Glendale Environmental Coalition

We are the Glendale Environmental Coalition, a grassroots organization dedicated to making Glendale, California, a model of environmental and climate stewardship and to fostering a healthy environment for all.

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Diverting Organic Waste from Landfilling—Reducing Food Waste—Composting—Supporting Public Transit—Banning Styrofoam—Reducing Plastic Generation & Use—Planting Native Trees & Plants—Building the Soil—Cleaning Up Our Parks & Rivers—Practicing the 5 R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, & Recycle Right—Building & Driving Electric—Going Solar

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GEC Updates & Glendale Environmental News

GEC Comment Letter RE: Ascend Analytics 100% Clean Energy by 2030 Study

GEC’s letter included three follow up asks: (1) motion to commit to achieving 100% clean energy by 2035; (2) annual updates assessing our progress toward 100% clean energy; (3) new RFPs for a commercial solar program and other local distributed energy resources

April 1st – Action Alert! “Beautiful Boulevard” three-zone proposal

Please help our neighbors in Eagle Rock by attending and supporting the community-generated “Beautiful Boulevard” three-zone proposal for the NoHo to Pasadena Transit Corridor with Metro refinements, Thursday, April 1, 5-7PM.

GEC stands in grief and solidarity with our Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

We call on all members of our community to speak and act in ways that promote unity, respect, fairness, equity, and opportunity for all people who call Glendale home, and to work to make our community safe and our environment sustainable for all.

Rep. Adam Schiff’s Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act passes in the House

This act would add more than 191,000 acres to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. GEC thanks Congressman Schiff for his determination to preserve and protect open space in Southern California for future generations!

Glendale Clean Energy Programs Update – March, 2021

Publicly shareable, periodic updates on Glendale Water & Power’s Clean Energy programs.

GEC Comment Letter in Support of Polystyrene & Single Use Plastic Ban for City Facilities/Events

GEC’s comment letter was quoted extensively at council. Council voted unanimously to move forward with drafting an ordinance.

“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

City Council Watch – April 6, 2021

This week at City Council: 3b Senator Portantino’s Legislative Update, CERT Program Overview and Future, Outgoing Mayor’s Comments, Selection of a New Mayor, New Mayor’s Comments, Single Use Plastics Ordinance in City Facilities, Direction on the future of the slow streets program

City Council Recap – March 30, 2021

Ascend Analytics’ 100% Clean Energy by 2030 analysis is well received, follow up action requested; Hazard Pay passes; The ordinance for a ban on polystyrene and single use plastics for city sponsored events and city facilities had its first reading and will come back for a vote; the city plans for 5 electric buses and accepts funding for charging infrastructure.

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A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT is a network of residential solar panels + high-capacity batteries that generates and stores excess clean energy to be accessed by Glendale’s power grid during peak energy needs.

This is a Clean Energy Solution for Glendale that not only helps our community avoid a polluting gas plant—but may also save you money!

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4 days ago

GEC SPOTLIGHTOn February 8th, 2021 the Glendale Environmental Coalition Steering Committee sent a letter of concern to the Glendale Community Services and Parks Department, the Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, and Glendale City Council opposing the use of artificial turf the city has proposed installing on 5 athletic fields over the next 14 months. The letter included seven pages of research that argued the detrimental environmental effects artificial turf has on the local environment, such as a heat island effect that raises temperatures in the surrounding area, sheds microfibers into our storm drains, and provides a large footprint of waste that will one day need to be added to landfills. The letter further pointed out the use of 7 acres of plastic needed to cover the various athletic fields the city has planned is a considerably large purchase of a fossil fuel textile. GEC argued for the use of natural fields or even new technology that employs passive subsurface irrigation, water storage, and filtration like the company EPIC, which allows for the use of natural turf utilizing a type of hydroponic process that traps water for continual passive use, can be a much more efficient and sustainable approach to water conservation than artificial turf which requires periodic watering down on high temperature days in order for it to be deemed safe enough to play on, as artificial turf captures heat and can reach temperatures of 120+ on 90 degree days. Since Glendale is located in a dry subtropical climate and temperatures every summer keep climbing due to climate change, the high heat days will only increase in future years, making artificial turf less and less accessible to the athletic community in the summer months. City council members, as did members of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, commended the research GEC put forth. The Community Services and Parks Department has recently released their own report with counter claims of how gas powered maintenance equipment to care for natural grass fields negates the sustainable virtues of natural grass or a passive subsurface irrigation installation. Yet, staff is now experimenting with electric powered maintenance equipment in some capacities as the city is recognizing the future lies in electric powered technology. To review GEC’s letter of concern to the city, go to: glendaleca.primegov.com/Portal/viewer?id=2940&type=2&fbclid=IwAR2rn2_0WQ7y8Kp76AD3CGRVtQ0zAAQ0uyX... ... See MoreSee Less

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4 days ago

Earth Day is coming up soon. Let's make Earth Day the new New Year's. What are your Earth Day Resolutions? Here is an article that has some suggestions, but there are SO many more. Post in the chat what you are planning to commit to for this year's Earth Day and how you plan to achieve your goal! ... See MoreSee Less

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Growing evidence that Tropical Milkweed (orange flowers) causes migratory problems and disease in Monarchs (which are rapidly on the decline here). Using native milkweed (white flower) in your garden is much preferred. ... See MoreSee Less

Monarchs and Milkweed, What Gardeners Need to Know

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QUICK LINKS: • Buy Milkweed • Buy Soils + Fertilizers UPDATE: Roger’s Gardens no longer sells or recommends tropical milkweed. The nation’s leading Monarch conservation organizations now recom...

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GLENDALE ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION
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Glendale News Press Let's Go All In On Clean Energy

Letter to Editor: Let’s Go “All In” on Clean Economy – READ
Glendale News Press

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Repowered Southern California Natural Gas Power Plant Will Have Lots of Green – READ
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Nearly 400 rally against burning fossil fuels in aging electricity plant in Glendale – READ
Pasadena Star-News

Hundreds protest plan to continue burning fossil fuels at Glendale power plant – READ
Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The time has come to say ‘no’ to Grayson plan and ‘yes’ to renewable energy – READ
Los Angeles Times

State’s last gas-powered electric plant proposal pits Glendale utility against resident activists – READ
Los Angeles Daily News

Rally Precedes Council Meeting – READ
Crescenta Valley Weekly

Protests in Glendale Over the Grayson Power Plant Hold Lessons for NELA on Scholl Canyon – READ
Boulevard Sentinel

Concern Growing Over Glendale’s Air Quality – READ
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Activists turn from protesting to collaborating, like Glendale Environmental Coalition and Grayson Power Plant plans – READ
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