Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)… Problems
Pauline Seales, SCCAN Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) sounds like a great idea to help reduce Climate Change. It may well be necessary, in the future, for some difficult to decarbonize industries such as cement and steel.However, there are a number of...
The Push for Permitting Reform
Lynda Marin, CCL When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, it provided $391 billion nationwide to support clean energy and address climate change, including $8.8 billion designated for the Home Efficiency Rebates (HOMES) Program and Home Electrification and...
San Lorenzo Park Redesign
Susan Cavallari, SCCAN The Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Department has been working with the landscape architecture firm, Bionic Landscape, on a redesign plan for San Lorenzo Park. This Park includes the lower flood plain area now called the Riverlands, and...
KEEP THE LAW: Stand up for community health and against toxic oil drilling
Kathy Dervin Did you know that California is one of the only oil producing states that doesn’t require a safety buffer zone between where oil and gas drilling happens and where people live, play, and go to school? In certain areas that drilling goes on right next to...
Home Electrification: A Beginners Guide
Fighting Climate Change One House at a TIme: A Beginners Guide Magi Amma, TCA In order to meet California’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, we must push to electrify everything. Choosing electrification allows us to ensure...