Energy and Climate Change

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. Headlines Bay Area Council U.S.-China Collaboration Symposium on Smart Cities

Some of the world’s leading companies and foremost experts in designing and building the “smart cities’ of the future will be gathering for t...

High Speed Rail Decision a Big Win For California, the Bay Area and the Bay Area Council

California and the Bay Area took a gigantic leap forward with the state Senate's approval of funding to begin construction on the initial phase of ...

Group Seeking to Tear Down Hetch Hetchy Launches Petition Drive for November Ballot

The threat of losing the Hetch Hetchy clean water and power system that serves 2.5 million Bay Area residents and businesses took a dangerous step ...

Improving Business Climate Tops Council’s 2012 Priorities

Revving up the Bay Area and state economies will lead the Bay Area Council’s top priorities for 2012, with specific focus on reforming the Califo...

GREEN JOBS ACTUALLY ARE SPROUTING IN BAY AREA

Chalk this up as one business attraction policy the state got right. According to a report released by the Brookings Institution, in partnership w...

Press Release: Business Council on Climate Change and Bay Area Council Release Electric Vehicle Guide for Businesses

Today, the Business Council on Climate Change (BC3) and Bay Area Council jointly announced and released the new guide, Electrify Your Business: A G...

Global Green Cities Conference Streaming Live

Starting tonight, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute will hold Global Green Cities of the 21st Century: Evolving Models for Sustainable Urban ...

Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund Awards Economic Institute $15,000

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute is pleased to announce its second year of partnership with the Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund in support of wo...

Press Release: Symposium on Global Green Cities of the 21st Century to Be Held in San Francisco

Organizers and sponsors of the Global Green Cities of the 21st Century: Evolving Models for Sustainable Urban Design today announced that the sympo...

San Francisco Chronicle: California poised to enter carbon-trading market

Today could be seen as the biggest day yet for California's climate change law, assuming, as expected, the state Air Resources Board signs off on t...
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