This toolbox contains 83 actions already taken by cities, counties, and regional governments which can mitigate the deterioration of the Earth’s climate. Feel free to adapt them to your region.
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Creating Solar Microgrids for Clean Energy and Resilience
Buildings, Energy / April 22, 2023Description: Creating a local microgrid improved resilience, expanded local clean energy production, and reduced dependence on transmission lines and remote […]
Community Solar Projects
Energy, Equity / March 26, 2023Description: Communities around the country are benefiting from access to community solar projects, a distributed solar energy deployment model that […]
Regional air district adopts rule phasing out gas-fired heating appliances
Air Pollution Agencies, Buildings / March 23, 2023Description: In March of 2023 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) adopted first-in-nation rules to phase out and […]
Reduce VMT by Zoning – Urban Agriculture
Transportation & Land Use / November 29, 2022Description: Urban agriculture refers to the growing and raising of crops and livestock within a municipality’s boundaries for local consumption. […]
Year-Round Community Garden
Community Education & Action, Transportation & Land Use / November 27, 2022Description: The Skidmore College Student Garden is an extension of the College’s Food System Initiative where food grown in the […]
Climate Parking Fee
Equity, Transportation & Land Use / September 30, 2022Description: The Department of Transportation of Portland, Oregon has increased the cost of parking at city parking meters by $0.20 […]
Restrict fossil fuel infrastructure development – retail facilities
Energy, Industry, Transportation & Land Use / August 12, 2022Description: In 2019, the City of Petaluma, CA adopted an “Urgency Ordinance” imposing a temporary moratorium on new fueling station […]
Use the ULEZ to improve air quality and reduce pollution
Equity, Transportation & Land Use / March 17, 2022Description: In 2003, London made history by becoming the first city after Singapore to introduce congestion pricing for vehicles entering […]
Commercial Building Deep Energy Retrofit
Buildings, Energy / March 17, 2022Description: To reduce carbon emissions from buildings, the City of New York enacted Local Law 97 (LL97) in 2019 as […]
Adopt Climate Emergency Resolution
Community Education & Action / March 09, 2022Description: Cities, counties, and states in the U.S., and communities around the world, are formally adopting resolutions acknowledging that human […]
Power generation from renewable sources
Water / November 12, 2021Description: The use of digester gas driven fuel cells allows the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) in Riverside County, CA […]
Use waste heat
Water / November 12, 2021Description: Recover/Productively Use Waste Heat – Many water and wastewater treatment facilities, including the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) in […]
Energy use reporting
Buildings, Energy / November 10, 2021Description: Some cities are requiring building owners to publicly disclose the annual energy and water used in their buildings. New […]
Ensure climate literacy
Community Education & Action / November 09, 2021Description: A Climate Literacy Committee was formed within the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club in 2016 to […]
Create clean energy fund
Buildings, Community Education & Action, Energy, Equity / November 09, 2021Description: The Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF), also known as the Portland Clean Energy Initiative, was a measure that appeared […]
Electric vehicle (EV) rebates
Air Pollution Agencies / November 07, 2021Description: Programs offered by state air pollution agencies and administered by participating electric utilities or community choice energy services can […]
Reduce VMT by congestion mitigation tax
Transportation & Land Use / November 07, 2021Description: A ballot proposal was passed in San Francisco, CA in November 2019 that would place a tax on rideshare […]
Reduce single-use disposable (SUD) foodware and packaging
Waste / November 06, 2021Description: Single-use disposable foodware and packaging (SUDs) – including plates, cutlery, cups, lids, straws, “clamshells” and other containers – are […]
Transportation District grants
Transportation & Land Use / November 06, 2021Description: The San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation District established a grant program to award transportation infrastructure dollars to the […]
Material reuse ordinance
Materials, Waste / November 05, 2021Description: In Portland, OR, more than 250 to 300 single-family homes are demolished each year. This produces thousands of tons […]
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