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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
by The Climate Center & Mike Sandler The Climate Center and the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (based in the UK and Ireland) are co-sponsoring a side event at the international climate change conference in Paris hosted by the United Nations known as COP-21. The side event will introduce CapGlobalCarbon (www.capglobalcarbon.org), a citizen’s movement … Read more
By Woody Hastings The race is on between San Francisco’s CleanPowerSF and Peninsula Clean Energy: Which will be first to launch an electricity program for their residents and businesses? San Francisco has a head start because they have been working on their effort for many years, and they are on schedule to launch early in … Read more
By Barry Vesser, CCP | Nov. 12, 2015 [ San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra talks about his interest in Community Choice] Momentum is building for Community Choice Energy (CCE) in Silicon Valley. San Mateo aims to form a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), the legal framework for a multi-municipality Community Choice program, in February 2016, … Read more
