CalChamber Has Resource for "Climate Change Policies"

The California Chamber of Commerce has launched a new website providing information on climate change policies for its members, businesses, policymakers and the public.

This actually launched in June, but we hadn't yet so here it is.
The website can be found at www.climateconnect.org.
Their release is here.

Looks like a great resource for California businesses that are trying to learn how to balance being green with being successful.

Gillian says "Californians Want Gov't Action on Environment"

From Gillian Parrillo at the Sacramento Executive:

My own two cents, the eye-opening number is "significantly more San Joaquin Valley residents (35%) than residents statewide (25%) identify air pollution as a very serious health threat to them and their families." This is because it is a significant threat in San Joaquin Valley which according to a Kirsch Foundation study has 1 in 3 families with a member with a respiratory ailment and 1 in 6 of the region's children and 1 in 8 adults suffer from asthma.

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Californians Want Government Action on Environment

For the first time, a majority of Californians (54%) say they think global warming poses a very serious threat to the state’s future economy and quality of life.

A majority of the state’s likely voters (54%) say that presidential candidates’ positions on the environment will be very important in determining how they cast their vote in 2008.

Significantly more San Joaquin Valley residents (35%) than residents statewide (25%) identify air pollution as a very serious health threat to them and their families.

These findings from a newly released statewide survey conducted by the Public Policy Insitute of California. You can read the full report here.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacrmento Executive

They like us! They really like us!

Sacramento earns high marks as 'green' leader

Sacramento Business Journal - July 2, 2007

The winners are Chicago, especially with its 2.5 million square feet of heat-reducing rooftop gardens and the planting of 500,000 trees; Stockholm, Sweden, which has 2,500 green-sector companies and is considered the least-polluted major city in Europe; Portland, Ore., with 125 U.S. Green Building Council-approved buildings, the most in the nation; and Vancouver, Canada, which wants higher-density living in the urban core to ease pollution and encourage walking while preserving the nearby forest.

The cities were chosen for their forward-looking green energy products -- including patents and growth in the high-tech sector -- communities that invest in green energy-related infrastructure, and fresh-thinking ideas that also lure talented workers.

"Fast Cities are considered to be worldwide centers of creativity where the most important ideas and organizations of the future are located," Fast Company editor and managing director Bob Safian said in a news release. "Our editors scoured the globe in search of places that best embody economic innovation and opportunity. These cities attract the best and the brightest, and are great places to work and live."

The edition of the magazine featuring these green-friendly cities will be available at newsstands until Aug. 24.