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” In Berkeley’s green future, there will be no incandescent lightbulbs, Wedgewood stoves or gas-powered water heaters. The only sounds will be the whir of bicycles and the purr of hybrid cars — and possibly curses from residents being forced to upgrade all their kitchen appliances.” –Carolyn Jones 5.24.07 Chronicle.
Read more of “It won’t be easy being green” article in today’s Chronicle.
The new bus yard slated for 1325 Sixth Street is up for ZAB review this Monday, Nov. 27, 2006 at 7pm (well, not exactly 7, it depends how the schedule is ordered). A mitigated negative declaration is in the works. Contact Chris Wolf, the planner in charge of the project, for more info: CWolf@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Who are they? West Berkeley’s (and Alameda’s for that matter) only public pump for bio-diesel. To read about who else won a sustainability award, see the Nov. 17, 2006 article in the Berkeley Voice. To learn more about what BioFuel Oasis does, visit their website : http://www.biofueloasis.com/index.html
…and so is the air.
Click here to read a summary of yesterday’s state of Berkeley address given by Mayor Bates. I’m still a little hesitant to believe green house gases have been reduced by 14% in Berkeley. Maybe as a whole, but I don’t think that would hold true for west Berkeley.
Other articles related to reducing green house gases in Berkeley:
*I’m still not clear on how the City calculates the reduction, especially when the amount of bio-diesel used for city vehicles has gone up since they stopped using 100% bio-diesel earlier last year (see link to Phil Kamlarz update above). If I can find a better description of the figures and method they used to calculate this, I will post it. In the meantime, I’ll just have to wonder.
Sept. 13 2005 Bay City News Berkeley Makes Strides in Reducing Carbon Emissions
Sept. 13 2005 Chronicle Article by Patrick Hodge Greenhouse Emissions Reduced by Bio-diesel
Sept. 13 2005 Oakland Tribune Article by Kristin Bender Look, Ma, Fewer Carbon Emissions
August 15, 2005 Update
Per Mark Rhoades (Planning Dept Manager), this project will likely NOT have an Environmental Impact Study/Review. He says this is due mostly to its “scale.” This is frustrating considering it will impact traffic and air quality.
August 5, 2005
Apparently this project is moving ahead. It may be a bit worrisome considering the multiple point and mobile pollution sources already concentrated in this area. Since Jan. 2005, the city of Berkeley is no longer using 100% Bio-diesel. Even if all the buses are using the 50/50 Low Sulfur blend, 32 or so buses reving up their motors every morning and afternoon isn’t going to be pleasant. The project will likely start up in Nov. with Design Review/ZAB hearings.
Neighbors within a 300 ft. radius should be notified for ZAB etc. Or if you’d like, email Chris Wolf for more info: CWolf@ci.berkeley.ca.us
UPPH(Use Permit Public Hearing)# 04-10000141
DRCL(Design Review Committee Level)# 04-30000097
Related Info and Articles:
Zelda Bronstein Daily Planet Article
Older Description from BUSD (see page 5)
City vehicles no longer use 100% bio-diesel. It is now a 50/50 mix. See link for furthr info: Phil Kamlarz letter to City Council Re: Bio-diesel.
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