California's 2026 Climate Priorities

E*News & Views, May 1, 2026

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Quick Takes

Mon, May 4, 6pm: SR City Council meets. Agenda & memos.

Wed, May 6, 10am: Bay Area Air District needs to hear from you to keep on track to require heat pump water heaters & furnaces. Write/Attend.

Wed, May 6, 10am-noon: 'Housing as a Climate Solution' with Jessie Rountree, Greenbelt Alliance Marin Resilience Manager. More at MCL.

Th, May 7, 10-11;30am: 'Nature-Based Climate Solutions at Work' with Baani Behniwal and others. Sign-up.

Mon, May 11, 2-4pm: 'Reverently Walking Shoreline Park' with Molly Arthur. Meet at Pickleweed Park, SR.

Tue, May 12, 2pm: ESP Partnership & MWPA discuss Marin Community Wildfire Prevention Plan. Link.

Check out how Marin can move below zero net climate pollution by 2045 by adequately funding 9 key Climate Solutions. MarinCAN.

California Climate Priorities

Barry Vesser, Chief Program Officer at the Climate Center, will discuss the organization's 2026 policy priorities for California, along with highlights from its April Policy Summit.

Barry has been with the Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams.

Topics will include:

--Vehicle-to-Grid (SB 1282),

--Resource Adequacy (SB 913),

--Carbon Drawdown (AB 2184), and

--CA Cap & Invest program.

Wednesday, May 20, 10am-noon

MCL Climate Action Working Group

In-person at 175 North Redwood Drive, San Rafael

or by zoom

Featured Events & Actions

VOTE CLIMATE !

Tue, June 2: Election Day. Local, State, and National offices and measures in the lead-up to the November mid-terms. Select the leaders and approve the actions that will help defeat climate change denial in the House and Senate, keep California strong as a bastion of climate leadership nationally and globally, and made Marin a model for effective climate action.

VOTING INFORMATION

Read Marin Biomass Study

Ready now! Review recommended utilization pathways that would cut 3/4 of the GHG emitted from Marin's increasing flows of discarded organic material, pruning countywide GHG emissions by 3 percent.

STUDY LINK

Sue for the 'Endangerment Finding'

Hire the lawyers fighting to restore health & safety as the basis and imperative for federal climate action: Natural Resources Defense Council

Earthjustice

Environmental Defense Fund

American Public Health Association

Eliminate Pain at the Pump

Sun, May 3, 11am-2pm: Red Hill Shopping Center EV &Ebike Show. Plus Pre-Owned EV Savings webinar 5/1, 12pm. And Clean Energy & EV Showcase at Novato City Hall 5/16, 10am-1pm.

LINKS

Keep Current on the Crisis

Listen to Greg Dalton's Climate One podcasts. 'What the Rise of the Electrostate Means for the Petrostate.' Annie Leonard on 'Protest & Beyond.' 'What Can We Do about Electric Bills?' 'Cities Lead the Way.' & more.

LISTEN UP

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