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
by Amy Jolly, CCP | Nov. 9, 2015 The Center for Climate Protection is pleased to announce the hiring of Alina Huff as the new Program Coordinator for ECO2school. Alina has a background in environmental science, education, organic farming, and ethnobotany, and has a passion for community, nature, education, and botany. She spent a year … Read more
by Paola Alvarado, CCP | November 6, 2015 [Amy Jolly, Shivani Kumar, and Paola Alvarado] Sunny San Diego hosted the 44th North American Association of Environmental Educators Conference, bringing together educators from all over the world to share best practices and innovative approaches to teaching about climate, environment and sustainability. The NAAEE conference inspired great … Read more
by Amy Jolly, The Climate Center | Nov. 6, 2015 The Climate Center is happy to introduce our team of interns for the fall. Daniel Settlemyer is a senior at Sonoma State University, studying Energy Management and Design. He is working on a variety of projects at CCP, including research on feasible locations for photovoltaic … Read more
by Amy Jolly, The Climate Center | Nov. 5, 2015 On October 7, students across Sonoma County left their cars in the driveway and took to the streets using active or alternative transportation for International Walk and Roll to School Day. In Sonoma County, more than 10,000 students participated, of which 1,445 were high school students … Read more
[column col=”2/3″] Resources from the Symposium Keynote Speaker David Hochschild’s slides> Keynote Speaker Geof Syphers’ slides> Ann Hancock Opening Remarks> Faramarz Maghsoodlou, Microgrid Panel slides> Michael Stadler, Microgrid Panel slides> Greg Thomson, Microgrid Panel slides> Randy Palombi, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Panel slides> Chris Cone, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Panel slides> Martha Amram, … Read more
by Doron Amiran, The Climate Center | November 4, 2015 I recently leased an all-electric Fiat 500e, and it is definitely the coolest and most fun car I have ever driven. Not only will it run on Sonoma Clean Power’s local and renewable electricity, but it’s fast, fun, and head-turningly cute. As I was driving … Read more
In 2018, The Climate Center issued a survey to its Business for Clean Energy members. The following is a summary of responses. How satisfied are you with your BCE membership? 43% Very satisfied 52% Satisfied 5% Neutral Are you willing to actively support clean energy and climate friendly policies at the state legislature … Read more
