Contra Costa County Climate Leaders Program

NEW!! COMING SOON: End of Year report Card! What Grade will your City receive? How is your Urban Planning compared to other cities? # of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Acres of Open Space... Walkability and Bikeability Scores www.ccclimateleaders.org See more

The City of Alameda has declared a Climate Emergency. Has your city? #climateemergency, #greencities Here is a link to great examples, including some in CCC. https://cccclimateleaders.org/issue-of-t/climate-emergency/

NEW!! COMING SOON: End of Year report Card! What Grade will your City receive? As much as 1/3 of each Local Government's score will be related to 4 significant actions: Climate Emergency Y/N General Plan Update Y/N Climate Action Plan Y/N... GHG Inventory Y/N www.cccclimateleaders.org See more

Free webinar on adapting to shoreline flooding. This Thursday. Is your city preparing? #climateadaptation

Hats off to a new generation of leaders building bridges so we can all have a future! Run, baby, run!

Check out our latest Monthly Newsletter! Please share this to your own news feed, and with others who would benefit from this jam-packed resource for local city policy and best practices to address the Climate Crisis! Let's work locally to leave a world that is better prepared! https://us4.campaign-archive.com/

17 funding and technical assistance opportunities are available for state, local, and tribal governments from the USEPA, DOI, and others that can be used to support climate and energy initiatives, including economic development, sustainable communities, green infrastructure, and water efficiency. Please visit the site below and get your share! #climatemoney, #climategrants

Embarassing, infuriating, or both? When China can make such legitimate criticisms about US climate policy, what does that say about the need for change at the Federal level and the need for local governments to lead the way!?

The data is in. September was hottest on Record. https://www.noaa.gov//earth-just-had-its-hottest-september

A red flag warning for fire danger has been issued for the entire San Francisco Bay Area and much of northern California beginning on Sunday. https://bit.ly/34meQt9

City leaders, planning and land management choices make a big difference in the fight against climate change. Dotson Family Marsh Restoration in Richmond is one featured success story in this graphically interactive report. #greencities

FREE Webinars. The Statewide Energy (SEEC) helps equip cities with best practices and in 2020 so far has featured 15 webinars. Watch one or more of these webinars on YouTube. What a resource! #greencities, #GreenMayors

Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change. Some cities are finding that they had to spend roughly 10 times as much repairing infrastructure damaged by floods and landslides as in prior years. It got to the point where a pothole ate a bus. #greencities, #greenmayors

A Daily Tracking of the Impact of Coronavirus on US Cities The coronavirus case count has surpassed 38 million globally. Skies are cleaner from less cars on the road, but fires add particulate matter. A Tennessee mayor has died after contracting COVID-19, and a 25-year-old Nevada resident has contracted the virus for a second time. Cities are seeing record breaking crimes and homicide rates. The Bay Area revisits how to fight homelessness. Bringing back public transportation with caution. Information is changing all the time. Your daily update here.