Local governments have the opportunity to receive a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory of their municipal operations as part of the Green Communities Program. ABAG in partnership with Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and Pacific Gas & Electric Company have developed a training program that will instruct interns and local government staff through a series of workshops and webinars. The inventory will be completed in compliance with the Local Government Operations Protocol (LGOP), which is the national standard for quantifying and reporting local government greenhouse gas emissions.
To participate in this program or for more information, please email Jackie Reinhart at jackier@abag.ca.gov, as soon as possible (by October 26, 2010). Local government participants will be paired with graduate level interns trained by ICLEI to provide additional staffing needed for data collection, analysis, and inventory development. ABAG is recruiting graduate-level interns to pair with participating local governments and we want to know which jurisdictions are interested in the program to ensure proper levels of support.