Government Organizations

California Climate Change Portal

http://www.climatechange.ca.gov

California produces roughly 1.4 percent of the world’s, and 6.2 percent of the total U.S., greenhouse gases. Our state has been working on and finding solutions to our impact on climate since 1988. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2005 executive order on climate change kicked into high gear to further advance clean renewable energy and other solutions to lower our state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissons. And the landmark California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 established the first-in-the-world comprehensive program of regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve real, quantifiable, cost-effective reductions of GHG.

California EPA Air Resources Board Climate Change Program

http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm

This website provides information regarding the implementation of California’s Climate Change Scoping Plan to mitigate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California. The Scoping Plan is a central requirement of Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 that requires California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

Statewide Organizations

California Green Stimulus Coalition

http://californiagreenstimulus.org

This coalition is focused on state-level decision-makers, including the state legislature and state agencies overseeing stimulus funds (such as the California Energy Commission, Community Services and Development Agency, etc). The coalition is not engaged with local or regional decision-makers, leaving that to other efforts and allies.

Cool California

http://coolcalifornia.org

This site provides information to both individuals and small businesses on how they can reduce their carbon footprint and combat global warming in California. A resource-rich site, it has calculators and toolkits for businesses and local governments.

Regional Organizations

Green Capital Alliance

http://www.greencapitalalliance.org

The Green Capital Alliance aims to achieve two equally important goals—making our growing clean technology sector a defining feature of our economy and making the six-county Sacramento region a leader in sustainability. The Green Capital Alliance unites our employers, academic and research institutions, economic development and community organizations, and local governments behind this shared purpose.

Great Valley Center

http://greatvalley.org

The Great Valley Center is a nonprofit organization focused on California’s Great Central Valley. It provides information and data, organizes conferences and regional events and operates leadership development programs. Its areas of interest include Agriculture, Resources, Energy, Infrastructure, Community Design, Economic Development and Technology.

CleanStart

http://www.cleanstart.org

CleanStart is an initiative of Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) and McClellan Technology Incubator (MTI) designed to accelerate the development of clean energy technology ventures within the Greater Sacramento Region. CleanStart was born out of an innovative needs assessment study that was jointly funded and managed by the California Energy Commission, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and the McClellan Technology Incubator.

Sacramento Sustainable Business

http://www.sacberc.org/Web/programs/ssbp/index.php

Sacramento County’s Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) runs this site, which offers a program on how to become a certified Sacramento Sustainable Business. You can also find a list of Sacramento Sustainable Businesses.

Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA)

http://www.sarta.org

The Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) is a tech-focused 501(c)(3) corporation established in 2001 to support entrepreneurial programs, companies and technology investment throughout Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties.