by the El Reportero’s staff
Environment California awarded Mayor Ron Dellums and the City of Oakland with a “2009 Solar Champion” award for having one of the highest rankings for solar roofs and solar power installed in the state.
According to Environment California, Oakland has more than 642 solar roofs and 7,007 kilowatts installed (or solar capacity).
“This award is a significant acknowledgement of the diligence and commitment Oakland has towards the goal of sustainability and energy effi ciency,” said Mayor Dellums. “I commend the effort and results of the various businesses, residents, and city staff which have taken the lead to ensure that Oakland remains a statewide leader in this critical area.”
Oakland’s award comes after the release of Environment California Research & Policy Center’s latest report, California’s Solar Cities: Leading the Way to a Clean Energy Future, which analyzes the amount of solar power installed in California on a city by city basis.
Environment California will present the award in front of the Port of Oakland’s 756kW ground-mounted solar power system. The photovoltaic system, which delivers approximately 1 million kilowatt hours of clean, renewable energy annually was deployed under a solar energy supply agreement with SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider.
Report shows $47 million subsidy could improve quality of life, create good job in Emeryville
As the City Council considers spending millions of public dollars on the second phase of a large-scale retail project, the Coalition for a Better Bay Street will unveil a new report chronicling resident priorities for development and offering solutions to help achieve greater transparency and sustainability.
Bringing Main Street back to Bay Street: Win-Win Solutions to Create Good Jobs and Livable Communities in Emeryville outlines ways that the City of Emeryville, the developer, Madison Marquette, and the community together can achieve a more inclusive project. These solutions include closing the legal loop hole that allows service workers to be paid poverty-level wages, creating more familysized affordable housing, and exploring fi nancial contributions by the developer and resource sharing by the City and school district to improve school facilities.
CODEPINK to hold weekly peace vigil outside of torture memo author John Yoo’s Berkeley home
A coalition of torture accountability, civil liberties, human rights, and anti-war groups will hold a weekly peace vigil outside of John Yoo’s Berkeley home with on-going activities including speakers and a Dick Cheney slogan contest. The contest takes place Sunday July 26th at 4pm. The UC Berkeley Professor and 3Linguist George Lack off has been asked to judge the Dick Cheney slogan contest; selected entries include: Chain Cheney, Prosecute Cheney for Treason and more!
The vigil will be held every Sunday from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the home of John Yoo, 1241 Grizzly Peak Blvd , Berkeley , California.
Protesters will use a masked John Yoo impersonator dressed in jailhouse jumpsuit.
