Today, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018,” a bold climate bill unanimously passed by the D.C. Council on December 18. Her support ensures that the District will lead the country on climate action by requiring a 100% renewable electricity supply in D.C. by 2032. The bill also establishes ambitious clean…
Another Utah city commits to 100% renewables
Cottonwood Heights, Utah committed to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. It joins three other cities in Utah — Salt Lake City, Moab, and Park City — and Summit County in establishing this goal. The city council voted unanimously to pass a resolution adopting a goal of achieving 100% clean, renewable electricity for city operations by 2022…
Washington passes historic goal for 100% renewables
The Washington D.C. Council unanimously approved the “Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018,” a bold climate bill that includes a commitment to achieve 100% renewable electricity supply across the district by 2032. The legislation establishes a goal to use 100% renewable electricity across the district, meaning all municipal operations, residences, and businesses within D.C.…
Evanston is first Illinois municipality to commit to 100% renewables
The Evanston City Council unanimously approved its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP), which includes a commitment to achieve 100% renewable electricity supply community-wide by 2030, along with other bold climate goals. The Plan calls for 100% renewable electricity for municipal operations by 2020, 100% renewable electricity by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2050, in addition…
Ready For 100 Chicago Collective pushes for 100% renewables
The Ready For 100 Chicago Collective has announced their formation as a new community coalition working to move Chicago to a 100% clean, renewable energy future, according to the Sierra Club. The coalition is made up of dozens of community and state-based organizations, including Illinois Sierra Club, IBEW Local 134, People for Community Recovery, The…
100 U.S. cities commit to 100% renewable energy
On December 5, Cincinnati, Ohio became the 100th city in the nation to establish this goal when its City Council approved a resolution committing to 100% renewable energy by 2035. Cincinnati’s community-wide commitment builds upon its Green Cincinnati Plan from May, which commits the city to powering its municipal operations with 100% renewable energy and advances other aggressive…
Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Campaign launches Mayors for 100% Clean Energy
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer recently announced that the city’s intends to move forward with a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program to reach the city’s goal of being powered by 100% renewable energy. Community Choice is a game-changing alternative to the investor-owned utility, enabling cities and counties to pool the electricity of residents and businesses…
SoCal communities opt for 100% renewable electricity
Last week, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted to set a default of 100% renewable electricity when the county launches service through the Clean Power Alliance in 2019. Clean Power Alliance is a Southern California community choice energy provider that will procure cleaner power at lower costs than investor-owned utility Southern California Edison (SCE). According to the Sierra…
Two more Pennsylvania townships commit to 100% renewables
Both East Bradford Township and the Township of Haverford, Pennsylvania have adopted resolutions establishing goals of transitioning to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2035, and 100% renewable energy for heat and transportation by 2050. According to the Sierra Club, the East Bradford Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution that establishes a goal of transitioning…
Another Colorado city commits to 100% clean energy
The Fort Collins City Council has voted 6-1 to approve a resolution committing the community to shift away from fossil fuels and transition to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030, according to the Sierra Club. (The resolution can be found here.) With the help of engaged citizens, the City of Fort Collins committed to an updated…
Cleveland commits to 100% clean energy by 2050
This week, the City of Cleveland became the first municipality in Ohio to commit to 100% clean and renewable electricity. At Mayor Frank Jackson’s 10th Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit, the city’s Office of Sustainability released the 2018 Climate Action Plan, which contains a goal of “100% of electricity demand from clean, renewable energy by 2050.” At the…
California passes historic bill to achieve 100% clean energy
The California Assembly voted in favor of Senate Bill 100, a bill to move California to 100% renewable energy by 2045. This bill also increases California’s clean energy goals from 50% by 2030 to 60% by 2030. Governor Brown has 30 days to sign this bill into law. Once signed, California will represent the largest…
Denver commits to using 100% renewable electricity
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled the City of Denver’s 80×50 Climate Action Plan, which includes the goal of transitioning Denver to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030. Denver represents the 73rd city in the United States to commit to 100% clean electricity and joins nine other Colorado communities that have also adopted the clean energy goal.…
New Hampshire’s capital commits to 100% renewables
The City Council of Concord, New Hampshire has voted to establish a goal of transitioning the city to 100% clean and renewable energy. The state capital becomes the largest city in New Hampshire to make this commitment. According to the Sierra Club, the resolution includes the use of 100% renewable energy for electricity by 2030,…
First city in Oklahoma commits to 100% renewables
This week, the city of Norman, Oklahoma committed to transitioning to 100% renewable energy. According to the Sierra Club, the Norman City Council unanimously adopted the resolution, which states that Norman will transition to fully use clean energy like wind and solar for electricity by 2035, and across all sectors including heat and transportation by…
Kennett Township, Pennsylvania commits to 100% renewables
Kennett Township, Pennsylvania recently adopted a resolution to transition to 100% clean and renewable energy. According to the Sierra Club, Kennett Township Board of Supervisors approved a resolution introduced by Supervisor Richard Leff that establishes a goal of fully transitioning to clean and renewable energy community-wide. The resolution states the township will completely transition to…
Minneapolis commits to 100% renewable energy
The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030. According to the Sierra Club, Minneapolis now represents the largest city in the Midwest and the 65th city in the country to establish a goal of transitioning entirely to clean, renewable energy. As part of the…
New poll finds voters across America are ready for 100% clean energy
In new state polling conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR), Americans from five states across the country express strong support for generating 100% of electricity using clean, renewable energy like wind and solar. The poll, released by the Sierra Club, surveyed voters in five states: Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. According to…
One of U.S.’ “most fracked regions” sets 100% renewables goal
This week, Longmont, Colorado’s City Council voted to approve a resolution committing the community in a shift away from fossil fuels and to transition to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030. According to the Sierra Club, the City Council Resolution builds off of Longmont Mayor Brian Bagley’s Proclamation signed in December, establishing a vision for powering the…
Arkansas city commits to 100% renewable energy
The City of Fayetteville became the first municipality in Arkansas to commit to transition to 100% clean and renewable sources of energy, as reported by the Sierra Club. This week, the Fayetteville City Council voted to adopt the city’s Energy Action Plan, which includes a goal of powering all government operations with 100% clean energy…