OAKLAND – The Greenlining Institute released a new online tool designed to help Californians – individuals and families as well as community groups and local governments – access the many resources funded by cap-and-trade revenues through the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The UpLift Resource Finder is the latest update […]
Gov. Jerry Brown recently unveiled a $1.25 billion plan to spend the money raised from California’s cap and trade program. It would put millions of electric cars on the roads, clear tinder from the state’s flammable forests, and replace exhaust-belching motors with cleaner engines. But, according to critics, it wouldn’t […]
STOCKTON — We haven’t won the race. But we’ve got our running shoes on. City officials and advocacy groups earned a small state grant this week that may help position them for a much larger award as soon as 2019 — a chance for serious money that would at least […]
Let’s talk carbon policy and equity outcomes for low income Californians and communities of color. This November, the fourth quarterly carbon market auction of 2017 sold out of carbon allowances, with allowances going for the highest prices in the system’s history (though at $15/ton, still modest compared to the social cost of […]
Six months ago, Kailei Johnson was on the Internet when something caught her eye. It was an article about a new affordable housing development opening up near her in West Sacramento called West Gateway Place. The photos of the apartments were beautiful — it didn’t look like any other low-income […]
A few years ago, California started an ambitious program to charge polluters for the climate-changing greenhouse gases they put into our air, and then use that money to promote clean energy and energy savings while bringing the benefits of this growing clean energy economy to our most polluted and economically […]
SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Nearly 2,000 trees will be planted by 11 community groups from Sacramento to Riverside under new grants just announced. Calfire says the trees will help clean the air, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the planting effort will help educate residents in disadvantaged communities about the benefits […]
AC Transit has received an $8.5 million grant sponsored by the California Air Resources Board to participate in a program designed to decrease greenhouse gases and improve the quality of public health, while additional funds awarded from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will go toward acquiring 10 zero-emission […]
Several public meetings will be held around the state this week to discuss cap-and-trade investments in disadvantaged communities. The California Environmental Protection Agency and the Air Resources Board will host the public meetings starting tonight in Fresno. See below for times and dates, plus webinar details for those who can’t travel to […]
Work should begin within the next 60 days on GreenPower Motor Company’s electric bus manufacturing plant here and the company hopes to begin providing the City of Porterville electric transit buses within 12 months. On Thursday, the long-awaited announcement was made that the California Air Resources Board was awarding $9.5 […]
The day Brian Feeney walked into a Palm Springs dealership to buy a new Nissan Leaf, he was fulfilling the dream of state policy-makers to entice Californians to break off their love affair with gas-guzzling cars. But the amount of meticulous research that went into Feeney’s purchase was identical to […]
En los pasillos de la capital del estado en Sacramento se escuchan apellidos conocidos: Gómez, González, De León, y Rendón, líderes de la asamblea legislativa y nuevos líderes ambientales en una nueva era para California. Por primera vez en la historia de California, los líderes del Senado y de la […]
FRESNO – Residents in disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley could get help swapping polluting cars for cleaner ones under climate change legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week atop a downtown parking garage. One of the bills will direct $900 million in cap-and-trade funds to greenhouse gas-reducing programs, support […]
Fresno will be given $70 million as part of recent climate-change legislation, and the money can be used to create more affordable housing, high-speed rail construction and new parks, Mayor Ashley Swearengin said Friday. At a press conference at City Hall, Swearengin said that Gov. Jerry Brown determined that Fresno […]
The lead-up to the end of the California legislative session at midnight last night included a standard amount of grandstanding, tearful farewells, laughter, and exhaustion. Some bills passed and will now await the governor’s good graces, and some died on the legislature floor. Here’s a quick recap of a few […]
The Senate released a spending plan for the unallocated portion of cap-and-trade revenues today, in the form of Assembly Bill 1613. The plan, say Senate leaders and advocates, focuses on environmental equity while supporting projects that will reduce greenhouse gases. Cap-and-trade revenues, raised at auction from companies that pollute, are […]
Electric vehicles may produce fewer carbon emissions and be cheaper to operate in the long term because they don’t rely on gasoline, but they’re more expensive up front than conventional vehicles. Crucially, this has stalled their expansion into the low-income communities that could benefit from them the most. California-based nonprofit […]
Electric Vehicles for All: New Toolkit Shows How to Make It Happen Guide Shows Advocates, Government and Corporate Officials How to Bring EV Benefits to Underserved Communities Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – Widespread adoption of electric cars and trucks can help clean […]
Fully electric trucks to help clean air in low-income, disadvantaged communities in San Bernardino, Commerce and Fontana SAN BERNADINO – The State of California is awarding $9 million to the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) for 27 zero-emission trucks to replace diesel-powered heavy-duty tractors used in rail yards and large-scale […]
Cleaner air for port-adjacent, disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles, San Joaquin Valley, Oakland, San Diego and West Sacramento SACRAMENTO – The State of California is awarding $23.6 million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for a statewide zero-emission drayage truck development and demonstration project. The funds, from […]
