and Henry Stern discussed SB 254, a California bill signed into law by Governor Newsom this year to address electricity affordability. The senators also shared the difficulties Californians are experiencing with rising electricity costs … Read more

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Clean energy gains globally

Clean energy has now surpassed coal as the world’s leading source of electricity. It costs less — with solar now the cheapest form of power by far — and can be installed faster than fossil fuel infrastructure. In fact, in the first half of 2025, clean energy demand outpaced fossil fuel power globally for the … Read more

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Tell Governor Newsom to Stand Up for Climate Action

Governor Newsom at UN Climate Week in 2023, where he committed to sign SB 253 and 261. Photo: Office of the California Governor.

This year’s United Nations climate conference, COP30 in Belém, Brazil, brought together world leaders to share how they’re tackling climate change back home. With an anti-science, pro-oil president, the world is counting on California to step up on climate. California leaders, and especially Governor Newsom, must defend California’s climate progress against attacks from the fossil … Read more

Categories Carbon Drawdown Community Energy Resilience Fossil Fuels
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Corporate utilities are making California’s electricity more expensive

Man measuring solar panel

Last week, Governor Newsom vetoed three common-sense bills to advance affordable, clean energy. That included AB 740 (Harabedian), a low-cost, non-controversial bill co-sponsored by The Climate Center that passed the state legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. AB 740 and two other bills that were vetoed (AB 44 and SB 541) aimed to expand the state’s … Read more

Categories Clean Energy Community Energy Resilience