Tag: Low-Income Communities

  • San Diego’s Low-Income Communities Want Clean Energy

    By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Claire Trageser Listen to the Midday Edition interview with Councilman David Alvarez and Nicole Capretz, associate director of the Green Energy, Green Jobs campaign at the Environmental Health Coalition. Amid the flurry of bills sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk at the close of the state Assembly session last week, a solar energy bill was left out.…

  • Low-Income Neighborhoods Willing to Pay More for Solar Energy, Report Shows

    By Katie Orr San Diego gets plenty of sunshine and a recent survey shows low income neighborhoods want to take better advantage of it. A recent survey by the Environmental Health Coalition shows 72 percent of registered voters in south San Diego would pay more in utilities bills to get solar energy in their neighborhoods. Nearly 300…