Environment

San Francisco is at the vanguard of the 21st century green economy. By pioneering programs to educate our community and by creating incentives for residents and businesses alike to go green, we have created environmental standards unsurpassed by most American cities. Yet we can do better. In 2008, Phil Ting helped launch GoSolarSF – San Francisco’s first municipal solar energy incentive program, and also one of its most successful. This program, coupled with the California Solar Initiative, could pay for more than half the cost of a solar power system installed in San Francisco. The demand for environmental incentive programs is high in San Francisco – as it should be. Our city has one of the largest and most aggressive solar incentive programs in the nation. Our green building standards outrank all others. And we are working to build the country’s first electric vehicle network. Programs like these empower San Franciscans to reduce our carbon footprint and integrate renewable energy into our daily lives. But when it comes to the environment, our work is never done.

Phil Ting’s Bill Would Reduce Sales Tax on Green Cars

By sf-admin • Environment, Tax Reform

Way to go, Assemblymember Phil Ting! The Reset San Francisco founder made headlines in the Los Angeles Times over the weekend about his pioneering legislation that would incentivize more Californians …
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10 years ago

California Aquifers Contaminated With Billions of Gallons of Fracking Waste

By sf-admin • Environment

After ordering a review of possible contamination within California’s aquifers, the US Environmental Protection Agency found that about three billion gallons of wastewater have illegally contaminated central California’s farm-irrigation and …
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10 years ago

California’s Drought May Increase Earthquake Risk

By sf-admin • Environment, Public Safety

Most of us probably didn’t feel the 4.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Oregon Friday morning, but even the smallest quakes serve as a reminder to many of …
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10 years ago

Largest Climate March in History Calls World Leaders to Action

By sf-admin • Environment

New York City saw the largest climate march in history on Sunday, with a reported 300,000 people hitting the streets for The People’s Climate March.

The demonstration took place …
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10 years ago

CHINA IS BUILDING THE FIRST SELF-SUSTAINABLE, ECO-FRIENDLY CITY

By sf-admin • Environment

In an effort to create a more environmentally friendly and sustainable city, China has recently revealed plans to create a 78 million square foot city, to house 80,000 residents without …
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