Crowdfunding Clean Energy

By DAVID BORNSTEIN If you wanted to get large numbers of people actively engaged in helping to solve global warming, how might you go about it? For years, the main approach in the environmental movement has been to sound the alarm bell and implore people to consume less, switch to green products, recycle, and speak up to companies and politicians. It hasn’t always been an easy sell. However, if the approach of a promising Oakland-based start-up takes hold, there may be another line of action that could become available to ordinary people: directly financing renewable energy.
Read this entire exciting, positive article in the NYT about the state of the solar industry.
A former Cool Davis member, Will Klein, sent us this article about Mosaic, where he is now spending much of his time. If you are impressed with the article, consider emailing it to someone else from the NYT website as they are trying to make the “Most Emailed list” to spread the word. Click here for directions.
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Example of media not doing their homework on EVs! "Biden did not specify a time frame for switching the government’s “enormous fleet” to EVs, which cost substantially more than traditional vehicles." Not so! The good news is the order itself! ... See MoreSee Less

Biden plans to replace government fleet with electric vehicles
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The government is a major purchaser of vehicles. However, replacing such a fleet with EVs assembled domestically will be costly and take time.1 day ago
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Biden plans to replace government fleet with electric vehicles (Don't pay attention to the false statement that EVs are more expensive than conventional vehicles, not so!)

Biden plans to replace government fleet with electric vehicles
The government is a major purchaser of vehicles. However, replacing such a fleet with EVs assembled domestically will be costly and take time.
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Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more via @CBSPolitics

Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more
The 46th president is undoing some of his predecessor's executive actions.
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This week's AQI Forecast is for more Moderate (Yellow) air quality. Don't Light Tonight Advisory in effect tonight with slightly improving concentrations of PM 2.5 over the week. Sign up for forecasts or alerts at http://www.ysaqmd.enviroflash.info
Join Travis Credit Union and the Driving Clean Assistance Program to learn how to receive a grant of up to $5,000 towards purchasing an electric vehicle! @TravisCU
https://www.traviscu.org/webinars/part-1-driving-clean-assistance-program/