Climate Change Leadership

Alameda County promotes clean energy, energy and resource efficiency, and alternative fuels.
Actions include:

• First California county to join national Cool Counties Initiative, committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050.
• Saving taxpayers $820,000 per year with 3.3 megawatts of solar panels and a one-megawatt natural-gas fuel cell cogeneration plant
• Saving $6.5 million per year through energy efficiency retrofits
• Driving 68 gas-electric hybrids; operating 183 vehicles on B20 biodiesel

• Cool Counties Declaration (293Kb)*
• Climate Change Resolution 6-6-06 (929Kb)*
• Climate Change Resolution Press Release 6-21-06 (22Kb)*

LINK

• Cool Counties Initiative: http://www.acgov.org/coolcounties

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