The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a local think tank focused on sustainable growth, has just released a 40-page report that outlines the Bay Area's biggest climate risks and lays out a road map for how communities can start preparing.

  “Planet or death! We shall overcome!”

On May 6, officials from Oakland's sustainability office presented their draft Energy and Climate Action Plan during two sessions held at the state office buildings in downtown Oakland. About 40 people reportedly attended the first worksop (in the afternoon), while fewer than 20 attended the evening workshop that I went to.

On Earth Day, April 22, the City of Oakland's Sustainability Office release its draft Energy and Climate Action Plan, an ambitious effort to reduce Oakland's greenhouse gas emissions by 36% below 2005 levels in the next 10 years.