We have the power
The Bay Area can lead the nation towards a clean energy future.

Three years is too long to wait for solar bonds!
San Francisco has dramatic opportunity to lead the nation.

Community Choice - California's wire to energy independence
Under California's 2002 Community Choice law, local governments can purchase electricity for power users in their communities.

Marin County aims for cheaper, cleaner energy
Marin County has taken first steps towards cheaper, cleaner energy through Community Choice Aggregation.

Enron is gone, but home-grown foxes still game the energy system
Cities have one last hope for effective energy-efficiency programs.

The "Standard Offer" system for energy efficiency
Women's Energy Matters has worked with the finest energy-efficiency experts in the U.S. to design an energy-efficiency system well-suited for Community Choice Aggregators.

Act locally, inspire nationally - the German example
Germany's renewable-energy law did not originate with federal leadership; it cascaded from the efforts of a few activists in the municipality of Aachen.

Bay Area can set example on use of solar power
Massive expansion would affect the Sunol Wilderness

Slowing global warming - the local way
In 1987 Toronto, Canada, set a 10-year goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% - and it has greatly exceeded even that goal.

Biodiesel in the Bay Area
And what is biodiesal anyway?

Will San Francisco get rid of power plant pollution?
In Southeast San Francisco, two large natural-gas-fired power plants have been polluting the air and damaging the health of nearby residents for more than 50 years.

California Solar Project
If you've ever considered installing a solar power system to your home or building, now is the time to act.

Bird deaths continue at the Altamont Pass while Alameda County delays action
Bird kills by wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area have stained an otherwise environmentally desirable industry for nearly two decades.

County, state approve power plants outside Growth Boundary
Environmentalists have failed to block approval of two power plants in Eastern Alameda County outside the county's Urban Growth Boundary.