Hammond Climate Solutions

Today is the last opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation in 2024! Your donation today will make a positive impact in 2025 and beyond. 🌎 Donations can be made online, supporting specific climate initiatives or our on-going climate efforts, at hcs.foundation/donate 💚

Just because Donald Trump acts goofy doesn’t mean his presidency wouldn’t be dangerous. And you don’t have to take my word for it. Lately, some of the people who know Trump the best have been saying in no uncertain terms that he should not be president again.

Solar power is shattering global records and we’re just scratching the surface on its potential. We’re proud our #SolarMoonshotProgram contributed to the 2023 record numbers. canarymedia.com/articles/solar…

It's #SolarSaturday & we're excited to highlight our 150th #SolarMoonshotProgram grantee, the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego. Yesterday our team joined a celebration of the community center's 30 years of service, which included a solar ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Happy #NationalNonprofitDay! We are honored to be recognized by Beneficial State Bank today for our work to expedite positive change for a just and livable future. 🌍

🎉 We’re thrilled to that we were once again selected as one of the Community Clean Energy Grant Program grantees, which will support a clean energy system as well as educational and workforce development workshops at @OlivewoodGarden and Learning Center in National City!

A solar and battery storage project in National City is part of $1.2 million in grants distributed by San Diego Community Power and Calpine Energy Solutions: sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/08/20/a-s… @sdut @SDCommunityPwr @Calpine @OlivewoodGarden @HCS__Foundation #philanthropy

Last week we joined our friends at @SanDiego350, @PublicPowerSD, @Indivisible & Veterans For Peace for another protest at Sempra Energy, the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric. Our deputy director, Karinna Gonzalez was one of the terrific speakers at the event.

63-year-old grandfather and professional cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested outside Citibank HQ in NY today. His crime was performing J.S Bach’s “Suites for Cello” in an effort to convince Citi to stop funding the climate crisis. #SummerofHeat

So far 30k people are signed up for tomorrow night's climate fundraiser for @KamalaHarris. Join in, it's going to be serious fun

Congrats to the group of fierce youth fighting for their futures 🌍 The settlement, announced last Thursday, requires the department to develop a plan and zero out greenhouse gas emissions from all transportation sectors by 2045. Story via @grist grist.org/accountability…

@KarinnaGonzal12 The full #ClimateReportCard is available at theclimatereportcard.org Congrats again to those who earned A grades! We hope to support all leaders to improve regional climate action. Thx to climate orgs for completing a survey that was incorporated into the Mayor’s grade.

"Our organizations are doing all that we can to collectively make strides, but that can only take us so far. We need elected officials to work with us to adopt bold climate policies to ensure a just and livable future for all,” @KarinnaGonzal12 with Hammond Climate Solutions

We are at the @SanDiegoCounty Admin Building getting ready to release the 3rd annual Elected Official #ClimateReportCard! Follow along to see what grades were earned by local representatives.

@KarinnaGonzal12 Congrats to our leaders who earned A grades on their 2023 climate votes: @SupNoraVargas @SupLawsonRemer @SeanEloRiveraD9 @CMWhitburnD3 @CD4Monica @kentlee

@KarinnaGonzal12 Big thx to all of our speakers, the media and reporters card partners for making this release event possible! We hope the #ClimateReportCard is a useful tool for both the public and elected officials. We are eager to support our leaders in advancing bold climate action this year

@KarinnaGonzal12 Thanks to Maykent Salazar for speaking on behalf of @SupNoraVargas today at the #ClinateReportCard event!

@KarinnaGonzal12 “…our city plans are only as good as how well & how efficiently we are able to implement them. Councilmember @kentlee will continue to work with his colleagues and the Mayor to pursue funding for the CAP and Climate Equity Fund moving forward,” @MadisonOColeman, Policy Advisor

Honored to receive an “A” grade again on this year’s #ClimateReportCard! Thank you for recognizing my commitment to protecting our environment and addressing climate change. 🌏

@KarinnaGonzal12 “We need our city and county leadership to help us reverse our current course by eliminating fossil fuels from buildings and streets as soon as possible,” Cecilia Aguillon, Climate Defenders Action Fund.

@KarinnaGonzal12 "At San Diego Environmental Voters we seek to protect the state's environmental quality by electing environmentally responsible candidates & holding them accountable to the conservation and climate agenda,” Matt O’Malley, vice chair of the Environmental Voters San Diego