Together We Can: Local Climate Actions to Prevent Dangerous Plans and Bring Cleaner Solutions

Together We Can: Local Climate Actions to Prevent Dangerous Plans and Bring Cleaner Solutions
To combat climate change, half the battle is preventing the worst polluting plans from going through. The other half is fighting fiercely for better solutions. In the Bay Area, we are tracking three local climate issues that need collective action: preventing the unnecessary risks of oil by rail, reducing dangerous pollution from neighboring refineries, and… Read more »

Join the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference via Webcast, 3/5/15

Join the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference via Webcast, 3/5/15
The annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference is the premier gathering in the Bay Area of clean energy advocates, devoted to bringing the benefits of local renewable power to our communities, and it’s coming up on March 5th. Organized by the Local Clean Energy Alliance, this year’s conference will be nationally webcast on the Youtube… Read more »

Last Chance to Save Community Clean Energy in California

Last Chance to Save Community Clean Energy in California
We’ve been tracking AB 2145, the proposed bill that threatens community choice clean energy programs. The grassroots effort to stop this bill is coming to a head tomorrow, when it will either move for a vote on the Senate floor, or remain in the Senate Appropriations Suspense File – essentially killing it. You can help… Read more »

No on AB 2145: Stop the Monopoly Power Grab

No on AB 2145: Stop the Monopoly Power Grab
The Senate Energy Committee is voting today, June 23rd on AB 2145. If passed, the bill would make it harder for local renewable energy programs to get started, securing the monopoly existing utilities hold on our energy services. A “no” vote at this committee would stop it in its tracks. The vote will be at… Read more »

Take Action Today to Save Community Choice Energy!

Take Action Today to Save Community Choice Energy!
Thursday, May 22nd is Save Community Choice Energy Call-Your-Rep Day! This is a day of action to defeat a proposed state law, AB 2145, which we’ve been following this spring. The bill is losing steam, but we need you to flex your citizen muscles to stop it once and for all today! AB 2145 would… Read more »