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It’s inopportune timing given The City’s precarious economic situation, but climate advocates and experts still believe there are still ways San Francisco can responsibly invest in the solutions laid out in its 2021 Climate Action Plan.

Public-private partnerships, climate policy alignment, and standardized GHG accounting methods can assist U.S. cities in implementing climate initiatives

Readers react to a guest essay saying prosecution may have “terrible consequences.” Also: Climate ruling; charging stations for E.V.s; public plazas.

To realize its ambitious climate plans, SF’s government is considering a form of public banking that some advocates argue could hasten The City’s clean energy transition

View the San Francisco for Thursday, February 23, 2023

The city of San Diego calculates its greenhouse emissions from transportation are about 40 percent higher than what Los Angeles says vehicles are spewing on its roads and freeways

A report from UC Berkeley Law School estimates $22 billion is needed to reach net zero by 2040

View the San Francisco for Thursday, November 17, 2022

In August’s top post, Jiayi Zhou discusses an underexplored dimension of Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Farmland and agriculture. While the negative

In a court ruling Tuesday, a federal judge for the Northern District of California dismissed the California Restaurant Association’s, or CRA, challenge to the city of Berkeley’s natural gas ban. The court’s decision comes more than a year after the CRA filed a lawsuit against Berkeley in response to a citywide ordinance prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in new buildings effective Jan. 1, 2020. Berkeley City Council passed the ordinance July 23, 2019, making Berkeley the first city in...