PROVIDING
AIR QUALITY, BIOENERGY & PERMITTING
SOLUTIONS
We offer sound advice based on solid relationships with federal, state, local agency staff and policy makers. With over 20 years of experience providing legal representation and consulting services for government agencies, nonprofit organizations and targeted private industry, we know how to get things done. We can help you overcome contracting challenges or environmental compliance. When you are up against a rule or policy that just doesn't make sense, let's move that policy issue or regulatory barrier together. We are at home in both the administrative and legislative arenas.
About
Attorney at Law
Christiana Darlington Esq
In addition to representing the Clients listed, Christiana is actively involved in the Forest Management Task Force's Rural Economic Development Woody Utilization Group (RED-WUG) and serve as chair to the RED-WUG Barriers Subcommittee. Christiana also sits on the Board of Directors of the Bioenergy Association of California.
Services
CLERE Inc. provides services such as contract negotiation, drafting and review, regulatory permitting for various levels of government, and client representation within California Public Utility Commission Proceedings. We provide services through various representation agreements, click below to learn more.
Clients
CLERE Inc represents Placer, Northern Sonoma and Mendocino Air Districts and collaborates with state agencies on important issues like the Scoping Plan, the Short Lived Climate Pollutants Plan, Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan, and the implementation of SB 100.
Additionally CLERE Represents limited private industry and small scale biomass to energy facilities. Please click below to learn more.
Vision
By focusing on the nexus between air quality, forest health, energy stability and economics, CLERE Inc aims to overcome the pressing issues in our rural communities and wild landscapes.
News
Little Hoover Commission Press Release, "Wildfire Preparedness and Forest Management"
Governor Newsom updated Californians last week on the state’s wildfire preparedness amid the Covid-19 pandemic and expected revenue shortfalls. See link here.
Spatial Informatics Group: Press Release "With Biomass Energy, the Carbon Savings are in the Details"
SIG comments on Michael Moore's new documentary, Planet of the Humans, and Moore's criticism of biomass energy. See link here.
Investment Opportunities for Increasing Forest and Fire Management Capacity in California
The Watershed Research and Training Center in collaboration with Oregon State University put together a capacity and needs assessment of local groups, non-profits, and tribes who are engaged with landscape forest and fire management activities throughout the state. While there is money to implement projects, rarely do these projects account for building capacity to taking on needed restoration projects. Read their paper here.