North Bay Business Journal

  • Napa County to address concerns in the climate plan

    June 20th, 2011

    NAPA COUNTY — As a county government plan takes shape to streamline evaluation of development projects in unincorporated areas under state environmental protection law, the draft document has come under fire from both sides for lack of clarity and supporting data.

  • Eight North Bay small businesses recognized as ‘climate-smart’

    May 5th, 2011

    Eight North Bay companies were among 23 small businesses the California Air Resources Board recognized Tuesday at its second CoolCalifornia.org Small Business Award ceremony for “climate-smart actions.”

  • Wine: Ground-breaking Fetzer study measures carbon

    November 15th, 2010

    A new study of carbon sequestration on 1,322 acres of Fetzer Vineyards vineyard and wild land in Mendocino County could make the chemical element a huge resource for the wine industry under California’s evolving greenhouse-gas emissions accounting system.

  • SSU offering course series on ‘Sustainable Development,’ climate

    September 20th, 2010

    ROHNERT PARK – Sonoma State University is launching a Sustainable Development and Climate Change Certificate Program in October through the School of Extended Education.

  • Air district guidelines cloud issue

    August 2nd, 2010

    NORTH BAY — New guidelines by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on greenhouse gas emissions relating to construction projects have the potential to set forth clearer standards, but concerns have been raised that some provisions could increase the time and cost for the already-complex process of environmental impact reviews.

  • Commentary: Thinking green for jobs and the environment

    December 14th, 2009

    President Barack Obama’s announcement of the United States’ first firm target for reducing carbon emissions represented a critical step toward a more sustainable future.

  • Copenhagen Consensus: Big emissions schemes won’t help world’s poor

    November 30th, 2009

    Brad BollingerAs the world’s leaders — including seven from Sonoma County — prepare to descend on Copenhagen for a climate change summit next month, they should keep in mind that spending trillions on emissions-reducing schemes is likely to be very bad for the planet’s poorest and most vulnerable people. … It’s hard to believe any city today at a time of 10 percent unemployment would put roadblocks in the path of a project that would create more than 700 jobs and generate desperately needed municipal tax revenue. Petaluma has seemed poised to do just that with a new retail center proposed for the abandoned Kenilworth site. But as of Tuesday, one of the opposition’s central cries — that the center would be made up of national chain big boxes – was demolished.

  • Climate plan tweaked to be compatible with new CEQA rules

    November 23rd, 2009

    NAPA COUNTY – The release of a draft roadmap for meeting climate-protection goals for Napa County has been delayed until December so that the plan can be adjusted to fit changes coming early next year in state law on environmental-impact project analysis. Over the past several months, the draft countywide climate action plan has taken [...]

  • Marin foundation to fund $10 million in climate change projects

    October 28th, 2009

    MARIN COUNTY — The Marin Community Foundation will fund $10 million worth in climate change-related projects during the next five years, according to an announcement today.

  • Reaching climate goals largely about cars

    October 5th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Working under state, regional and local deadlines to reverse human-caused climate change, leaders in the battle from Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties are readying weapons against warming.

  • New law to require energy rating on commercial buildings

    September 7th, 2009

    Investigating energy use is part of the due-diligence process of many commercial property transactions now, but starting next year a formal report with that information will be required as part of the sale, lease or financing of nonresidential buildings under a new state benchmarking law.

  • Construction: Prospect of energy retrofits raises stir

    July 30th, 2009

    A group calling itself the Santa Rosa Neighborhood Association created a furor in the West End portion of the city early this summer by circulating fliers claiming “the city of Santa Rosa is in the process of imposing green building requirements on all existing buildings that will impact your home and business.”

  • Sonoma County seeks regional climate-change effort

    July 13th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – Former Sebastopol City Manager David Brennan has assumed a new role as the regional climate protection coordinator with the Sonoma County Transportation Authority.

  • County governments coordinate climate-change solutions

    May 4th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – Former Sebastopol City Manager Dave Brennan has come out of retirement to help coordinate efforts by Sonoma County governments to meet looming deadlines for reducing greenhouse gases.

  • Green Business: Businesses join PG&E’s ‘climate-neutral’ program

    February 2nd, 2009

    M.A. Silva Corks USA joined a number of North Bay businesses that are opting to pay extra on their utility bills to “zero out” the greenhouse-gas emissions attributed to their operations. The Santa Rosa-based wine closure importer is participating in Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s ClimateSmart program.

  • County hopes for 1,000 electric cars

    February 2nd, 2009

    SONOMA COUNTY – An ambitious plan to bring 1,000 electric-powered vehicles to the county starting next year could get rolling as early as this summer if the many moving components mesh.

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