Housing Vision for the 21st Century
Dear Friends and Aligned Organizations: The Alliance for Environmental Leadership produced the Citizen Initiated Smart Growth Phase 2 to address the housing affordability crisis and move Placer County toward carbon neutrality. Now is the time to work toward our community’s carbon resiliency, especially in planning for housing that will be constructed in the future decade […]
Housing for the 87%
Housing for the 87% December 10, 2020 Dear Friends and AEL’s Aligned Orgs: RE: Action Alert. Board of Supervisors 12/15/20 hearing on the Draft Housing Element Update Our concern grows each day as we approach the end of pandemic unemployment payments and the moratorium on evictions. The vulnerability of our citizens is palpable; […]
AEL Comments on Placer Ranch Grading Applicaton
Alliance for Environmental Leadership <allianceforenviroleadership@gmail.com> Nov 29, 2020, 7:22 AM (2 days ago) to Greg.Hendricks, Albert November 27, 2020 To: Central Region Water Quality Control Board c/o Greg Hendricks, California State Water Quality Control Board From: Alliance for Environmental Leadership RE: 5A31CR00548 Placer Ranch Project The Alliance for Environmental Leadership (AEL) is a coalition of sixteen (16) environmental […]
Giving Tuesday is Today for AEL
Dear Friends and Organizations Aligned with AEL, This letter comes with sincere wishes to all for a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day. We give thanks to you for all the work you do for our common good and invite you to give to an important AEL campaign. Y We’re thankful because Alliance for Environmental Leadership […]
Giving and Giving Thanks
Dear Friends and Organizations Aligned with AEL, This letter comes with sincere wishes to all for a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day. We give thanks to you for all the work you do for our common good and invite you to give to an important AEL campaign. We’re thankful because Alliance for Environmental Leadership (AEL) […]
Comments needed to avert mass grading in Placer Ranch project area
November 24, 2020 Dear Friends, Action needed by November 27th, Help us persuade the the State’s Water Board to deny an excavation permit (Placer Ranch Comment Project Application 5A31CR00548) that will destroy 3,0000 acres of carbon sequestering grassland, vernal pools and wetland in our beautiful Placer County. A quick telephone call to Greg Hendricks 916.464.4709 […]
The Tipping Point
November 9, 2020 Dear Friends and Organizations Aligned with AEL, The Alliance for Environmental Leadership (AEL) is celebrating three years of advocacy and collaboration with you this month. What an incredibly productive and paradigm-shifting three years it has been. We’ve grown our alliance to 16 organizations and are delighted most recently, to welcome Catalyst and […]
Climate Change and the American River Basin – a conversation with PCWA
Dear Friends of AEL, There is an interesting meeting coming up this week. Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) will hold two presentations of interest to our AEL community on Thursday, October 15th beginning at 2:00 pm. The first is the PCWA agreement for implementing agreement of the Western Placer County Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural […]
Public Odor Workshop – Homes in the Landfill Odor Zone
Friends of AEL: This is an Invitation to attend the Placer County Waste Management Authority’s (WPWMA) 10th Annual Odor Workshop on Tuesday, October 20th at 6 pm via Zoom. (Instructions below). Background: Our landfill, governed by the Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA), receives waste from across the County; sorts it, recycles and repurposes what […]
Saving Vernal Pools – Carvana Action Alert
<!– wp:paragraph –> Summary: This is an Action Alert. Your action is needed on or before Tuesday, November 3rd. This Alert is brought about by the County’s approval of a 10,039-used vehicle parking lot and 190,000 sq. ft. auto repair and fueling facility on 111 acres of vernal pool wetland in west Placer in Supervisor […]