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City Council Watch – May 20, 2025
City Council, 6 PM: CalRecycle Beverage Container Recycling Grant; Open Space and Conservation and Recreation (OSCR) Elements Update; Grayson Contingency Increases (due to increased Tariff concerns); Annual Update to Glendale Water and Power’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan; Project Update – Vision Zero Action Plan
City Council Watch – April 15, 2025
City Council, 6 PM: Proclamation Designating April 22, 2025, as Earth Day; Commission Appointments; Comprehensive Analysis on all Dedicated Irrigation Meters and Mixed-Use Meters PSA; Artificial Turf Field Replacement at Pacific Park/Edison Elementary
City Council Watch – March 18. 2025
City Council, 6 PM: Verdugo Wash Grant Funds Acceptance & Consultant
2025 Earth Day Festivities & Glendale’s First Electric Bus!
GEC had a blast at Glendale’s 2025 Earth Day Fair and GCC’s 2025 Earth Day Event + Glendale’s first Electric Beeline Bus Unveiled!
Join GEC at Glendale’s 2025 Earth Fair
Stop by the GEC booth at Glendale’s 2025 Earth Day Fair on Saturday, April 26 from 11 am – 3 pm at Verdugo Park!
City Owned Solar Development Program Update
The GWP Perkins 184 kW Solar Array is connected! The Perkins Building Rooftop Solar Project is the first initiative of Phase 1 of the Community Solar: City-Owned Program. Phase 1 will provide approximately 4.9 megawatts of clean, locally-generated solar power to Glendale’s grid. GEC congratulates GWP on this milestone!
324 schools in California to Install dishwashers thanks to Senator Portantino and GEC co-sponsored grant program!
324 schools in California, including Glenoaks Elementary and Fremont Elementary in GUSD, will be installing dishwashers thanks to funding acquired by Senator Portantino, inspired by advocacy by GEC and GREEN LUNCHROOM and the original pilot at Franklin Elementary!
City Owned Solar Development Program Update
The proposed solar project at the Sports Complex is one of six, phase-one City Owned Solar projects that will help generate local clean energy in Glendale. The canopy solar at the Sports Complex parking lot will have a 1,343 kW capacity, generating over 2 million kWh of clean solar energy annually and provide shade (a bonus!) for parked cars.
Support the Plastic Waste Reduction Ordinance!
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 6PM Glendale City Council will vote to adopt the Plastic Waste Reduction Ordinance, which we consider to be an excellent collection of the best practices from around the state that will help us to finally combat the scourge of plastic pollution in our city.
“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our movement to stop it.”
—Bill McKibben
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Heat pumps hold a steady temperature better and give off none of the unhealthy fumes of traditional furnaces.How to Go Electric for Renters
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Glendale has plans to add green space to its “park poor” southern region.
