Welcome to the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter’s Global Warming Campaign Website!

Volunteer with Us
Act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Silicon Valley Region—Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Benito Counties. Our Global Warming Campaign seeks to address this major environmental challenge with local measures that reduce emissions of global warming gases into the atmosphere. Our success depends on volunteers, and interested people such as you, working with dedicated Chapter Staff.

Attending one of our monthly Global Warming and Energy Committee meetings is a great step toward learning about us and volunteering with us!

Find out more about our efforts by viewing a presentation on our Global Warming Program by the Chapter's Global Warming Program Coordinator, Julio Magalhães.

We are currently working in these areas:

1. Local Government Action to Reduce Global Warming Emissions:
   Our Cool Cities Campaign is forming teams of residents in each city to urge local governments to take action to reduce global warming emissions within their communities. Learn about our Cool Cities Campaign and join a team in your city.

2. Helping Individuals and Organizations Reduce Their Global Warming Emissions:
   Climate Action Team Program Learn how to reduce your own energy use and global warming emissions, socially network, and help teach other people and organizations to reduce their emissions through this new program, starting in early 2009.

3. Reducing Local Barriers to the Installation of Solar Power Systems:
   Our report on solar electric system permit fees led to significant reductions of these fees by many cities in our area--- making it easier and cheaper to install solar power. This highly successful study continues as part of our campaign. Learn more about our continuing efforts to reduce barriers to solar power systems.

4. Education on Global Warming and Solutions: Educating community and school groups on the science of climate change and available measures to reduce emissions of global warming gases. Carry our campaign into your community. Request a speaker with expertise in global warming and solutions.

Quick Actions on Global Warming:

• Sign our Cool Cities Letter to Your Mayor
• Find a Cool Cities Meeting in Your City

• Dec. 17, 2009: Sierra Club Report Finds Significant Local Government Climate Protection Milestones Achieved During Economic Downturn but a Faster Pace Needs to Occur in 2010
  
• June 10, 2009: Residential Solar Permit Fee Study Extended to Southern California!
  
• April 27, 2009: Sierra Club Launches Campaign to Encourage Cities in Silicon Valley to Lower Solar Permit Fees for Non-residential Systems