Several times a week, Oaklanders Ken Carradine and Nekeyra Wells fill their backpacks with compact florescent light bulbs and grab their clipboards to venture through the city performing green house calls. The team conducts free energy evaluations and retrofits as part of a new job training program that started in February.

Here's planning for a demonstration this coming week that several people sent to us:

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The Bay Guardian suggests that we push Jerry Brown to stop the PG&E's Power Grab, Prop 16:

The movement to build a new green economy is an extraordinary opportunity to overcome our heritage of racism and injustice – but only if we do it right, according to Communities for a Better Environment Director Bill Gallegos.  Gallegos spoke yesterday at the Read the whole story...

Oakland Local's Ryan Van Lenning, Andrew Hoerner and Susan Mernit are at Bay Localize's Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference in downtown Oakland.

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 Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E)  Read the whole story...

Today the SF Chronicle reported in PG&E initiative on power suppliers on ballot:

On Feb 10-11th, the Local Clean Energy Alliance is bringing together people and and organizations advocating for clean energy in the Bay Area for Clean Power, Healthy Communities: A Regional Conference of the Local Clean Energy Alliance.