By Chris Cone The recent removal of six 200-foot redwood trees for the Courthouse Square reunification project produced an unintended consequence that spotlights the concept, and the importance, of building performance in climate protection. The shade produced by the redwood trees, located in front of 50 Old Courthouse Square, significantly reduced the amount of heat, … Read more
We thank our new Business for Clean Energy Member, Allen Danley of Sure Thing Carpet Care for a generous in-kind donation. Our carpets and chairs are squeaky clean! Why is a mobile carpet cleaning business a Business for Clean Energy member? Allen is pursuing his goal to become the first clean-energy-powered mobile cleaning business. Allen’s … Read more
The Climate Center is proud to announce the launch of a new statewide Community Choice Energy online resource. Clean Power Exchange (CPX) is an online hub of information, resources, and conversation for communities interested in Community Choice Energy – whether they’re exploring the option, conducting a technical study, already serving customers, or citizens interested in … Read more
A few weeks ago I sat down with three of our Youth Advisory Board members: Geena Espinoza, Katie Morrison, and Cassy Moretto, sophomores at Santa Rosa High School. The three of them are very close, in fact, so close that we call them the Three Musketeers. Everywhere they go, they bring a gaggle of giggles … Read more
In the early days of the “horseless carriage,” if you wanted to purchase gasoline for your fancy new contraption, you went to a hardware store or blacksmith shop, where someone would fill up a 5-gallon container and pour it into your tank. Of course, in those early days of mechanized transportation, your car may have … Read more
The Climate Center’s Youth Advisory Board took their climate message to San Francisco earlier this month to present to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District about the ECO2school program’s accomplishments. The meeting was powerfully moving for both the student participants as well as the board members. Johanna Paine, a senior at Montgomery High School, shared her message … Read more
The Climate Center is proud to welcome Ross Markey to the team as a student intern. He will be spending a year working with us on projects related to expanding renewable energy and Community Choice Energy in California. Ross is a Sonoma County native and is currently pursuing a B.A. from Sonoma State University in … Read more
This could go down in the books as one of the most interesting presidential elections in history. Candidate statements on all of the issues have been quite colorful throughout this long campaign cycle. At The Climate Center, we’ve been keenly aware of the peculiar stripes that the candidates have shown with regard to climate change. How well do you know … Read more
You don’t have to be a climate nerd to appreciate a good carbon footprint map. Measuring carbon emissions is a little like counting calories and steps. Just as data collection has emerged as a winning tool for achieving better, life-saving health (think FitBit), so too can data inform species-saving strategies for the health of the planet. … Read more
by Ann Hancock, The Climate Center | March 10, 2016 In October 2014, at our first Business of Local Energy Symposium, only two operational Community Choice programs existed in California: Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power. A mere sixteen months later, Community Choice is taking off across the state. We reported this story in … Read more
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