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Green Festivals a Place for Everything Green

Mar 14

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“SAN FRANCISCO – The largest sustainability event in the world celebrates 10 years this year. The founders of Green Festival expect approximately 30,000 to 40,000 attendees at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center April 9 – 10. This one-of-a-kind weekend experience offers the opportunity for community members to meet their favorite authors, actors and community leaders as well as shop more than 300 eco-friendly exhibitors.

All this while being able to participate in educational workshops; enjoy live music, sample local vegetarian cuisine; organic chocolates, wine and beer.

There are ten stages and pavilions feature more than 125 inspirational and educational speakers including: Amy Goodman, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, John Perkins, Dr. Sharif Abdullah, Zoe Weil, Favianna Rodriguez and Mark Hertsgaard, to name a few.”

Green Festivals a Place for Everything Green via Chris McGrath – Thrifty and Green

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California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle

Feb 7

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“SAN FRANCISCO — California’s landmark law on curbing greenhouse gases, which is well on its way to taking effect, has hit a legal snag in the form of a tentative judicial ruling that state environmental regulators failed to follow legally required procedures.

Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith of San Francisco Superior Court issued a tentative opinion — a rarely used procedure that gives the prospective loser in the case a chance to make new arguments or take new actions before a final decision — saying that the rules creating a cap-and-trade system were adopted without proper analysis of alternatives.”

California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle via Felicity Barringer – New York Times Environment

Tags: air quality, california, CO2 emmissions, environment, global warming, Green, Green Festival, greenhouse gases, pollution, San Francisco, SF

Youth Speaks turns 15

Jan 24

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“Channeling the ancient cry of the griot, student poets of Youth Speaks eloquently burst into oratory Thursday to kick off this youth arts organization’s 15th anniversary.”

Youth Speaks turns 15 via Catherine Bigelow – SF Chronicle

Tags: anniversary, education, Green, Green Festival, LA, literacy, Los Angeles, poetry, San Francisco, SF, youth, youth speaks

Environmental fund helps make fisheries sustainable

Jan 21

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“The Environmental Defense Fund is expanding its fisheries lending program by partnering with banks, starting with San Francisco’s New Resource Bank .

The California Fisheries Fund, EDF’s fisheries loan program, formed in 2008, targets fisheries that need money to shift to more sustainable fishing practices.”

Environmental fund helps make fisheries sustainable via Lidsay Ridell – San Francisco Business Times

Tags: california, California Fisheries Fund, EDF, environment, Environmental Defense Fund, fisheries, loans, New Resource Bank, San Francisco, SF, sustainable, wildplanet

Ward’s Names 10 Best Engines Winners

Jan 13

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“The auto industry is embracing the age of electrification, and so too is the Ward’s 10 Best Engines list.

Both the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle and Chevrolet Volt extended-range EV earn their way onto the 2011 list, as selected by Ward’s editors after evaluating 38 vehicles with new or significantly improved engines for the ’11 model year.”

Ward’s Names 10 Best Engines Winners via Tom Murphy at Ward’s Auto

Tags: auto, clean energy, Electric Vehicle, EV, Green, green auto, Green Festival, green transportation, Leaf, Nissan, Nissan Leaf, San Francisco, SF

Clif Bar keeps it green and local in Emeryville

Jan 10

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“Clif Bar & Co. has turned its ideals into bricks and mortar – and solar panels, atrium gardens, a child care center, yoga studio and gym – at its new Emeryville headquarters.

From the organic, locavore cafeteria to the repurposed bikes, kayaks and surfboards hung as artwork to the numerous environmental features that the company hopes will win it LEED Platinum certification, the building embodies Clif Bar’s outdoorsy, do-good, green aesthetic.”

Clif Bar keeps it green and local in Emeryville via Carolyn Said at SF Chronicle

Tags: bike, Clif, Clif Bar, Emeryville, Green, Green Festival, San Francisco, SF, solar

CES 2011: Ford Focus Electric ready to steal the EV spotlight

Jan 7

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“The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf may have stolen the show for electric vehicles in 2010, but Ford is hoping to make big waves in 2011 with its first EV passenger car, the Focus Electric. The zero-emissions Focus hatchback makes its official debut at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and Ford says the car will officially launch at the end of 2011 here in North America, with European customers expected to take delivery sometime before 2013.”

CES 2011: Ford Focus Electric ready to steal the EV spotlight via Stephen J. Ewing at AutoBlogGreen

Tags: auto, automobile, CES 2011, Chicago, Consumer Electronics Show, electric, EV, Ford, Ford Focus, Green, Green Festival, green transportation, LA, NY, Seattle, SF

Mayor Newsom And California Independent System Operator Announce Effective End To Potrero Power Plant Operations By December 31

Dec 22

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San Francisco - December 21, 2010 Mayor Gavin Newsom and the California Independent System Operator (California ISO), the nonprofit state organization that oversees the reliability of California’s electric grid, today announced that the GenOn Energy/Mirant-owned Potrero Power Plant in San Francisco will effectively cease operations by December 31. With the Trans Bay Cable successfully placed into commercial operation and the final segment of the San Francisco Recabling Project (Martin-Bayshore-Potrero) completed by PG&E, California ISO will release the Potrero Power Plant from its reliability must-run (RMR) contract obligation, allowing the plant to close entirely.

“Today is a historic day for so many who have worked for years to close this power plant,” said Mayor Newsom. “This is a monumental step towards cleaner air, environmental justice and our future of renewable energy and healthier communities. I want to express my sincere thanks to California ISO President & CEO Yakout Mansour for working closely with San Francisco to find a way to shutter the City’s last fossil fuel power plant while protecting the reliability of our electric grid. It has been a long and sometimes difficult road, but at last, we come together to celebrate this victory for the people of the Southeast sector and our entire City.”

“The California ISO’s job was to keep the lights on while the local infrastructure was developed to support removal of the Potrero Power Plant from the power grid,” said Yakout Mansour, California ISO President & CEO. “We thank Mayor Newsom for striking the right balance between the wishes of the community and the security of the electric supply to San Francisco.”

In a letter today, California ISO provided the RMR termination notice to GenOn Energy/Mirant effective January 1, 2011, which would technically terminate the RMR agreement by February 28, 2011. However, the California ISO will not plan to dispatch the Potrero power plant at all during this two month termination period, except in an extreme emergency, effectively ceasing operations after December 31, 2010.

“We are happy to be partners with the City and County of San Francisco,” said John Chillemi, President of GenOn West, formerly Mirant. “It has been a bit of a roller coaster to get here, but today we’re celebrating what was anticipated in our agreement with the City.”

“It’s a win-win for the residents of Potrero and Dogpatch neighborhoods and our entire City,” said Supervisor Sophie Maxwell. “The closure of the last fossil fuel plant in San Francisco furthers our clean energy goals and ensures a healthier environment for our City’s future.”

Full Press Release available at City and County of SF Office of the Mayor online.

Tags: alternative energy, California ISO, clean energy, electricity, Energy, environment, fossil fuels, Gavin Newsom, Potrero Power Plant, San Francisco, SF, SF Recabling Project, Trans Bay Cable