The Dirtiest And Cleanest Cities In America (The Worst Will Surprise You)
As 2020 comes to an end and people are beginning to consider traveling again, health, safety and cleanliness have become top priorities. In order to...
Top 10 LEED-Certified Buildings in San Francisco in 2020
CPE compiled a list of the top LEED-certified buildings in San Francisco through November, based on USGBC data.
King Tide on San Francisco Embarcadero Illustrates Climate Change Risk
Spectators traveled to San Francisco’s Embarcadero Sunday morning to witness the high water of a king tide. It was an opportunity for people to ponder...
San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland Bring Electrification This Holiday Season
Before 2019, not a single city in the United States had laws prohibiting the use of fossil gas in new buildings. Now, at the end...
MicroClimates: The fight over solar farms — in your backyard
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San Francisco Bans New Natural Gas Hookups
San Francisco has become the biggest American city yet to ban natural gas in new buildings. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who wrote the legislation, says natural...
Tom Steyer Selling San Francisco Home Because of ‘Climate Crisis’
“Billionaire environmental activist and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer is selling a couple of homes in his portfolio. Last month, he parted with a Lake...
Is climate change worsening California fires, or is it poor forest management? Both, experts say
Long before climate change severely parched California, priming it to burn at a record scale, federal foresters made an inventory of trees in the southern...