An email, a meeting, and a word sparked 350 CCA volunteer Lou Flores to take action for local climate change. “What’s really neat about this work,” he says, “is that you connect with people, and it leads to another, and then another. … If you have a little time, give a little. If you have more, give more. You start out slow; every little bit counts.”
An email, a meeting, and a word sparked 350 CCA volunteer Lou Flores to take action for local climate change. “What’s really neat about this work,” he says, “is that you connect with people, and it leads to another, and then another. … If you have a little time, give a little. If you have more, give more. You start out slow; every little bit counts.”
Transportation is the highest contributor of GHG emissions—as much as 60 percent in Walnut Creek, and 46 percent in unincorporated Contra Costa County.
MCE, the not-for-profit public agency that provides clean energy for residential customers, also offers an electric vehicle (EV) charging rebate to businesses and multifamily properties, as well as technical assistance.
Plastic waste. It’s everywhere. If you live in Pinole or visit frequently, be part of the solution to the plastics problem, and complete this brief survey.
Investor-owned utility lobbyists are at the State Capitol every day, spreading misinformation about rooftop solar to your elected officials. Lawmakers need to hear directly from you, their voters, about why they should stick up for the public and keep rooftop solar growing.
Free, Expert-Level Solar Installation Training Available Using free energy from the sun to power our homes is clearly a fine idea—but installing a rooftop solar system can be expensive. SunWork, a nonprofit working in the Bay Area and along the
On April 17, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Berkeley’s 2019 ordinance banning natural gas hookups in most new construction. Bad news, yes—but not a fatal blow to the rapidly growing movement to make buildings all-electric.
