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A Breath of Fresh Air: New Regulation Leads the Way to Cleaner, Healthier Communities

Dec 62 min read

A Breath of Fresh Air: New Regulation Leads the Way to Cleaner, Healthier Communities

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District passes new rule amendment to protect people and the planet over gas industry pockets.

Encinitas Leads the Charge to a Cleaner, More Resilient Future

Serena Pelka

Jun 252 min read

Encinitas Leads the Charge to a Cleaner, More Resilient Future

Encinitas leads the charge by adopting an all-electric ordinance to incentivize the removal of dangerous gas from homes and buildings.

The Time And Place For Electrification? Here And Now.

Serena Pelka

Jan 13, 20235 min read

The Time And Place For Electrification? Here And Now.

This is the fourth and final blog in the “Surging Forward” series. Check out previous blogs here. With the high living costs in San Diego...

UC Irvine and SoCalGas Plan To Use Freshman As Guinea Pigs in Dangerous Dorm Experiment

Ayn Craciun

Dec 5, 20224 min read

UC Irvine and SoCalGas Plan To Use Freshman As Guinea Pigs in Dangerous Dorm Experiment

High school seniors all over the country just finalized their college applications, hoping to gain admission to a University of...

Envisioning Our Efficient, Electrified Future

Serena Pelka

Oct 18, 20225 min read

Envisioning Our Efficient, Electrified Future

Let's explore the highly efficient technology used in today’s electric appliances and debunk some common myths about hydrogen.

The Clock Is Ticking: Why Our Fight To Electrify Is Urgent

Serena Pelka

Sep 20, 20224 min read

The Clock Is Ticking: Why Our Fight To Electrify Is Urgent

Electrifying is urgent because it will help us kick dirty methane gas out of our lives, eliminating its threats to our health and climate.

Serena Pelka

Sep 9, 20224 min read

What is building electrification?

In simple terms, electrification is converting our buildings to use electric appliances rather than ones that run on natural gas or other...

Returning To Our Roots: The City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan Update

Ariana Criste

Jun 7, 20224 min read

Returning To Our Roots: The City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan Update

In 2015, Climate Action Campaign was founded to push the City of San Diego’s landmark Climate Action Plan (CAP) across the finish line...

OC’s Best Kept Secret: Two Massive, 50-Year-Old All-Electric Communities

Ayn Craciun

Jun 6, 20223 min read

OC’s Best Kept Secret: Two Massive, 50-Year-Old All-Electric Communities

For anyone wondering whether it’s possible to run a city without dirty, dangerous methane gas, the answer has been hiding in plain sight...

Reflecting On Our 5th Edition CAP Report Card: Here's How Our Region Can Do Better on Climate

Madison Coleman

May 26, 20223 min read

Reflecting On Our 5th Edition CAP Report Card: Here's How Our Region Can Do Better on Climate

We were excited to share our 5th Edition Climate Action Plan Report Card last month and we hope that everyone has enjoyed reading it thus...

Matthew Vasilakis

May 3, 20222 min read

SDG&E Is Trying To Greenwash Our Future

Last month, SDG&E released a report outlining its fossil-fueled vision for a “net-zero” future. Unsurprisingly, the report is full of...

The Future Of The OC Climate Coalition And Climate Action In OC

Alexis Hernandez

Apr 25, 20223 min read

The Future Of The OC Climate Coalition And Climate Action In OC

2021 was a year of unprecedented climate impacts and inspiring climate action. This has set the stage for 2022 to be an even bigger year...

Regional Collaboration Is The Path To Sustainability

Brenda Garcia-Millan

Apr 25, 20222 min read

Regional Collaboration Is The Path To Sustainability

Across the United States, cities, towns, and rural communities are increasingly realizing that achieving their economic, social, and...

Our 5th Edition Climate Action Plan Report Card Is Coming: Facts & FAQs

Ariana Criste

Apr 5, 20221 min read

Our 5th Edition Climate Action Plan Report Card Is Coming: Facts & FAQs

Our 5th Edition Climate Action Plan Report Card is almost here! While we work behind the scenes to wrap it up, we want to share answers...

How Much Is It Going To Cost To Stop Climate Change In San Diego?

Matthew Vasilakis

Mar 29, 20222 min read

How Much Is It Going To Cost To Stop Climate Change In San Diego?

Last year, the City of San Diego released a draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update, committing the city to reach zero carbon by 2035. CAC...

#ElectrifyOC: A New Opportunity to Clean Air, Improve Health, and Slash Emissions

Ayn Craciun

Mar 4, 20224 min read

#ElectrifyOC: A New Opportunity to Clean Air, Improve Health, and Slash Emissions

For the last five years, we have fought together to bring Community Choice Energy to Orange County. After countless community...

Stop Sprawl, Build Cities: Learn More About Our Community Plan Update Campaigns!

Madison Coleman

Jul 27, 20212 min read

Stop Sprawl, Build Cities: Learn More About Our Community Plan Update Campaigns!

Simply put, there is no way to solve the climate crisis without solving the housing crisis. Environmentalists cannot support anti-sprawl...

Opinion: Our region is not taking action at a pace or scale necessary for our climate emergency

Nicole Capretz

Apr 27, 20213 min read

Opinion: Our region is not taking action at a pace or scale necessary for our climate emergency

If there is one thing we know about the climate emergency, it’s that we are not taking action at the pace and scale necessary to prevent...

San Diego CAP Audit Is A Wakeup Call - We Have No Time To Waste!

Maleeka Marsden

Mar 18, 20212 min read

San Diego CAP Audit Is A Wakeup Call - We Have No Time To Waste!

The City of San Diego just released an audit of its performance on implementing its Climate Action Plan (CAP). We read through all 60+...

What We Heard From The Community About The Franchise Agreements

Matthew Vasilakis

Feb 26, 20212 min read

What We Heard From The Community About The Franchise Agreements

Over the last month, the City of San Diego hosted a series of community forums collecting feedback from residents on what they want in...

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