Al Weinrub | An Island Press Author

Al Weinrub

Al Weinrub is coordinator of the Local Clean Energy Alliance (LCEA), the Bay Area's largest clean energy coalition. The LCEA promotes the equitable development and democratization of local renewable energy resources as key to addressing climate change and building sustainable and resilient communities. Weinrub is coordinator of the statewide California Alliance for Community Energy, serves on the Steering Committee of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition, and is a member of the Sierra Club California Energy-Climate Committee.

Energy Democracy

Advancing Equity in Clean Energy Solutions

A global energy war is underway. It is man versus nature, fossil fuel versus clean energy, the haves versus the have-nots, and, fundamentally, an extractive economy versus a regenerative economy.

The Community Resilience Reader

Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval

The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other...