Coverage of
Climate Action Forum
29 stories
- Residents push back on composting gaps and heat pump noiseWeek of Sep 20, 2026
- Residents air composting and heat pump gripes at climate workshopSat, Sep 26, 2026
- State Freezes Larkspur's Green Building Push; City Turns to Carrots, Not CodesWeek of Aug 16, 2026
- With state law freezing green building codes, Larkspur looks to rebates and fee breaks insteadSat, Aug 22, 2026
- A $32,000 electric mower, a PG&E ask about Diablo Canyon, and a long list of homeworkWeek of Jun 7, 2026
- Forum warms to a $32,000 electric mower — and maybe a second oneWed, Jun 10, 2026
- PG&E asks Larkspur's climate panel to hear out a Diablo Canyon extension — members say wrong roomWed, Jun 10, 2026
- Native-plant landscaping resolution headed to the Forum's August agendaWed, Jun 10, 2026
- A $50,000 experiment gets a nod: the electric mower travels from Monday's workshop to Wednesday's budgetWeek of May 17, 2026
- A $50,000 experiment: Larkspur weighs an electric ride-on mower for Piper ParkMon, May 18, 2026
- Nine years in, Larkspur's gas leaf blower ban runs on police dispatch. The Forum wants photos and fines instead.Mon, May 18, 2026
- Empty office lots at night: Forum pitches two-tier permit fees to grow EV chargingMon, May 18, 2026
- Five climate priorities head to Council — after the city manager spent an evening asking "how would we report that?"Week of Apr 5, 2026
- On its first anniversary, the Climate Action Forum hammers out a Top 5 list — and a reality check from the city managerWed, Apr 8, 2026
- The resiliency hub that can't heat itself, and a $200,000 diesel questionWeek of Feb 8, 2026
- At the new Larkspur Library, 40kW of solar and a 60kWh battery — and a debate over when to spend itWed, Feb 11, 2026
- Forum members say state density bonus law is letting new buildings sidestep Larkspur's all-electric ruleWed, Feb 11, 2026
- Larkspur's all-electric building code is stuck in Sacramento, with the clock running on 300-plus units at Larkspur LandingWeek of Dec 7, 2025
- City's CalGreen Tier One ordinance adopted locally but never approved by the stateThu, Dec 11, 2025
- Forum settles on eight priority climate actions — and decides not to shy from the hard onesThu, Dec 11, 2025
- Realtors ask Air District to delay the 2027 zero-NOx water heater rule; committee looks unmovedThu, Dec 11, 2025
- Larkspur's all-electric building code never made it to a state reviewer's deskWeek of Oct 5, 2025
- Forum blinks on the gas leaf blower ban — and lands on rebates and a letter to homeownersWeek of Oct 5, 2025
- State rejects Larkspur's building electrification code amendments over missing cost studiesWed, Oct 8, 2025
- Forum backs off tightening the gas leaf blower ban, favors telling homeowners they're the ones on the hookWed, Oct 8, 2025
- Forum cuts a 250-item climate plan down to two priorities for the next six monthsWed, Oct 8, 2025
- Before Wednesday's Council vote, the climate forum rehearsed one line: you can keep your gas stoveWeek of Aug 10, 2025
- Forum coaches staff on framing new all-electric building standards: 'you can keep your gas stove'Wed, Aug 13, 2025
- Marin's MCE reps voted no; the Deep Green premium goes up anyway on Oct. 1Wed, Aug 13, 2025