January Club Meeting with Nicole Capretz
Wednesday, January 28th
La Jolla Village Square Community Room
8657 Villa La Jolla Dr.
San Diego, Calif. 92037
La Jolla Village Square Community Room
8657 Villa La Jolla Dr.
San Diego, Calif. 92037
Climate Action Plan and Community Choice Energy
How we get to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035
January 28, 2015
How we get to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035
January 28, 2015
Thanks to everyone who attended our first San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action club meeting of 2015 on what turned out to be a drizzly Wednesday evening.
While we plan to meet in different areas of the county this year, including a stop in Lemon Grove this spring, we were pleased to be joined by guests, attendees, and members from the Carlsbad-Oceanside (DEMCCO) and Fallbrook clubs at the La Jolla Village Community Room this month.
Nicole Capretz, executive director of the newly-launched Climate Action Campaign, was our featured speaker and special guest. A specialist on the city of San Diego's proposed Climate Action Plan, Nicole was featured in a San Diego City Beat article earlier this month, and previously worked at City Hall for now-former councilman Ed Harris, and as director of environmental policy to Todd Gloria when the councilman served as interim mayor. Nicole has also worked for the Environmental Health Coalition.
The full PDF file of Nicole's presentation Climate Action Plan and Community Choice Energy: How We Get to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2035 is now available at our website.
Nicole also sent along several additional items, including:
While we plan to meet in different areas of the county this year, including a stop in Lemon Grove this spring, we were pleased to be joined by guests, attendees, and members from the Carlsbad-Oceanside (DEMCCO) and Fallbrook clubs at the La Jolla Village Community Room this month.
Nicole Capretz, executive director of the newly-launched Climate Action Campaign, was our featured speaker and special guest. A specialist on the city of San Diego's proposed Climate Action Plan, Nicole was featured in a San Diego City Beat article earlier this month, and previously worked at City Hall for now-former councilman Ed Harris, and as director of environmental policy to Todd Gloria when the councilman served as interim mayor. Nicole has also worked for the Environmental Health Coalition.
The full PDF file of Nicole's presentation Climate Action Plan and Community Choice Energy: How We Get to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2035 is now available at our website.
Nicole also sent along several additional items, including:
- A link to the San Diego Foundation's 2050 Report on climate change in the region.
- A 2013 KPBS story about the San Diego Foundation report.
- A 2013 Huffington Post entry, including San Diego as one of 14 cities threatened by rising sea levels.
- A Nickolay Lamb blog entry detailing the poor location of the San Diego Convention Center, which will only become more soggy as time goes on.
We were also pleased to welcome Sarah Boot, a U.S. attorney and familiar face to San Diego Democrats, who is back on the campaign trail in a 2016 race.
Sarah spoke about her new campaign for the California State Assembly in AD-78 and support from Speaker Toni Atkins, including her outdoor recreation choices and vision of utilizing parks and open space as a component of ensuring enviornmental justice, similar to what President Obama recently voiced at the declaration of the new San Gabriel Mountains National Monument above Los Angeles.
Tommy added several quick updates on threats to the Antiquties Act, related news about the need for President Obama to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, the urgent need to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund before its expiration later this year, and how our club should provide local support for President Obama's push to establish Wilderness protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Sarah spoke about her new campaign for the California State Assembly in AD-78 and support from Speaker Toni Atkins, including her outdoor recreation choices and vision of utilizing parks and open space as a component of ensuring enviornmental justice, similar to what President Obama recently voiced at the declaration of the new San Gabriel Mountains National Monument above Los Angeles.
Tommy added several quick updates on threats to the Antiquties Act, related news about the need for President Obama to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, the urgent need to renew the Land and Water Conservation Fund before its expiration later this year, and how our club should provide local support for President Obama's push to establish Wilderness protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Photos by Sarah Boot, Nicole Capretz, Kathleen Connell, Tommy Hough, and Gary Meade
