Watch the City's Participation in Earth Hour

The environment has always been important to the residents and leaders of Huntington Beach. But recent environmental events, like water and power shortages in Southern California, have made it clear that we need to do more now to protect our local and global environment and restore our resources for future members of our community. That is why I am making the initiation of "Green Programs" a priority for the City of Huntington Beach.   Continue >>

Huntington Beach's employees can use alternative transportation to reduce traffic and air pollution.

According to a 2006 study, 67% of HB's employees live closer than 10 miles to work.

Amazingly, 53.9 of employees live within 5 miles of their work.

Local employees are encourage to bike to work to reduce traffic & pollution.

Bike to Work Week is May 11-15, 2009

You don’t have to be an Olympic athlete to bike to work.  Bicycle commuting helps improve the “livability” of communities by reducing traffic noise and congestion  Commuting by bicycle, saves money, provides a good workout, and cuts auto emissions.  Sixty percent of the pollution created by automobile emissions happens in the first few minutes of operation, before pollution control devices can work effectively. Since "cold starts" create high levels of emissions, shorter car trips are more polluting on a per-mile basis than longer trips. When bicycling is substituted for short auto trips, 3.6 pounds of pollutants per mile are not emitted into the atmosphere. (League of American Bicyclists)