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| Climate and Energy Committee | |
The national Sierra Club has made combating global warming
one of its most urgent priorities. The Sonoma Group's Climate & Energy Committee
focuses on actions that we can take here in Sonoma County.
Climate & Energy Committee meetings
Third Thursday of every month
5:30-7:30pm at the Environmental Center
55A Ridgeway Avenue
Santa Rosa
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| NEWS AND EVENTS |
| The Sonoma Group of the Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club fully supports the City of Santa Rosa's application for the U.S. Department of Energy "Solar America Cities" 2008 Grant.
As one of the organizations in Sonoma County participating in a countywide initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) 25% below 1990 levels by 2015, we see solar installations as an important means to our goal. The Sonoma Group of the Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club intends to support the City of Santa Rosa as a member of Solar Sonoma County in the exploration of potential options and possibilities for a City and Countywide solar implementation plan through the Solar America Initiative grant. Read more.
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From the Organizers of Step It Up:
The organizers of Step It Up have created a coalition of organizations working to take climate action. They call it 1Sky. Here is a statement from their website:
"1Sky is dedicated to aggregating a massive nationwide movement by communicating a positive vision and a coherent set of national policies that rise to the scale of the climate challenge we are confronting. It has been borne from the collective urgency and determination of leaders throughout the country. Our movement has many strengths, audiences and organizing strategies - 1Sky is aggregating and magnifying our power."
For more information go to: www.1sky.org.
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Cool Cities
Go to the Sierra Club Cool Cities website to find to see how cities and counties around the country, including Santa Rosa, are taking climate action. There are now 771 cities and counties signed up! And, find resources such as the Green Playbook promoting Green Buildings and Green Neighborhoods.
Cool Cities
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Al Gore's movie: An Inconvenient Truth is now out on DVD. Buy your own copy, show it to friends and lend it around.
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Sonoma County
General Plan 2020 |
| Sonoma County has signed an ambitious Cool Communities pledge to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2015, but a program to meet this goal is not even mentioned
in the ongoing General Plan Update. It's not too late to put such a program in the General
Plan - the Board of Supervisors needs to hear from residents how important this is to us.
What is the General Plan?
Contact your Supervisor
Climate & Energy Committee letters to the county Planning Commission and Supervisors
Energy letter 7/25/2006
Draft Energy Element
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| LOCAL ACTION! |
| There's a lot going on in Sonoma County. Get informed and get involved!
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