Davis Vanguard: Broad Community Support For Change
Editor’s note: The following is a nearly complete excerpt from a Davis Vanguard article dated October 21. The related ideas at the end of the article may be accessed by reading the full article. Cool Davis sees the work outlined below as an important step…
Youth Leading the Way at the Capitol, SF, Across the Globe
Friday October 22: March for Stolen Lives and Stolen Futures in Sacramento Busloads of students from the Bay Area, Sacramento, and Davis will be starting their demonstration at the steps of the California Teachers Retirement Fund (CalSTRS) building in Sacramento to demand the teacher pension…
Proposed NEM Regulations Make Rooftop Solar Less Financially Attractive
In a previous newsletter, we told you about a bill in the Legislature, AB 1139, that would have modified the Net Energy Metering (NEM) system in California to the detriment of rooftop solar owners. That Bill died in the Assembly. You would have thought that…
September Davis Climate Strike Drew Students and Supporters: “Still Time for Change”
Greta Thunberg and the impressive worldwide youth group she founded, “Fridays for Future,” called a second global Climate Strike on Friday, September 24th, 2021. This was not a light-hearted publicity event, but rather a somber and thoroughly researched warning to all countries to take immediate…
Climate Demonstration Set for Sept 24
Join Fridays for Future local climate activists Friday, September 24, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm at the corner of 5th and B in Davis (northwest corner of Central Park) in a public demonstration in solidarity with the worldwide Youth Climate Strike being held the same day…
Pride Run and Upstander Carnival Set for Oct
Davis Pride Run for Equality The Davis Phoenix Coalition board of directors and the Davis Pride planning committee invites runners and walkers alike to help raise awareness about the ongoing efforts needed by communities to prevent hate-motivated crimes. Sunday, October 10, 2021 4:00 PM 8:00 PM…
Grassroots Coalition Rallied to Keep California a Pro-Solar State
Hallelujah. A day for celebration! I have a great story to share about how “all of us” won yesterday and killed the bill AB 1139 that wanted to kill rooftop Solar in California. This was not anything anyone expected. We were already preparing to win…
Rainbows Ready for Davis Pride
Rainbow crosswalks, live music, drag queens, and skating are all on the calendar as Davis celebrates June is Pride Month and the Davis Pride Festival set for Sunday, June 13, in Central Park, 401 C St., Davis. Several activities lead up to and follow that…
Investor-Owned Utilities Propose Significant Rooftop Solar Cost Increase
California’s three investor-owned utilities, including PG&E, have just made a joint proposal to the CPUC that would significantly reduce the financial benefit of owning rooftop solar. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) establishes the rate that electric utilities can charge for power, including those with…
Artists Paint the Earth to Inspire Action on Earth Day!
EDITOR’S NOTE: Images of actual painted murals were used to replace the design images in this article Watch the artists paint! Respect artists’ safety and concentration. Keep a safe distance and wear a mask. A painted river flows through the cracks in the pavement on…
Walk for Climate Justice Engaged City Leaders
Editor’s Note: The Blue Devil Hub from Davis High School recorded parts of the walk and interviewed the organizers of the event. Watch their video here. http://www.bluedevilhub.com/2021/03/14/walk-for-climate-justice/. DMA also recorded the walk. An 11-minute program is now airing on DCTV Channel 15 Comcast in Davis,…
Per Capita Davis: What does it mean to be sustainable?
Reading the morning news, I came across an article about viruses. In 1992, a bunch of scientists were at a meeting convened by NASA to discuss the possibility that life exists on planets other than Earth and how they should go about looking for it….
Time to Build a Yolo Public Bank
The City of Davis will spend $84 million over 10 years to fix its streets and bike paths, infrastructure which will continue to be necessary to our city long into the future. The banks and financial institutions that move money for state infrastructure investments collect $7.7 billion dollars…
Per Capita Davis: Are co-ops a model for going forward?
There was a lot of conversation last year about what we might learn from the pandemic, and specifically how what we learn might inform our approach to dealing with the climate crisis. A lot of this discussion focused on which industries and technologies should be…
Tuleyome Tales: A second chance for Eel River salmon and steelhead?
For many years PG&E has operated the “Potter Valley Project,” a hydroelectric facility on the main stem of the Eel River consisting of Scott and Cape Horn dams and a tunnel diverting water into the Russian River watershed, where it is used to generate a…
Yolo Co Sups Declare Climate Emergency, Fund Climate Advisory Committee
With smoke still rising from one of California’s most massive wildfires on record, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to accelerate local climate action and to fund a climate advisory committee tasked with helping the county achieve just and equitable outcomes for marginalized…
Tuleyome Tales: Recovering from Gold Fever — and Fire
Mercury, which occurs naturally in many parts of California’s Coast Range, was mined during three eras in our region: the Gold Rush for recovering gold flakes (late 1800’s), the two world wars for munitions (early- to mid-1900’s), and most recently for products such as hearing…
Climate Strike Davis Plans Central Park Camp-out to Call-out the Crisis
Noon on Friday to Noon Saturday Central Park, Davis (5th and B St.)
Council favors short-term ban on leaf blowers
Davis City Council members on Tuesday night directed city staff to work with city commissioners and the community at large to craft a revised leaf-blower ordinance that would likely include a ban on gas-powered blowers. But while such an ordinance wouldn’t be ready for council…
Yolo Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice Urges Support for Cool Davis
The Yolo Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice was formed as a working group of Cool Davis in 2014. Since then YIACJ has offered many ways for the faith community to engage in discussion and action to slow the climate crisis. As Cool Davis celebrates its 10th…
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"It was at the urging of Davis City Vice Mayor, and immediate past SACOG board chair and current director, Lucas Frerichs that the group reconvened and committed to finding meaningful ways to work together and develop shared priorities. Frerichs believes the agreement acknowledges the growing economic interdependence of the megaregion and will prove to be a huge bonus in the eyes of policymakers. “Alignment on a shared transportation vision with our neighboring MPOs showcases everyone’s commitment to action. It sets the foundation and demonstrates to our state and federal funding partners that investments here will lead to real, tangible results,” he said.
Four Sac Area Transportation Projects Prioritized on “Megaregion Dozen” List - Cool Davis
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16-county Megaregion Working Group agrees on 12 priority transportation investments October 21, 2021: At its last meeting of the year, the Northern California Megaregion Working Group approved the “...TWITTER FEED
This upcoming @3Rev_ITSDavis webinar will focus on the Top-Ten Strategies for California Automated Vehicle Policy. Featured speakers will be @DanSperling_ITS @Mollie_C_D_Ago, Lori Pepper, @bertkaufman, and @zoox - Don't miss this event on Oct. 20th! 🚗👏
Webinar: Top-Ten Strategies for California Automated Vehicle Policy
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Biden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action
Biden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action
The new strategy could deeply cut greenhouse gases that are heating the planet but it will still face considerable...
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Just Say “No” to Manifest Destiny by Alan Taylor, Ph.D., 2 time Pulitzer Prize Winner November 1, 5pm, at Episcopal Church of St. Martin and via videoconference
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Seeds of Justice Series to Study Native Resistance and Resilience - Cool Davis
September 26, October 10, Nov 1
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(CNN) A series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week ... the storms could lead to flash floods and dangerous debris flows in a wide swath of the region already devastated by recent wildfires.
Level 5 atmospheric river to unleash flooding across drought-stricken California
After nearly a year without rain, a series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week,...
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