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Prohibiting Natural Gas (methane) Infrastructure in New Buildings

Description: This adopted ordinance will prohibit installation of natural gas (methane) infrastructure in new buildings in the city of Berkeley, […]

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Regional air district adopts rule phasing out gas-fired heating appliances

Description: In March of 2023 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) adopted first-in-nation rules to phase out and […]

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Community Solar Projects

Description: Communities around the country are benefiting from access to community solar projects, a distributed solar energy deployment model that […]

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Creating Solar Microgrids for Clean Energy and Resilience

Description: Creating a local microgrid improved resilience, expanded local clean energy production, and reduced dependence on transmission lines and remote […]

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Fossil Fuel Divestment

Description: Students, retirees, faith-based organizations, and others are acting to stop or withdraw investment in the fossil fuel industry. Activists […]

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Restrict fossil fuel infrastructure development – industrial scale facilities

Description: Los Angeles, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, Washington; and other cities across America are passing ordinances that prevent […]

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E-bike vouchers to reduce VMT

Description: Denver residents are receiving instant rebates to buy e-bikes (battery powered bikes) following the city’s implementation of a new […]

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Use General Plans to Guide Renewables Development and Reduce Climate...

Description: City and county Comprehensive Plans, also known as General Plans or Master Plans, are long-range plans that guide decision-making; […]

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Zoning Changes Facilitate Development of Arizona’s Car-Free Community

Description: Cities around the country are reducing or eliminating requirements for off-street parking in new developments, saving developers and residents […]

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Multi-Building Geothermal Heat Pump Systems

Description: The implementation of networked geothermal, also referred to as community geothermal and geothermal districts, began in the United States […]

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Reduce heat island effect

Description: As the effects of climate change become apparent around the world, extreme temperatures are becoming an increasingly urgent concern. […]

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Promote lowest feasible carbon emissions

Description: Cities and communities around the country are reducing their climate disrupting emissions by cleaning up their electricity supply. In […]

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Prohibiting Natural Gas (methane) Infrastructure in New Buildings (update)

Description: Across the country, many cities and states are taking steps to address the harms of natural gas emissions within […]

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