Eight years in, the CEAP is still a great foundation for reaching our climate goals In 2015, Ashland embarked on a journey to explore our role in addressing climate change, and how best to prepare for the changes to our climate that are already underway. The culmination of this work was the Ashland Climate &ContinueContinue reading “Implementing Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan”
Category Archives: Electrify Ashland Now
Everything You Need to Know About Ashland’s New Electrification Ordinance
Photo of Rogue Climate’s Ashland Youth for Electrification Team. The new policy aims to reduce climate-warming emissions — and clean up indoor air quality On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Ashland City Council passed a landmark climate policy with unanimous support. The new pollution fee ordinance incentivizes developers to build homes with all-electric appliances by chargingContinueContinue reading “Everything You Need to Know About Ashland’s New Electrification Ordinance”
How One Volunteer Went All Electric
Ben Scott next to the outdoor unit of his ductless heat pump In 2024, Electrify Ashland Now volunteer Ben Scott accomplished something exciting: he crossed the finish line of his home-electrification journey. By switching his car, appliances, and HVAC system from gas to electric energy sources, he now has a home that runs almost entirelyContinueContinue reading “How One Volunteer Went All Electric”
Heating our Homes: A Path to Net Zero
Doug Piper, a member of the Electrify Ashland Now! action team, shares his insights on how to rid our homes of gas furnaces by 2050. A gas furnace produces more pollution than almost anything else we use — an estimated four to eight tons of carbon emissions per year. That’s equivalent to the emissions ofContinueContinue reading “Heating our Homes: A Path to Net Zero”
Working toward net-zero: Co-op replacing gas stoves with induction ranges in back-line kitchen
Stanley Butler, assistant kitchen manager of the prepared foods department at Ashland Food Co-op, stirs a pot heated by a new inductive heating appliance. The co-op is working to phase out gas-burning appliances. Chris Byrne photo This story was originally published on Ashland.News on August 29, 2024. The switch to all-electric cooking for deli foodContinueContinue reading “Working toward net-zero: Co-op replacing gas stoves with induction ranges in back-line kitchen”
Silent but Deadly
Earlier this year, ACC board member Rick Barth had a scary experience. Rick, who has devoted years to helping Ashland residents transition away from methane (“natural” gas), discovered that one of his last remaining gas appliances, his gas water heater, was leaking deadly amounts of carbon monoxide into their garage. That discovery led him toContinueContinue reading “Silent but Deadly”