Energy and Climate Change Archives : Bay Area Council

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 ...

Commentary: California Businesses Are Ready to Help California Lead on Climate Goals

Sep 8 2023

Joydeep Ganguly, Senior Vice President for Global Operations at Gilead Sciences and Co-Chair of the Bay Area Council’s Climate Change Mitigation ...

Council Applauds New California-Australia Climate Partnership

Aug 18 2023

Just a few weeks after his top environmental secretary helped lead the Bay Area Council’s business delegation trip to Australia, where we focused...

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

Aug 4 2023

The Bay Area Council Foundation this week (Aug. 1) launched the official request for proposals for the California Resilience Challenge 2023 Grant P...

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