Climate Action Plan

At a special meeting Tuesday, City Council members, city staff and members of the public discussed the city’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

At a special meeting Tuesday, Berkeley City Council will brainstorm methods to curb the city’s greenhouse gas emissions in light of a report that found the city is not on track to reach its reduction goals by 2020.

With more than a year remaining before Berkeley voters take to the polls to elect the city’s next mayor, on Thursday morning, City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin became the first to announce his intent to run.

After a federal court ruled in favor of a city ordinance, Berkeley City Council adopted at its meeting Tuesday the first reading of a law that would require retailers to warn consumers the potential danger cellphones pose as emitters of radiofrequency.

Berkeley City Council voted last week to revise a proposed ordinance mandating energy audits of city properties, following community concerns about how the measure would affect residential property owners.

The city of Berkeley was selected as one of 50 semifinalists in the Georgetown University Energy Prize competition for its citywide efforts in energy use reduction.