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The Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay is working to build support for clean energy development in our region. We invite you to join us.

Local Clean Energy Now! A Plan for the East Bay

May 22, 2008, 7-9p

At the Ecology Center in Berkeley
2530 San Pablo Avenue (near Dwight Way)
Tel: 510-548-2220 x233

Co-sponsored by Bay Localize, Ecology Center, KyotoUSA, Nomad Café,
Pacific Environment, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, and the
Urban Alliance for Sustainability.

Speakers include Berkeley city councillor Kriss Worthingon.

For more information, visit http://www.localcleanenergy.org/events/greenprint-release

Energy Efficency Talk and Local Clean Energy Alliance Meeting

It has been said that the cheapest kilowatt is the one we don't have to
generate. Energy efficiency is widely accepted to be cheaper than coal.
Yet it is not utilized to anywhere near its potential. The Local Clean
Energy Alliance hopes to change that in the East Bay.

start date: 
05/07/2008 - 18:00
enddate: 
05/07/2008 - 20:00

Charles McGlashan and David Orth speak on Marin's Community Choice Energy Plan

Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan and David Orth General Manager of San Joaquin Valley Power Authority speak with KPFA about Community Choice on April 22, 2008


Listen Now!

Local communities reach for power over energy

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/16/MN1K105A81.DTL

Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Marin County residents want more solar and wind power. San Francisco officials think they might be able to strike better energy deals. Some cities in the San Joaquin Valley want to build their own power plants.

Our Greenprint for a New Clean Energy Infrastructure in the East Bay

Co-sponsored by Bay Localize, Ecology Center, KyotoUSA, Nomad Café, Pacific Environment, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, and the Urban Alliance for Sustainability.

Speakers include Berkeley city councillor Kriss Worthingon, Kirsten Schwind, Dave Room, Misha Rashkin, and Rory Cox.

start date: 
05/22/2008 - 19:00
enddate: 
05/22/2008 - 21:00

Marin Clean Energy Press Conference April 16th 11am


WHAT: MARIN CLEAN ENERGY TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE BUSINESS PLAN, LAUNCH PUBLIC EDUCATION PHASE
WHERE: Marin Municipal Water District Headquarters Corporation Yard, 220 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925
NOTE: proceed to the back of the parking lot.
WHEN: 11:00am, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
WHO: Charles McGlashan, President of the Marin County Board of Supervisors
Hal Brown, Vice President, Marin County Board of Supervisors
Larry Russell, President, Marin Municipal Water District
Roy Phillips, President, Marin Solar

Brown-out on PG&E

By Amanda Witherell

California State Attorney General Jerry Brown's office is investigating Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s meddling with Community Choice Aggregation, according to several sources who spoke with the Guardian. "I was contacted by their office," said John Rizzo, who works with the Bay chapter of the Sierra Club. Rizzo was told by a deputy attorney general that the PG&E investigation was ongoing. "We had some materials we sent to them and they had material they showed us."

Larry Fahn: Marin needs to step up on energy/climate change

http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_8667447

03/23/2008. IT IS LONG past time that we started taking bold steps and making serious progress in preventing global warming from imperiling the planet. Not only must we start the transition to a fossil-free energy future, but we can create jobs, bolster the economy and improve society in the process.

Stockton could reap millions in takeover: PG&E vows to keep grip on lucrative power market

By David Siders
Record Staff Writer
March 09, 2008 6:00 AM

STOCKTON - It could cost the city $368 million to oust Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and take over Stockton's electricity market - an industry so lucrative the city could recover that cost and save $8 million more annually, according to a city consultant's preliminary report.

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