Energy and Climate Change

U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets image

U.S. Wildfire Symposium Addresses Risks to California Insurance Markets

With more insurers fleeing California, industry experts convened at an event organized by Bay Area Council member CSAA in Yountville Tuesday (July ...
Celebrating Centennial of Hetch Hetchy’s O’Shaughnessy Dam image

Celebrating Centennial of Hetch Hetchy’s O’Shaughnessy Dam

San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and Bay Area and federal officials joined the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) on We...
California Can’t Make Progress Without CEQA Reform image

California Can’t Make Progress Without CEQA Reform

California’s signature environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), isalso a signature obstacle to the state’s ability t...
Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State image

Impact of Council’s California Resilience Challenge Reverberates Across State

The Bay Area Council Foundation’s California Resilience Challenge was launched in 2019 withthe aim of speeding climate adaptation projects across...
Streamline Permitting of Existing Distribution Power Lines image

Streamline Permitting of Existing Distribution Power Lines

As constant new warnings emerge about the devastating impacts of climate change, it is more important than ever that we make the transition to a cl...
California Resilience Challenge Winners Announced image

California Resilience Challenge Winners Announced

More than 100 climate leaders from across the U.S. convened aboard the Bay Area Council’s floating headquarters the Klamath Thursday (March 30) f...
State Court Lambastes CEQA Abuse image

State Court Lambastes CEQA Abuse

The Bay Area Council is hailing a recent decision by the First District of the California Court of Appeal that included withering criticism of how ...
Partner Spotlight: Edison International Calls for More Urgency in Climate Change Response image

Partner Spotlight: Edison International Calls for More Urgency in Climate Change Response

California must act with more urgency to address the continuing effects of climate change because the cost of inaction is far greater than the cost...
A’s Howard Terminal Plan Gets (Green) Thumbs Up image

A’s Howard Terminal Plan Gets (Green) Thumbs Up

Helps ease unwanted sprawl. Check. Reduces automobile emissions. Check. Avoids development in areas threatened by wildfires. Check. Good connection...
Member Spotlight: Intel Commits to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040 image

Member Spotlight: Intel Commits to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040

In April, Intel Corporation announced plans to further reduce our direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions to develop more sustainable technolo...
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