California Public Utilities Commission Rejects Fracked Gas Pipeline in San Diego The pipeline would have cost customers $2 billion over 45 years at a time when clean energy is significantly reducing the need for gas in California. Today the California Public Utilities Commission released a proposed decision denying San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company’s planned $2 billion fracked gas pipeline.
Watts Clean Energy and Air Committee to Host Earth Day Celebration Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, the Watts Clean Energy and Air Committee will host their inaugural Earth Day Celebration at St. John’s United Methodist Church. The centerpiece of the event will be the groundbreaking of the MegaWatts Solar Project, a 6 kilowatt solar installation that is the first phase of a larger project to bring solar power to the community.
***Media Advisory: Watts Clean Energy and Air Committee to Host Earth Day Celebration*** LOS ANGELES, C.A. -- On Saturday, April 21, the Watts Clean Energy and Air Committee will host their inaugural Earth Day Celebration at St. John’s United Methodist Church. The centerpiece of the event will be the groundbreaking of the MegaWatts Solar Project, a 6 kilowatt solar installation that is the first phase of a larger project to bring solar power to the community.
Californians speak out against Trump Administration’s Clean Power Plan rollback Community leaders, public health experts, mothers, young activists, and clean energy and clean air advocates from California and across the country’s West Coast spoke out today in opposition to the attempt to repeal Clean Power Plan by the Trump Administration. Today, the EPA is holding a listening session on Trump and his EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan today in San Francisco --the second of just three scheduled listening sessions across the country.
LA City Council Takes Major Step Toward Electrifying Buildings LOS ANGELES, C.A. -- Today, the Los Angeles City Council voted to direct the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to establish building electrification targets in its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The targets should align with the city’s existing greenhouse gas reduction goals of 45% and 65% reductions by 2025 and 2035. The Council motion also takes steps to identify other strategies to reduce gas consumption in buildings and to study the costs and implications of zero emission buildings.
TODAY: Glendale City Council to Vote on Pausing Grayson Power Plant Expansion "Today, ahead of the Glendale City Council meeting, the Glendale Environmental coalition will call on the City Council to halt the Grayson Power Plant expansion and demand a study on clean energy alternatives to power the City of Glendale. As the state assembly revisits legislation to power all of California with 100% clean energy, this vote reinforces the momentum building for 100% renewable energy throughout the state."