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Green

San Francisco taps LEDs for brighter, cheaper streetlights

By Jerold ChinnJune 22, 2017

San Francisco cuts greenhouse gases faster than planned

April 19, 2017

San Francisco officials tout CleanPowerSF future

February 16, 2016

Dolores Park reopens with cheers and candles

January 28, 2016

Palo Alto students install first water filling station

May 16, 2015
San Jose Streetlights
Green

San Jose flips switch on LED streetlights

San Jose has started what officials said today is the largest streetlight conversion project in the country.
By Bay City NewsFebruary 11, 20150
San Francisco Power Lines
Green

Mayor Lee wants fresh start on clean power

Mayor Ed Lee is asking the SFPUC to launch a city-run clean energy program by the end of the year.
By Bay City NewsJanuary 29, 20150
Environment

Marin wins at water conservation

Marin Municipal Water District customers are conserving water more than the statewide average and the levels of the district's reservoirs are higher than ...
By Bay City NewsDecember 4, 20140
Environment

California first state to ban plastic bags

Single-use plastic bags will be banned at many stores in California starting next year after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill prohibiting their ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 30, 20140
Environment

Thousands bag trash for coastal cleanup

Volunteers turned out by the thousands this weekend to help clean up the Bay Area's beaches as part of the 30th annual California ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 21, 20140
Green

Obama floats climate relief for California farmers

President Barack Obama proposed a $1 billion fund to mitigate climate change in the U.S.
By SFBay WiresFebruary 15, 20140
Hamilton Reservoir Drought
Environment

California drought leaves state parched

While the East Coast gets slammed with an arctic blast, the West is bone dry.
By Vikram SinghJanuary 5, 20140
Environment

Polluters benefit from lax state enforce­ment

The state Department of Toxic Substances Control has come under heavy fire this winter.
By Vikram SinghDecember 29, 20130
Green

Solar power set to surge

The US government predicts that photovoltaics will grow 11.6 percent each year until 2040.
By SFBay WiresDecember 10, 20130
Bay Bridge Old and New
Green

Man wants to upcycle Bay Bridge into house

A Brisbane man wants an modern, eco-conscious house built from environmentally-tainted Bay Bridge parts.
By Victoria NguyenSeptember 1, 20130
Crime

Defenseless parklet defaced by taggers

We’re still scratching our heads over why someone would go so far as to vandalize the brand-new Clement Street parklet.
By Heather MackAugust 12, 20131
Cars

Schwarz­enegger defends Hummers, all-day jacuzzis

In Brussels for a meeting of EU leaders, Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for a more "hip" and "sexy" environmental movement.
By SFBay WiresJune 24, 20130
Business

Tesla rolls to first-ever quarterly profit

Palo Alto-based electric car maker Tesla posted its first-ever profit of $11 million in the first quarter.
By SFBay WiresMay 8, 20130
Environment

‘Spare the Air’ is actually working

The group responsible for enforcing "Spare the Air" days says they have decreased peak levels of gunk in Bay Area air.
By Cristina RamosApril 5, 20131
Environment

Recology wants to hike trash collecting fees

Recology wants SF residents to shell out a few more bucks to cover the rising cost of disposing of their trash.
By Cristina RamosMarch 18, 20134
Forward for Climate
Green

‘Forward on Climate’ rallies for change

Thousands of people gathered on the waterfront Sunday demanding the Obama administration confront climate change.
By Thomas K. PendergastFebruary 18, 20130
Wetlands like these in Marin have been added to a list of protected areas and officially noted as a "wetland of importance". (Adam_Miguel/Flickr)
Environment

Bay Area wetlands now even more special

In celebration of World Wetlands Day, several Bay Area wetlands officially became the nation's 35th "wetland of importance".
By Heather MackFebruary 4, 20131
Green

Concerns raised about CleanPowerSF

Recent concerns raised about San Francisco's renewable energy program, CleanPowerSF, shows that going green isn't always easy — or cheap.
By Elena KadvanyJanuary 28, 20132
Green

Silicon Valley contest seeks sustain­able solutions

A Silicon Valley nonprofit is looking for a few good ideas – to save the Earth.
By Ken HeimanJanuary 16, 20132
Green

CA solar power passes key milestone

California achieved a major milestone when it crossed 1 GW of installed solar power capacity recently.
By SFBay WiresJanuary 11, 20131
San Francisco phone books
Green

Phone books refuse to just go away

As it turns out, the yellow pages clogging up your front door are two pounds of bound and printed free speech.
By Victoria NguyenJanuary 7, 20132
San Francisco garbage truck
Environment

San Francisco’s latest trashy drama

Like many things in The City, garbage is a process full of politics and intrigue. And it stinks.
By Christopher ThomasJanuary 2, 20132
Point Arena
Environment

Obama bans oil rigs along NorCal coast

President Barack Obama signed an executive order protecting large swaths of NorCal coast from oil drilling.
By Jesse GarnierDecember 21, 20123
Environment

Fracking freaking out Califor­nians

Fracking rules floated in California do little to allay concerns of residents and environmental groups.
By Christopher ThomasDecember 20, 20125
Business

Sci-fi motor­cycles take shape in San Fran

SOMA startup Lit says they have 500 pre-orders for their futuristic, electric, gyroscopically-balanced motorcycle.
By Christopher ThomasDecember 18, 20125
Solar Power San Francisco
Green

Price tag jumps for SF clean power

CleanPowerSF just got about 20 percent more expensive, less than a year before its scheduled rollout.
By Jesse GarnierDecember 5, 20121
Solar Power San Francisco
Green

San Francisco jolts public power to life

Big bad PG&E? or big bad Royal Dutch Shell? That's a choice San Francisco residents could face as soon as next year.
By Jesse GarnierSeptember 19, 20122
Green

Lights out for solar power

Mayor Ed Lee's new budget proposal slashes funding and leaves solar power in the dark.
By Megan TarosJune 27, 20123
PUC Building Golden Gate & Polk
Government

New City building is greener than thou

The sleek new glass tower at Golden Gate and Polk is set to be the greenest building in the country. But being green ...
By Natalie ThomasJune 20, 20121
Green

How about a huge Marin solar project

Renewable energy is good. Period. And the effort to give residents 50 to 100 percent reusable energy is massive.
By Chelena GoldmanMay 18, 20121
Food

Weed and wine together as one

A number of wine-making wonders are mixing California’s two favorite recreational crops.
By Chelena GoldmanMay 4, 20120
Education

Solar panels to power Noe Valley school

Alvarado Elementary is set to become the first significantly solar-powered public school in The City.
By Natalie ThomasApril 10, 20120

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