Power in Numbers: The Business Council on Climate Change Unites Bay Area Businesses in the Campaign to Reduce Carbon Emissions

By Anna Puccinelli, Chicago-based freelance writer

Blessed with a bewitching coastline, world-famous hills, and lush vegetation, it is no wonder San Francisco has long led the nation in environmental initiatives. In 2002 the city boldly launched a climate action plan that aims for a 20% reduction of 1990-level carbon emissions by the year 2012—a goal that substantially exceeds the levels set forth in the Kyoto Protocol. Such rigorous standards present a challenge for Bay Area businesses: How can companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and simultaneously increase their bottom lines?

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Sustaining Traditions In The Green City BY The Bay

By Adam Busch Co-Publisher & Owner, Green Space Today

In addition to learning about the greenest museum in the world-the California Academy of Sciences-find out about new public mandates, incentives, and technologies aimed to promote sustainability in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this article, sentiment is expressed by leaders of the green movement such as David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council and Terry Tamminen, author of Lives Per Gallon and former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and former Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger.

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Company Profile: Echelon Corporation

Steve Nguyen, Director of Corporate Marketing at Echelon Corporation, discusses the company’s product line, clients, and the sustainability movement in the Bay Area.

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