“Clean Power, Healthy Communities": A Regional Conference hosted by the Local Clean Energy Alliance

Register Now for the 2011 Clean Power Healthy Communities Conference

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"Clean Power, Healthy Communities" 2010 sold to capacity, and featured advocates for clean energy and green collar jobs, clean energy entrepreneurs, and public officials for two days of information sharing and strategy discussions on the following topics:

* Climate Action Plans
* Power Plants & Public Health
* Green Collar Job Creation
* Community Choice Energy
* Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Financing
* The Potential of Locally Generated Renewable Energy

Despite groundbreaking California legislation to address global warming, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise in the state and in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a result, grassroots community activists throughout the Bay Area are advocating for local solutions to rising greenhouse gas emissions, with a focus on healthier sustainable communities and green jobs development.

The Bay Area is particularly well positioned for a transition to a local clean energy economy, perhaps more so than any other region in this country. This conference is meant to foster an interchange among grassroots initiatives throughout the Bay Area, with an eye toward more regional coordination of efforts.

Registration fee is $45, which covers breakfast, lunch, and other conference costs. Registration deadline is February 5, or whenever we reach capacity. (Space is limited, so register early to guarantee a spot!)

Register at this link: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/608/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=56980

The Local Clean Energy Alliance is a growing coalition of local nonprofits, businesses, and community leaders working for a clean energy future in the East Bay. The Alliance was founded by Bay Localize, Pacific Environment and the Sierra Club. We believe the Bay Area is particularly well positioned for a transition to a local clean energy economy, perhaps more so than any other region in this country. At this conference, we will discuss the benefits and potential of expanding the Local Clean Energy Alliance to be Bay Area wide.

Confirmed Speakers: 

• Bill Gallegos, Communities for a Better Environment
• Charles McGlashan, marin county Supervisor
• Bill Powers, P.E., Powers Consulting
• Mark Toney, The Utility Reform Network
• Emily Kirsch, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
• Tara Marchant, Greenlining Institute
• Ian Kim, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
• Randy Hayes, World Future Council
• Debra Chaplan, California State Building and Construction Trades Council
• Ezra Rapport, Association of Bay Area Governments
• Damien Gossett, Alameda County
• Calla Ostrander, City of San Francisco Department of Environment
• Timothy Burroughs, City of Berkeley
• Art Shanks, Cypress Mandela Training Center/Oakland Green Jobs Corps
• Shana Lazerow, Communities for a Better Environment
• Mark Jacobson, PhD, Stanford University
• Bruce Riordan, Climate Bay Area
• Torm Nompraseurt, Asia Pacific Environmental Network
• Kirsten Schwind, Bay Localize
• John O’Connor, Operations Manager, Sun Light & Power
• Joshua Arce, Brightline Defense Project
• Rory Cox, Pacific Environment
• Rosa Gonzalez, HeadRush
• Adam Browning, Vote Solar
• Renata Brillinger, Climate Protection Campaign
• Paul Fenn, Local Power
• Michele McGeoy, Solar Richmond
• Rob Simpson, Citizens Against Pollution
• Dave Room (emcee), Local Clean Energy Alliance