feature2Sacramento area cities competing to be
“coolest” in California

The cities of Citrus Heights, Davis and Sacramento are involved in the Cool California Challenge, a statewide competition aimed to reduce carbon footprints at the household level. Read More »

 feature2The Sacramento area is ready for electric vehicles

The Sacramento region is consistently ranked as having the highest potential for drivers to embrace electric vehicles in the United States. Read More »

 feature2Clean/green team sees success in Washington D.C.

Read Julia's recap of the Clean/Green Team's trip to Washington D.C. with the Sacramento Metro Chamber to lobby Congress, committee staff and federal agency representatives on issues important to economic growth in the Sacramento area. Read More »

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High-solid anaerobic digestion system provides power to American River Packaging

High-solid anaerobic digestion system provides power to American River Packaging

The Clean World Organic Waste Conversion Center (developed by Clean World Partners) is based on anaerobic digestion technology developed at UC Davis. It converts food waste, agricultural residue and other organic waste into renewable energy, fertilizer and soil enhancements.

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Senate Bill 375

The Sacramento region:
Where innovative policy is implemented

Senate Bill 375, authored by Senator Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2008, requires the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop regional greenhouse gas emission targets for automobiles and light trucks.

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UC Davis

U.C. Davis Aggies are number 1 in the nation for recycling and composting

On October 23, 2010, 6,385 fans in Aggie Stadium generated 885 pounds of trash. Guess how much went into the landfill? Only 90 pounds. 795 pounds were diverted to recycling and composting—a diversion rate of 90 percent—and enough to win the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual WasteWise Game Day Challenge.

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McClellan Business Park

McClellan Business Park: an emerging clean technology center

A small cluster of clean tech companies is emerging on the site of a former Air Force base. In 1999 the County of Sacramento took over the former McClellan Air Force Base, and with the help of a private company, began redeveloping it into a commercial space. The site consists of 3,000 acres with approximately 8.5 million square feet of useable buildings.

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Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity builds green

In the 25 years since it was founded, the Sacramento Habitat for Humanity has built 77 homes for low-income families. All of these homes incorporate energy efficiency features, and seven of them were built to LEED Gold and LEED Platinum standards. These high-energy efficiency standards mean that the highest monthly utility bill in these homes is $1.50.

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open space

Open space planning in the Sacramento region

The Sacramento Valley is home to significant natural resources and diverse landscapes, habitats and wildlife species. Efforts to protect and sustain the region’s ecosystem are included in a number of existing initiatives.

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American River

Regional water planning

The Sacramento Area Water Forum prescribes a regional conjunctive use program for Folsom Lake, the lower American River, and the connected basins within Sacramento County to address the region’s resources and environmental protection needs.

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