Re/Action on Climate Protection

Climate Action Plan Briefing: Low Carbon Electricity

This briefing by Renata Brillinger on the Community Climate Action Plan continues with the description of the low carbon electricity portfolio outlined in the plan. Please see full plan for more details: www.coolplan.org Here are the slides used in the presentation:

Emissions from PG&E portfolio

Total reduction from all measures

Climate Action Plan Transportation Briefing

This continues our series of podcast briefings on the Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan with Renata Brillinger, project manager for the plan. In this briefing, Renata discusses the solutions and their impact in the transporation sector. For full details see www.coolplan.org

Climate Action Plan Efficiency Briefing

Here is the first in our series of briefings on the Community Climate Action Plan. Renata Brillinger explains the Plan's approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions via efficiency improvement in the residential and commercial building sectors. Please see www.coolplan.org for full details.

First Climate Action Plan Podcast

This podcast is the introduction to a briefing presented by Renata Brillinger, Project Manager for the Community Climate Action Plan. Please see www.coolplan.org for the full plan

Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan Released

Two years in development, the Sonoma County Community Climate Action plan has been released. See www.coolplan.org The plan contains solutions for achieving Sonoma County's target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Also, attached is an op ed about the Plan that appeared in the Nov. 9th edition of the Sonoma Press Democrat. Sonoma County’s commitment to the future and its desire for extraordinary action brought this Plan into being. This Plan is, in essence, a public works project to meet Sonoma County’s bold goal for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2015.

Download op_ed_in_pd.pdf

How to solve global warming

Important new information has been published that identifies key local actions that must be taken to mitigate climate change. This new plan is especially timely, particularly given the current financial crisis, and the low likelihood of action at the federal level any time soon.
Please see www.coolplan.org .

Stopping "dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate" is the most important problem facing humanity today. Significant action at the local level is one of the major keys.

NHK Climate Program

Here is a link to a Japan NHK radio presentation on California climate related activities. My wife and I play a modest role. The broadcast is in Japanese.

Using public funds to reduce emissions in the Transportation Sector

California voters approved Prop. 1B, a $20 billion infrastructure improvement bond. Funded projects will likely increase carbon emissions in the transportation sector. Is there a more responsible way to spend this money on transportation? I think so.

Climate Newsfeeds

I have selected some of the best climate change newsfeeds and have put them up on the blog. If you look at the left side margin of the blog, the newsfeeds are listed:

Kyoto; CAFE; RGGI; YourTown?

Recently, my favorite pastime has been looking at "What MUST be done locally" vs "What CAN be done locally" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What MUST be done is coming into starker and starker relief. What CAN and WILL be done is very much murkier.