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State Panel Recommends Dividends to Help Consumers
The Climate Protection Campaign has almost single-handedly conducted outreach and education on Cap and Dividend in California since 2007. We educate policy makers, stakeholders and the public with the aim of having Cap and Dividend be the top market-based solution for the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB32. Our recent work in Sacramento has been explaining the power and benefits of dividends to the Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee (EAAC) and California Air Resource Board officials. The EAAC has just released their final report. More on this story
A comprehensive, countywide retrofit/renewable program will launch in the spring to help reduce emissions in the building sector. About 40 percent of Sonoma County's greenhouse gases are associated with the electricity, natural gas, and water used in buildings.
Funding for the new program is provided by the County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa, and a coalition of local governments. Each contributed a portion of its federal economic stimulus to transform the local market, deliver efficiency/renewable services, and create local jobs. For more on this story
Endorsements for Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan
Forty-two organizations representing approximately 26,000 Sonoma County residents, including the North Bay Association of Realtors, have added their support to Sonoma County’s Community Climate Action Plan. In its letter of support, the Sonoma County Alliance wrote, "We urge our members and all businesses to review and support the plan and to take a leadership role in supporting energy reduction, conservation, and transportation efficiency in Sonoma County. We also urge all nine Sonoma County cities and county government to take a coordinated approach to implementation of these aggressive goals."
Community Climate Action Plan Release photo by Ray Baltar
The Action Plan is the "Blueprint for the Future," a package of solutions that will enable Sonoma County to achieve its greenhouse gas emission goal. The Plan was developed by 15 technical consultants, 50 community representatives, many ad hoc advisors, and staff from the Climate Protection Campaign. This Plan is considered by many to be among the most comprehensive of any local climate action plan. It is available for downloading at
www.coolplan.org.
Sonoma County Status Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Released
At the fifth annual Climate Protection Everybody Profits conference Ann Hancock, Director of the Climate Protection Campaign, delivered the annual status report of the County’s overall GHG emission performance as well as of emission trends for cities. Emissions in the County continue to rise. The data clearly demonstrate the need to implement solutions at speed and scale, like those offered in the Action Plan (www.coolplan.org), to meet our target and inspire other communities. Read the eight page report by linking here.
David Roland-Holst, a Professor of Economics at University of California at Berkeley and Hunter Lovins, the President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, also spoke at the conference and gave excellent presentations on making the economic case for climate protection. Their slides can be viewed at www.everybodyprofitssonoma.com.
Ann Hancock, Campaign Director, was selected as a "leader for a sustainable future" by the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy. She along with other selected leaders was honored at the Sustainability Awards Dinner on November 7, 2009.
In addition to Ann, Mark Inman (Economy) and Evelina Molina (Trailblazer) were honored. Petaluma Bounty received the Organization award. The Project award was shared by Sonoma Mountain Village and the Accountable Development Coalition for the Sonoma Mountain Village Community Benefits Agreement.
Hunter Lovins, President of the Natural Capitalism Solutions www.natcapsolutions.org, has joined the Campaign as an advisor. Hunter is co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, which she served for 20 years as CEO and also was co-founder of California Conservation Project. She has lectured and consulted for industries and governments worldwide, and has also worked with community groups, local economic development agencies and municipal governments. She is currently a professor of business at Presidio World College http://www.presidiomba.org/mba_overview/. She is a past recipient the Right Livelihood Award in addition to many other awards and honors and was named Time Magazine Hero of the Planet in 2000.
Hunter's areas of expertise include Natural Capitalism, sustainable development, eco-tourism, globalization, water, energy and resource policy, economic development, climate change, security policy, land management, fire rescue and emergency medicine. She has co-authored nine books, including Natural Capitalism, and hundreds of papers, including briefings for Presidents Clinton and Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet" - was this year's theme for National Women's History Project. Ann Hancock was among 100 women worldwide who were honored this year. Ann is pictured with Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and Molly Murphy MacGregor. For more information:www.nwhp.org
The Climate Protection Campaign has been honored with the 2008 Flex Your Power Community Outreach Award in recognition of the agency's Climate and Energy Expo held in August 2008 at Santa Rosa's Downtown Market. For the second year in a row, the Climate Protection Campaign has been honored for this event. Thanks to all who participated in this event and contributed to its success including Flex Your Power, Friedman's Home Improvement, North Bay Corporation, Clover-Stornetta Farms, Post Carbon Institute, the City of Santa Rosa, and the Santa Rosa Downtown Market, as well as media support from Radio Lazer, RIVER 97.7 and KSRO 3150.
The climate protection achievements of Sonoma County have been captured in Cities Go Green, a national magazine. There is also an article on our partners at Sonoma Mountain Village. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/verde/citiesgogreen_200902/
The Climate Scoreboard uses the C-ROADS simulation to calculate the long-term climate impacts of proposals under consideration in the negotiations to produce a global climate treaty.
To go to the Climate Scoreboard website click here.
"Energy Independence and Climate Protection: A Business Perspective" is a nine-minute video produced by the Climate Protection Campaign. Featuring six national business experts, the video describes the economic benefits of taking action now. See it here.
"If all of us were renting the Earth, we'd have lost our deposit. At Toyota, we're trying to help restore the planet to the way it was before everyone moved in."
The Climate Protection Campaign has almost single-handedly conducted outreach and education on Cap and Dividend in California since 2007. We educate policy makers, stakeholders and the public with the aim of having Cap and Dividend be the top market-based solution for the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB32. Our recent work in Sacramento has been explaining the power and benefits of dividends to the Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee (EAAC) and California Air Resource Board officials. The EAAC has just released their final report.
At the fifth annual Climate Protection Everybody Profits conference Ann Hancock, Director of the Climate Protection Campaign, delivered the annual status report of the County’s overall GHG emission performance as well as of emission trends for cities. Emissions in the County continue to rise. The data clearly demonstrate the need to implement solutions at speed and scale, like those offered in the Action Plan (
Ann Hancock, Campaign Director, was selected as a "leader for a sustainable future" by the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy. She along with other selected leaders was honored at the Sustainability Awards Dinner on November 7, 2009.
Hunter Lovins, President of the Natural Capitalism Solutions www.natcapsolutions.org, has joined the Campaign as an advisor. Hunter is co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, which she served for 20 years as CEO and also was co-founder of California Conservation Project. She has lectured and consulted for industries and governments worldwide, and has also worked with community groups, local economic development agencies and municipal governments. She is currently a professor of business at Presidio World College 
