by Ruth Abbe | Oct 24, 2020 | Initiatives
CASA was formed in 2008 to help the City implement its original Local Action Plan for Climate Protection. The City’s original goal was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% below 2005 levels by 2020. The City achieved an 18% reduction by 2020. In 2017, CASA...
by Debi Ryan | Apr 7, 2021 | Initiatives
100% Clean Energy! Alameda has its own community-owed municipal utility, Alameda Municipal Power (AMP). AMP is managed by an independent Public Utilities Board which guides AMP’s policies. On January 1, 2020, AMP began providing 100% non-carbon power to all customers....
by Maria van Lieshout | Oct 18, 2017 | Initiatives
Alameda Green Schools Challenge is a joint project of CASA and the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD). It was created in 2009 to support the implementation of comprehensive recycling and composting programs at public and private schools in Alameda. A...
by Ruth Abbe | Oct 18, 2020 | Initiatives
Zero Waste: The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. CASA’s...
by Sean Choi | Nov 30, 2020 | Initiatives
“…almost all of Alameda’s emissions will come from the transportation sector (about 70 percent)”. Alameda’s 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, pages 15-16. Reducing our use of carbon-fueled vehicles is the single most impactful way Alamedans can help fight...