Creating the Clean Energy Economy: Optimizing Community Choice The Climate Center is organizing its second all-day Business of Local Energy Symposium to accelerate California’s shift to a clean energy economy, driven by local government and business. The Symposium provides a forum to exchange ideas about Community Choice Energy programs and to learn about current energy policy, regulations, … Read more
by Geoffrey Smith, The Climate Center | Dec. 16, 2015 On December 15, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) largely rejected the Investor Owned Utility (PG&E, SDG&E, SCE) proposals to dismantle the rules that make rooftop solar viable. The CPUC’s decision, although preliminary, will determine the fate of Net Energy Metering (NEM). NEM is the … Read more
By Mike Sandler Pictured above (from left to right): Mike Sandler (co-founder of CCP), and members of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (FEASTA) Erik-Jan van Oosten of the Netherlands, Robert Hutchison from the UK, Caroline Whyte originally from Ireland now living in France, and Laurence Matthews from the UK. They attended the Paris climate talks … Read more
Herb Williams joins The Climate Center’s Board of Directors. Herb is the founder of Delphi and has 50 years’ experience as a political consultant. It was through his former survey firm that he became acquainted with Santa Rosa, where he conducted the very first survey regarding the widening of Highway 101. Herb moved to Santa Rosa … Read more
On December 15, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) largely rejected the Investor Owned Utility (PG&E, SDG&E, SCE) proposals to dismantle the rules that make rooftop solar viable. The CPUC’s decision, although preliminary, will determine the fate of Net Energy Metering (NEM). NEM is the set of rules that governs how rooftop solar systems are … Read more
by Mike Sandler Without a doubt, the Paris Agreement is historic. It provides some much-needed relief to the UN process and the leaders of the world who suffered a major setback after the UN’s Copenhagen breakdown in 2009. It lets a term-limited President of the United States claim to have set laudably ambitious goals, and … Read more
Registration for 2016 Climate Rides is now open. Choose from a variety of scenic bike routes or hikes, see below. What could be better than taking an active vacation through some of the county’s most scenic lands, with a couple hundred like-minded folks committed to climate solutions, and raising money for your favorite climate action … Read more
by Doron Amiran, CCP | Dec. 4, 20145 Lately I find myself conflicted. This is nothing new, because life is often a struggle to strike a balance between doing what we want, and doing what we know is right. For example, I know that plastic water bottles are needlessly wasteful, but sometimes I am thirsty … Read more
YES (Youth for Environment and Sustainability) convenes students from around the San Francisco Bay Area to discuss transportation issues, learn how our personal decisions impact climate change, and share ways of encouraging everyone to walk, bike, take transit, or carpool to school in order to improve air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area. The … Read more
by Amy Jolly, CCP | Nov. 24, 2015 The The Climate Center’s Youth Advisory Board (YAB) convened more than 50 students from across Sonoma County for the Green Teen Gathering on November 11, 2015. Green Teen is completely organized and facilitated by high school students participating in YAB, with mentorship provided by the Center for … Read more
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