Sustainability Newsletter Archive

2022

• December 2022: Electrify Your Home, New Green Building Codes, & other Sustainability News
• October 2022: Making Better Choices in Your Home Workshop
• September 2022: Take Local Climate Action & Connect with the Community
• August 2022: Start Your Home Electrification Journey & Make the Switch from Gas to Electric
• June 2022: Residential Building Electrification Working Group Teams
• May 2022: Emissions Reduction Progress
• April 2022: Get Involved During Earth Month
• March 2022: Sustainability Tips to Practice in Everyday Life
• February 2022: Funding and Financing Building Electrification
• January 2022: Climate Impacts: Wildfires and Sea Level Rise

2021

• December 2021:Getting to 80 x 30: The Role of Mobility
• November 2021: Getting to 80 x 30: The Role of Electric Vehicles
• October 2021: Join us on October 14 for the Palo Alto S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Commercial Building Electrification(PDF, 233KB)
• September 2021: Join us on September 9 for the S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Residential Building Electrification(PDF, 179KB)
• August 2021: Join us on August 12 for the first Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee Meeting(PDF, 160KB)

2020

• November 2020: Join the Conversation: Palo Alto's Transportation Vision(PDF, 203KB)
• October 2020: Join the Conversation: Palo Alto’s Climate Action(PDF, 167KB)
• September 2020: Join the Conversation: Opportunities for Engagement(PDF, 152KB)
• September 2020: Sustainability Benefits at Home and in the Community(PDF, 224KB)
• June 2020: Join the Conversation: Palo Alto’s Sustainability Planning(PDF, 148KB)
• March 2020: Share Your Input: Palo Alto’s Sustainability Goals(PDF, 174KB)

2019 and earlier

• April 2019: Palo Alto's Sustainability Milestones(PDF, 165KB)
• October 2018: Palo Alto’s Sustainability Journey: Past, Present, and Future(PDF, 167KB)
• April 2018: Progress Towards 80 x 30(PDF, 157KB)
• December 2017: Taking Action on Climate Change(PDF, 155KB)
• October 2017: Palo Alto’s Climate Leadership(PDF, 161KB)
• August 2017: Moving Forward on Climate Action(PDF, 164KB)
• June 2017: 80 x 30: Strategies for a Post-Carbon Economy(PDF, 162KB)
• April 2017: Climate Action: The Road to 80 X 30(PDF, 171KB)
• December 2016: City Council Approves Carbon Neutral Natural Gas Plan(PDF, 151KB)
• November 2016 Special Bulletin: City Council Adopts the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Framework(PDF, 132KB)
• November 2016: Climate Action: Taking Our Next Big Step -- 80 x 30!(PDF, 153KB)
• April 2016: Palo Alto Sustainability Dates and Updates(PDF, 155KB)
• February 2016: Sustainability and Climate Action Summit a Rousing Success!(PDF, 154KB)
• January 2016: Last Call: Sustainability & Climate Action Summit, 1/24, Jordan Middle School(PDF, 134KB)
• December 2015: Poll: Carbon Neutral City? Perspective: The Paris agreement(PDF, 186KB)
• November 2015: Climate Summits in Paris—and Palo Alto!(PDF, 206KB)
• June 2015: Climate plans, awards and making your voice heard!(PDF, 223KB)
• May 2015: Climate Plan & Comp Plan – What do YOU think?(PDF, 195KB)
• April 2015: Sustainability news / Council, climate, mobility and more!(PDF, 184KB)
• December 2014: Sustainability “Ideas Expo” Round Up(PDF, 197KB)
• November 2014: Reminder: Sustainability & Climate Ideas Expo(PDF, 161KB)
• October 2014: Sustainability Newsletter(PDF, 180KB)