Davis Gathering Will Focus on Environment in Post-Election Climate
January 3, 2016 A coalition of Yolo County community and environmental groups is sponsoring a community meeting in Davis on Sunday, January 8, focusing on climate and environmental justice issues. In response to a new administration that has vowed to reverse long-standing environmental regulations, speakers and discussion groups…
Community Inspired to Break with Fear
December 2, 2016 One hundred and seven earnest listeners crowded into the Davis Community Church Fireside Room on November 29 to a hear a talk titled, Breaking with Fear: Building justice, solidarity, and compassion in a climate of insecurity. Davis scholar-activist Nick Buxton discussed his book, The…
Crude by Rail Fight Leads Feds to Rule for Local Control Over Oil Refinery Expansions
October 11, 2016 Rarely does a full range of governmental, environmental, and citizen groups all work together, but the crude-by-rail issue united them on an arduous journey spurred by the threat of 100 tank cars per day of crude traveling through northern California communities to…
Double Up on Solar Campaign Looking Bright
October 7, 2016 Davis, we are on track to reach our goal of 500 new solar systems by year’s end! Data through the end of September shows that Davisites filed permits for 368 solar systems in 2016. We are just shy of exactly three quarters of the goal at…
Saylor Slashes Energy Costs with Solar Following Energy Retrofit
October 3, 2016 by Mike Kluk Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor and his wife adopted solar energy in December 2013 motivated by high power bills and a desire to lower their carbon footprint. Their total energy bill was peaking at about $400 a month which…
Dear Counselor: City protects your right to let the sun shine
By Preston Morgan Crossposted from the Davis Enterprise July 24, 2016 Question: I own a house in Davis, and I installed solar panels some years ago. When I put the panels in, my neighbor assured me that he would cooperate in keeping a small patch…
Solar film, fair teach us how to catch the sun
By Vanessa Errecarte Cross Posted from the Davis Enterprise May 25, 2016. Converting to renewable energy is not an option but a responsibility. At least that’s how Aaron Nitzkin, CEO of local start-up Solar Roof Dynamics, feels about the responsibility we all share to create…
Catch the Sun Davis! Solar Fair & Movie Screening
Have you been noticing shiny new solar panels popping up everywhere in your neighborhood? Interested in learning how you might benefit from a solar rooftop installation? Looking to get an installation done pronto? Maybe you’re a solar pioneer and want to bring a friend or neighbor into…
Parolek Offers Innovative Downtown Zoning
April 11, 2016 by Judy Corbett Daniel Parolek will speak as part of the Davis Futures Forum’s speaker series Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Davis Council Chambers at 3:30pm and Davis Community Church at 7:00pm.
Get Your Brown On!
City-Wide Organics Collection Coming July/August 2016! By July/August 2016, the current system of collecting yard waste loose in the street will change to a hybrid system of yard waste piles and organics carts. Once the Organics Program begins, all residents and business in Davis will…
Community Choice Energy Forum – Feb 11th
February 11, 2016, 6:30 pm Veterans Memorial Center Club Room Electricity in Davis with greater consumer choice, local control, double the green energy and competitive rates? How is this possible? On February 11, 2016, come to the Veterans Memorial Center Club Room at 6:30 p.m….
Growing Cities For Financial and Neighborhood Sustainability
Joe Minicozzi’s Partner is coming to Davis! How Davis can use public data to plan growth so our community is financially strong as well as socially and environmentally resilient. Keynote Speaker: Charles Marohn, Nationally Recognized Transportation & Urban Planner When: Friday January 22 — 10 am…
Davis residents protest oil trains through town!
Over eighty Davis residents showed up on Saturday, July 11, in fiery red, yellow, and orange shirts to awaken the town to the danger of oil trains transporting highly flammable Bakken crude and toxic tar sands crude oil to refineries in Benicia and San Luis…
A New Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for Davis
(By Shelby Kelley) Davis just got a new Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator! And she is raring to go bringing exciting ideas of how to boost biking and walking from her times in Tucson and Calgary. Please welcome Jennifer Donofrio to Davis. I sat down with…
Community Choice Energy Forum
California’s two operating community choice energy programs will keynote a public forum on Davis’ energy choices on Thursday, April 23, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m., in the Community Chambers at City Hall, 23 Russell Boulevard. The forum is free and registration is not required.
Where would you put new EV charging in Davis?
Cool Davis is currently working alongside the City of Davis, Valley Climate Action Center, and the UCD Institute for Transportation Studies to plan the next 10 years of electric vehicle (EV) charging in Davis. We would like to extend the opportunity for you to participate in this planning….
Innovation Center Listening Tour
Innovation Center Listening Tour (Innovation Center City Council Sub-Committee – Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis & Council member Rochelle Swanson) The Davis City Council is interested in establishing new innovation business opportunities that facilitate technology and business development in Davis. The City has received two…
Davis in the running for $5 million energy efficiency prize
On January 14, 2015, Davis held a celebratory launch to mark its official advance to the semifinal round of the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national competition that is challenging communities across the U.S. to rethink their energy use. The Georgetown University Energy Prize challenges…
Valero DEIR Comments are Successful
By Lynne Nittler The DEIR comments for the Valero Crude-by-Rail Project in Benicia closed on September 15, with a final landslide of important letters critical of the project arriving on the last day. Attorneys and others who have looked at the quality and quantity of…
Council Approves Davis’s PV Ordinance for New Single Family Home Construction
by Alan Pryor On August 26th the Davis City Council passed a new ordinance setting minimum standards for Solar PV on new single family home construction. The Davis Natural Resources Commission approved and forwarded to the Davis City Council a draft ordinance on April 28th. …
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All across the world, youths will be walking out of class in support of a Global Climate Strike, meant to bring awareness to the threat of climate change5 hours ago
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