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Sierra Martinez, Energy Attorney & Analyst, San Francisco
I grew up in Martinez, California, a place that engendered my interest in energy and the environment, as it embodies both: bordered by ample natural beauty: golden rolling hills, the Carquinez Strait, and Briones Regional Park, but also the location of prominent, large, oil refineries. I've carried this with me throughout my learning and career.
I enjoy skiing, hiking, independent music, reading, and just hanging out with family and friends.
Recent Posts
Posted May 10, 2012 by Sierra Martinez in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanenergy, climatechange, energy, fossilenergy, globalwarming, procurement, renewableenergy, renewables
To develop a sustainable and healthy economy, California policy requires utilities to rely on clean energy resources whenever it is cost-effective and before turning to the dirtier options. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) just finalized its plans to implement this...continued→
Posted October 31, 2011 by Sierra Martinez in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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- energy, energyconsumption, energyefficiency, energypolicy, energysavings, powerplants
Clean Energy Efficiency Continues To Displace Expensive Dirty Power Plants Some skeptics of energy efficiency claim that energy efficiency never really avoids the need for new power plants. They claim that energy efficiency might reduce our energy consumption in theory,...continued→
Posted May 9, 2011 by Sierra Martinez in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, energyconsumption, energyefficiency, energypolicy, energysavings, rebound, reboundeffect, reboundtheory
There are skeptics of energy efficiency who claim that, paradoxically, all the energy and money we have been saving due to energy efficiency, across all sectors of the economy, has actually caused us to increase our energy consumption. This “economy-wide...continued→
Posted March 8, 2010 by Sierra Martinez in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- AB32, airpollution, californiaenergypolicy, CPUC, efficiencypolicy, EIA, electricefficiency, electricitypolicy, energyefficiency, energypolicy, globalwarming, naturalgasefficiency, publichealth
A new paper released by NRDC today describes how California restored its energy efficiency leadership by enacting smart policies over the last decade. These energy efficiency programs provide enormous economic and environmental benefits to the state. We released the paper at the...continued→
