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Combating
Climate Change
News Clips
Below
are links to many of the news clips on Berkeley's greenhouse gas reduction
efforts from 2004 to the present.
News
from 2007
Berkeley's
Groundbreaking Climate Change Efforts
Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/24/07
City
Reduces Carbon Emissions and Launches Campaign
Kristen Bender, Oakland Tribune
City
Reduces Carbon Emissions by 8.9%
Doug Oakley, East Bay Daily News
Berkeley
Highlighted for Greenhouse Gas Efforts
ABC-7 News, 2/27/07
Mayor's
Vision For City Is Green And Prosperous
Carolyn
Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/14/2007
Berkeley
Leads To Slice Emissions: City Hopes To Trim Greenhouse Gases 80 Percent
By 2050
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
2/7/2007
Berkeley
Strives To Be Model In Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Council Plans To Spend
$100,000 In Program To Curb Emissions 80 Percent By 2050
Doug Oakley, MediaNews/Berkeley
Voice, 2/2/2007
Politicians
Launch Biofuel Effort In Berkeley
Ian Hoffman and Janis Mara,
Oakland Tribune, 2/2/2007
Council
Allocates Funds to Reduce City's Gas Emissions: Plan to Cut Greenhouse
Gases Spurred by City Money, Local Coalition
Keith Brown, The Daily
Californian, 2/1/2007
Tight
Budgets, Green Values Drive Locals To Car Sharing
Peter Kim, The Daily Californian,
1/31/2007
City
Trying To Set Green Standard
Doug Oakley, East Bay Daily News,
1/31/2007
East
Bay Mayors Look To London For Clean-Air Tips
Carolyn Jones, San Francisco
Chronicle, 1/20/2007
News
from 2006
Council
Passes Solar Panel Permit Fee Waiver
Sean Barry, The Daily
Californian, 10/25/2006
A
Green Reason To Go Solar: City Considers Removing Sun Panel Permit Fees
Doug Oakley, East Bay Daily News,
10/20/2006
Measure
G Seeks Major Reduction of Pollutants
Sean Barry and Viet-Quoc Nguyen,
Daily Californian, 10/13/2006
Berkeley
Council Asks Voters To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Oakland Tribune, 7/19/2006
Council
Plans Aggressive Steps In Global Warming Fight
Sean Barry, Daily Calilfornian,
7/6/2006
Greenhouse
Gas Measure Heading Toward Ballot
Judith Scherr, Berkeley Daily
Planet, Page 3, 7/4/2006
Green
Without Envy: Berkeley Symposium Is This Weekend
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
4/29/2006
Berkeley
Ready For Its Green Close-Up: Expo will Bring Together Businesses,
Nonprofits To Educate On Sustainability
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
4/28/2006
Berkeley
Ponies Up Green To Go Green: Council Approves Purchase Of Street Sweepers,
Seven Hybrids That Should Cut Pollution, Gas Use
Oakland Tribune, 3/10/2006
City
Council Approves Move To Foster Hybrid Car Growth
Sean Barry, Daily Californian,
1/18/2006
News
from 2005
Fewer
Berkeley employees Are Driving To Work Alone: City Says Free Bus Passes,
Subsidized BART Tickets Have Led To Significant Drop In Four Years
Oakland Tribune, 12/12/2005
News
Brief: Mayors Pass Bates' Greenhouse Proposal
Martin Snapp, Berkeley Voice,
11/11/2005
City
Signs On To Chicago Climate Exchange
Alex Kogan, Daily Californian,
9/15/2005
Look,
Ma, Fewer Carbon Emissions: Berkeley Quantifies Eco-Topic Status In Bid To
Join Climate Exchange
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
9/13/2005
Greenhouse
Emissions Reduced By Biodiesel
Patrick Hoge, San Francisco
Chronicle, Page B-3, 9/13/2005
Berkeley
Makes Strides In Reducing Carbon Emissions
Bay City News, 9/13/2005
Study
Shows City Has Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Matthew Artz, Berkeley Daily
Planet, 9/13/2005
Mayor
Bates Talks Up Berkeley At Summit
Martin Snapp, Berkeley Voice,
7/15/2005
Berkeley
Mayor To Join Robert Redford At Global Warming Summit
Bay City News, 7/9/2005
Study
Ranks Berkeley Third In Sustainability: City Finishes Behind San Francisco
And Portland In Report As Mayor Lauds 'Green Businesses'
Traci Kawaguchi, Daily
Californian, 6/6/2005
Hybrid
Owners Could Park For Free: City Mulls Rewarding Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Purchased In Berkeley
Tonia Bui, Daily Californian,
3/18/2005
City
Halts Use of Pure Biodiesel Fuel, Citing Build-Up of Bacteria Mold
Matthew Artz, Berkeley Daily
Planet, page 1, 3/18/2005
Berkeley
May Offer Meter Amnesty To Hybrid Owners: City Officials Expect To Make Up
Lost Parking Revenue In Taxes From Increase In Area Auto Sales
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
3/16/2005
Kyoto
By The Bay: Local Cities Defy Federal Government, Make Their Own Climate
Policies
Gregory Dicum, San Francisco
Chronicle, 2/16/2005
Diplomat
Lauds City For Backing Kyoto
Cindy Peng, Daily Californian,
2/15/2005
News
In Brief: City To Receive Statewide Award For Energy Efficiency
Daily Californian, 1/24/2005
News
from 2004
Berkeley
On Road To Getting Hybrids: City Would Save 400,000 If Council Approves
Plan
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
7/15/2004
County's
First Biodiesel Station Cooks Up Alternative To Gasoline: Berkeley Venture
Offers Vegetable Oil Recycled As Environmentally Friendly Fuel
Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune,
4/27/2004
Berkeley
Rides The Cutting Edge of Bio-Diesel Fuel
Jakob Schiller, Berkeley Daily
Planet, Page 3, 4/6/2004
News
from 2003
News
Brief: CarShare Officials: Everybody Benefits
Berkeley Voice, 10/31/2003
Berkeley
City Vehicles Go Better With Biodiesel
T.T. Nhu, San Jose Mercury News,
7/14/2003
Berkeley,
Calif., Becomes First U.S. City to Switch Vehicles to Biodiesel Fuel
T.T. Nhu, San Jose Mercury News,
7/10/2003
City
of Berkeley Takes Pride in Burning New Fuel
Sudev Sheth, Daily Californian,
7/1/2003
Berkeley
Uses Biodiesel To Advance Eco-Progress
Associated Press/USA Today,
6/27/2003
Berkeley
Uses Environment Friendly Power
Michelle Locke, Associated Press,
6/26/2003
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