Press Announcements

Santa Barbara City Council to consider stronger energy standards. Released October 18, 2007

Santa Barbara City Council Accepts "Architecture 2030 Challenge". Released February 2, 2007

Santa Barbara Adds Retail Biodiesel Fueling Station. Released January 5, 2007

CEC in the News

NEW! Hughes, Karna. "Green routine: Back-to-school basics," Santa Barbara News-Press 18 August 2008

NEW! Foster, Jeremy. "Home & Garden Show patrons encouraged to go green," Santa Barbara News-Press 17 August 2008

NEW! Douglass, Elizabeth. "Hypermiling toward fuel efficiency," Noozhawk online 3 August 2008

Douglass, Elizabeth. "Why the oil crunch may grow worse," Los Angeles Times 22 July 2008

Brasket, Deborah. "Peak oil meets global warming," Santa Maria Times 11 July 2008

Foster, Jeremy. "Oil, gas seeps fouling Santa Barbara Channel: Panel of experts weighs in on possible solutions," Santa Barbara News-Press 2 June 2008

Gordan, Jeramy. "Natural oil seeps: Are they dangerous?" Santa Barbara Daily Sound 2 June 2008

RADIO CLIP! "Energy experts say high gasoline costs here to stay," KCLU Radio 3 June 2008

VIDEO CLIP! "Tri-County Energy SummitDelivers Sobering News," KEYT3 Santa Barbara 29 May 2008

Barlow, Zeke. "Experts, civic leaders discuss solutions to declining oil supply," Ventura County Star 30 May 2008

Weight, Rachel. "Earth Day at the Santa Barbara Courthouse," Santa Barbara Independent 21 April 2008

Lindberg, Eric. "Earth Day festival draws thousands," Santa Barbara Daily Sound 21 April 2008

Sinovic, Steve. "A Garden of Eden," Santa Barbara News-Press 20 April 2008

Staff Writer. "Follow the footprints to this year's Earth Day Festival," Lompoc Vision April 2008

Farr, Jim. "CEC at forefront of sustainability," SB Noozhawk 09 April 2008

Douglass, Elizabeth. "State to pump up access to biofuels," LA Times 26 February 2008

Schwyzer, Elizabeth. "Earth Day, Made in Santa Barbara ," Santa Barbara Independent 7 December 2006

Staff Writer. "On Being Green," Central Coast Magazine January/February 2008

Olney, Warren (host). "Will California Lead the World Against Global Warming?" featuring CEC Board President Ivor John, KCRW Radio 29 November 2007

Wilson, Lorraine. "On the Town, Environmental Council," Santa Barbara News-Press 2 December 2007

Lindberg, Eric. "Energy blueprint to go green," Santa Barbara Daily Sound 23 November 2007

Telleen-Lawson, Karen. "Screwing in an efficient light bulb," Santa Barbara Daily Sound 17 October 2007

McReynolds, John. "To harness the wind," Santa Maria Sun 10 October 2007. The Central Coast's first wind-energy farm moves closer to reality, giving voice to wider hopes.

Meagher, Chris. "Catching a wave," Santa Barbara Independent 5 July 2007. CEC seeks to harness wave power.

Burns, Melinda. "A mighty wind," Santa Barbara News-Press 26 June 2006. Turbine farm proposed on ranch land south of Lompoc.

Inside Santa Barbara. Featuring Earth Day Coverage, City TV-18 May 2007.

Stewart, Ethan. "Cabrillo Port Dies a Santa Barbara Flavored Death," Santa Barbara Independent 24 May 2007.

Inside Santa Barbara. Featuring Southern California Energy Efficency Partnership and Architecture 2030, City TV-18 April 2007.

Welsh, Nick. "Walking in Their Footsteps," Santa Barbara Independent 16 February 2006. Reviews highlights of global warming discussion by guest speakers Bob Corell and Sheila Watt-Cloutier.


Published articles and op-eds written by CEC staff

Chiacos, Michael. "How to cut your gasoline costs in half," Lompoc Vision August 2008

Chiacos, Michael. "How to cut your gasoline costs in half, " Santa Barbara Newspress July 27 2008

Hunt, Tam. "Peak Exports and Our Economic Future, " Renewable Energy World online May 8 2008

Chiacos, Michael. "The Era of Cheap Oil is Over, " Santa Barbara Noozhawk April 26 2008

Chiacos, Michael. "Earth Day is everyday and... " Condor Call--Journal of the Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club April/May2008

Hunt, Tam. "The state of large-scale solar," CSP Today website February 2008

Birney, Megan. "Momentous changes seen in new Santa Barbara city codes, " Condor Call--Journal of the Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club December 2007/January 2008

Birney, Megan. "Setting the Pace in Energy-Efficiency Standards," Santa Barbara Independent 20 December 2007

Birney, Megan. "Greenhouse-gases Fight Saves," Ventura County Star 27 December 2007

Diaz, Megan. "A New Year, A Clean Slate," Lompoc Vision January 2008

Diaz, Megan. "Community Environmental Council," Lompoc Vision December 2007

Hunt, Tam. "Climate change: Get serious" Pacific Coast Business Times 26 October 2007

Hunt, Tam. "Wag the Energy Dog" Santa Barbara News-Press 01 October 2006

Hunt, Tam. "If Sweden can do it, can't Santa Barbara?" Santa Barbara News-Press 28 May 2006

Hunt, Tam. "No Nukes (Still)." Santa Barbara Independent 20 April 2006

Hunt, Tam. "California has no need for LNG." Santa Barbara News-Press 22 January 2006

Hunt, Tam. "Hydrogen is more efficient." Montecito Journal 21 April 2005

CEC Reports & Publications

NEW! CEC's Position on Biofuels, February 2008

Does California Need Liquefied Natual Gas?

Implementation Plan: Removing Barriers to Solar Energy in SB County

Fossil Free by 2033: A 7-Step Plan to Save America's Environment and Economy