Energy and Climate Change Archives : Bay Area Council

Council Leads Strategic Delegation to Chart Clean Energy Future for AI Revolution

Jun 25 2025

The Bay Area Council is planning an upcoming Business Delegation to Chicago, taking place September 25–30th, 2025. This high-level delegation wil...

Council Joins Wildfire Solutions Coalition, Stays on Top of Delta Water Plan

Jun 25 2025

California’s wildfire and forestry management workforce needs to double from its current 65k workers if the state is going to properly scale up w...

Climate Task Force Explores Emissions Reduction Strategies at State-of-the-Art Bayer Facility

Jun 18 2025

On June 11, the Bay Area Council’s Climate Change Mitigation Task Force convened at Bayer’s new Cell Therapy Launch and Manufacturing Facility ...

Report Highlights Urgency in Fixing California’s Broken Permitting System

Mar 5 2025

The Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), yesterday (March 5) released its report deta...

Bay Area Council Tour Showcases Groundbreaking Carbon Capture Innovation

Feb 26 2025

Last week, Bay Area Council members had the exclusive opportunity to tour Calpine’s Project Enterprise at the Los Medanos Energy Center in the Ea...

Working to Realize Carbon-Free Future for Regional Ferry Service

Mar 13 2024

In addition to providing fast, convenient service that connects the region, activates our waterfront and strengthens our economic competitiveness, ...

California Celebrates Selection as National Hydrogen Hub

Oct 13 2023

In a transformative move for renewable energy, California has been chosen as a National Hydrogen Hub, procuring a monumental $1.2 billion...

Meeting Climate Goals with Carbon Capture

Oct 6 2023

On Monday (Oct. 2) the Bay Area Council Energy Committee, co-chaired by Carla Peterman, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for PG&E,...

Bay Area Council Goes Nuclear

Sep 22 2023

With California chasing ambitious climate goals and demand for clean energy skyrocketing, the importance of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, ...

Commentary: Time for San Francisco to Pull Plug on Electric Infrastructure Takeover

Sep 8 2023

This commentary by Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman appeared today in the San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the Board ...

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