Working together is the key to developing a better future for Bay Area communities.

The Bay Area Regional Collaborative, or BARC, works to collaborate and problem-solve for 21st century challenges that impact the Bay Area, including climate change and social and economic injustice.

News

March 19, 2024 — America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, South Fork Wind, is officially open 35 miles off the coast of Montauk Point, New York. It can generate 132 megawatts of offshore wind energy to power more than 70,000 homes. Offshore wind remains a key strategy in transitioning to a carbon-free...
March 19, 2024 — Since 2013, China has embarked on a national policy to turn its growing metropolises into sponge cities, which capture stormwater instead of disposing of it all. As engineered designs slow the flow of that water and allow it to soak into the Earth instead of running away—using rain gardens...
March 13, 2024 — According to a new study recently published in Nature, the oil and gas industry may be emitting about three-times the amount of methane than government estimates show. Methane is among the greenhouse gasses heating the planet, and is far more potent than carbon dioxide. Researchers, from Stanford...
March 13, 2024 — The city of Berkeley will purchase and transfer the Spenger’s Restaurant parking lot property in West Berkeley to Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. After a recent settlement agreement, Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the purchase, making Berkeley among the first in the country to outright return...
March 8, 2024 — The U.S. Navy has acknowledged that in just over a decade, potentially toxic groundwater could surface at a Superfund site at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. The report comes as the city plans to build thousands of homes, retail, and over 340 acres of parks and open space at a highly...

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