Energy and Climate Change Archives

Council Launches 2021 California Resilience Challenge Amidst Drought, Wildfire Emergencies

Jul 16 2021

The Bay Area Council Foundation on Monday, July 12 launched the official request for proposals for the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant P...

California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Request for Proposals for Climate Adaptation Projects

Jul 12 2021

The Bay Area Council Foundation today launched the official request for proposals for the California Resilience Challenge 2021 Grant Program, a sta...

Climate Priorities Poised for Big Wins in State Budget – But Fight’s Not Over

Jul 9 2021

The record budget Gov. Newsom signed last week includes nearly $8 billion for unspecified climate resilience, drought, and wildfire prevention prog...

Council Endorses Legislation for $6.7 Billion Climate Resilience Bond

Mar 5 2021

Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (San Mateo) joined the Bay Area Council’s Water and Climate Resilience Committee recently for a discussion on AB 1500...

Bay Area Council Helps California with Wildfire Resilience

Jan 29 2021

The Bay Area Council met recently with senior members of the Newsom Administration to discuss ways the private sector can help reduce the risk of c...

How We’re Preparing for More Wildfires and the Big One

Oct 23 2020

California’s hotter and drier climate, paired with a century of fire mismanagement, has created an explosive combination that has contributed to ...

CRC Spotlight: Resilient Groundwater in California’s Agricultural Heartland

Sep 25 2020

This is the last in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of...

Statement on Gov. Newsom’s order banning gas-powered vehicles

Sep 23 2020

The Bay Area Council, which was the first business organization to endorse California’s historic AB 32 Global Solutions Act and has worked ag...

CRC Spotlight Series: Strengthening Western Riverside County Energy Resilience

Sep 11 2020

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the ...

California Resilience Spotlight Series: Repairing the Gold Rush’s Tarnished Legacy

Aug 14 2020

This is one in a series of profiles of the 12 winners of the California Resilience Challenge, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative of the Bay A...

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