Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom is the 42nd mayor of the city and county of San Francisco.

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SF Mayor Faults Meg Whitman for 'Backward Thinking' in Her Call to Suspend State's Climate Bill ClimateBiz.com
By Gavin Newsom, September 24, 2009
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom criticizes political rival Meg Whitman for saying in a newspaper op-ed that she'd suspend California's landmark greenhouse gas reduction legislation AB32 if...
San Francisco Launches First Airport Carbon Kiosks ClimateBiz.com
By Gavin Newsom, September 17, 2009
The Climate Passport program takes off today at San Francisco International Airport with special kiosks that allow travelers to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their flights...
San Francisco Looks to LEED as the Path to Green Jobs and Buildings GreenerBuildings.com
By Gavin Newsom, September 16, 2009
The city of San Francisco now has over 120 architects, engineers and construction managers who are LEED accredited professionals and are shepherding more than 40 LEED-registered municipal projects...
Solar Incentives in S.F. Show How Smart Green Investments Pay Off ClimateBiz.com
By Gavin Newsom, July 13, 2009
Since San Francisco's solar energy incentive program GoSolarSF launched last year, the city has seen a 450 percent increase in applications over the previous year; putting the city in third place...
S.F. Mayor Signs First Mandatory Composting Law in U.S.
By Gavin Newsom, June 23, 2009
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signs one of the nation's more stringent municipal recycling measures into law today. Provisions in the new ordinance make it mandatory for businesses and...
San Francisco Rolls Out EcoFinder iPhone App to Help Residents Recycle
By Gavin Newsom, June 15, 2009
San Francisco, which passed the first mandatory recycling and composting laws in the U.S., just last week, launches an iPhone version of the popular web-based EcoFinder tool to help residents...

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