by Chris Denny Brown, the Energy Collective For years we have heard about the coming electric car revolution. In fact, there is a strong argument that beyond their actual cars, the other major contribution of Tesla has been to get people talking excitedly about electric cars, bringing massive attention to the market. One should not […]
For Richard Senghas and Tina Poles, “Standing Rock was the last straw.” Buying a Nissan Leaf through the Sonoma Clean Power Drive EverGreen program is “taking their next significant step towards weaning ourselves off fossil fuels,” Richard posted on Facebook. Since they are EverGreen customers, he points out that the energy for the car is […]
World wide transportation accounts for only 13 percent of our carbon footprint 1. However, in the Bay Area transportation is biggest GHG contributor, 2 and here in semi-rural Sonoma County, transportation accounts for more than half of our greenhouse gas emissions 3. We drive a lot. So what can we do about it? The Sonoma County Transit Authority […]
Caltrans recently recognized the Bay Area’s Spare the Air Youth Program with an Excellence in Transportation Award in the Public Awareness Campaigns category. Only 13 projects received awards out of nearly 100 entries for this year’s program – from within Caltrans, public agencies, private contractors, and consultants across the state. Spare the Air Youth coordinates […]
Sonoma County resident Alan Soule recently completed a circumnavigation of the globe, driving the entire route in his electric car. Driving from Barcelona westward, Mr. Soule crossed 20 countries and covered almost 16,000 miles without consuming a single drop of gasoline. Mr. Soule represented our nation as Team USA, participating in the 80-eDays challenge, in […]
As an 18-year-old who would like to keep my carbon footprint as low as possible, I have almost no interest in driving. Last year, I was living in Brazil as a Rotary exchange student. I used public transportation to get everywhere I needed or wanted to go. Upon returning to the U.S. for my senior year of high […]
anx·i·e·ty/aNGˈzīədē/ a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome We all feel anxious from time to time. The lexicon of anxiousness is ingrained in our culture. We worry, we fret, we kvell. If you are considering getting an electric car, you may have been told […]
Here in Sonoma County, 65 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation. That is why the ECO2school program focuses on changing students’ transportation habits. Angie Schmitt with Streetsblog USA highlights seven easy actions we all can take now to cut down the miles we drive and to reduce our carbon footprints. 1. Walkable […]
The electric transportation future is coming to Sonoma County, and it is coming quickly. Currently, the County has more than 3,400 electric cars on the road, which is approaching 1% of the total light vehicle fleet. And help is on the way. Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) recently approved a budget for the next fiscal year. […]
In the early days of the “horseless carriage,” if you wanted to purchase gasoline for your fancy new contraption, you went to a hardware store or blacksmith shop, where someone would fill up a 5-gallon container and pour it into your tank. Of course, in those early days of mechanized transportation, your car may have […]
