October 5, 2021 — Tomorrow is the 4th Annual California Clean Air Day, and BARC is joining residents, businesses, and cities around the state to sign the pledge and commit to cleaner air through actions both large and small. With Californians more than 4 times as likely to experience serious air pollution-related...
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We review local, regional and national news that touches on our work here at BARC. Whether it be renewable energy, rising sea levels, racial segregation or the changing landscape of new laws and new technologies that will shape our communities.
October 1, 2021 — On September 17th, 2021, the BARC Governing Board unanimously approved a Joint Resolution to Address Climate Change, through which its member agencies committed to working with BARC staff to develop a Shared Work Plan that will advance coordinated implementation of some of the highest-priority...
September 30, 2021 — KneeDeep Times, a new digital magazine exploring climate resilience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, announced its launch today. The magazine explores stories across the Bay Area of people and places on the front lines of climate change, and connects them with the latest policies, projects...
September 22, 2021 — An article in SFGate highlights the risks that climate change-induced hazards pose to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. In 2019, BART experienced massive systemwide delays due to mechanical problems on a very hot summer day. Even more pressing is the transit system's vulnerability to sea...
September 8, 2021 — A recent article in the New York Times highlights the financial crises that small towns, particularly in low-income areas, are experiencing in the face of climate shocks. Without the financial ability to rebuild and recover from natural disasters, communities enter into a downward spiral of...