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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Bay Area to begin phasing out gas heaters this decadeIn a momentous and likely highly influential vote at the end of a six-hour meeting on Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) voted to...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by Bystander, 13 hours ago | 21 comments | 4690 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
(Updated 3:00 pm) The Bay Area votes to phase out sales of gas heatersNEW: See new blog post with a summary of the vote. On...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by Paly02, on Mar 17, 2023 at 8:59 pm | 23 comments | 4932 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's tortuous e-bike discussionI am grateful that Palo Alto’s City Council decided not to allow e-bikes on unpaved trails in our two nature preserves, the
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 5, 2023Last comment by Gerd, on Mar 13, 2023 at 6:15 pm | 20 comments | 10438 Views
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Development vs Environment at Lake TahoeI just finished reading an Environmental History of Lake Tahoe by David C. Antonucci....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 19, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 23, 2023 at 2:34 pm | 8 comments | 7362 Views
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Hoover panelists denounce climate misinformation while spreading itTwo weeks ago I attended a day-long conference on climate-related...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 12, 2023Last comment by Mark Twang, on Feb 17, 2023 at 8:18 pm | 20 comments | 7917 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Mandates or Markets for Environmental Policy?The Hoover Institution held a day-long conference last week titled
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 5, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 12, 2023 at 6:18 am | 11 comments | 7346 Views
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How we eat away at our open space, even in Palo AltoPalo Alto has a long and distinguished history of identifying, protecting, and maintaining open space. The generosity and dedication of nature-loving residents...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 22, 2023Last comment by JCH, on Feb 2, 2023 at 5:01 pm | 6 comments | 9405 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Doing more with the natural spaces we haveI wrote last week about how difficult it is to hang onto our open spaces in the face of development pressure and land constraints. We need policies to protect...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 29, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Feb 2, 2023 at 10:02 am | 8 comments | 5118 Views
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How are you coping with power outages?Good grief. Is everyone staying dry? Staying sane? I actually made mozzarella yesterday, for the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 15, 2023Last comment by Eric Muller, on Jan 22, 2023 at 2:48 pm | 20 comments | 7640 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Yes, an app can charge your EV better than you canAbout four years ago I was talking with Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Jan Pepper when she remarked that the electricity provider would like to manage the scheduling...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 11, 2022Last comment by Ed8, on Dec 14, 2022 at 8:19 pm | 3 comments | 9900 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Some of the best jobs aroundI would love for my daughter to become an electrician or HVAC technician. There is a ton of work to be done, it is fulfilling work (especially if you care about...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 4, 2022Last comment by biged, on Dec 7, 2022 at 2:35 pm | 5 comments | 8609 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Residents of multi-family housing should have access to EV charging“California is a leader on climate.” We hear this all the time, and it’s true. California has led the country on clean fuel standards, clean power...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 20, 2022Last comment by Matt Passell, on Nov 22, 2022 at 11:26 am | 8 comments | 10800 Views
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Why net metering is such incredibly bad policyAre any of you getting sticker shock when shopping for holiday flights? Yeah, me too. It made me wonder what it would be like if California ran an airline the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 13, 2022Last comment by PH, on Nov 20, 2022 at 11:07 am | 33 comments | 12087 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The power of protestOn Wednesday and Thursday of this past week, I attended the 2022 Global Energy Forum at Stanford, a biennial gathering focused on the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 6, 2022Last comment by Paly Grad, on Nov 13, 2022 at 8:14 pm | 8 comments | 8697 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Chevron says "We are just meeting demand". So are they blameless?One afternoon when I was about nine years old, I was standing in the front yard with my younger brother trying to blow bubbles. We didn’t have any store-bought...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 23, 2022Last comment by Abe, on Nov 8, 2022 at 10:07 pm | 28 comments | 9496 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is housing bad for the environment?I got an email recently from a resident expressing concern about the environmental impacts of building more housing. He writes: ==I “The construction of...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 30, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 6, 2022 at 9:37 am | 21 comments | 10415 Views
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Palo Alto's bold proposal to jumpstart home electrificationSix years ago Palo Alto set a goal to reduce city emissions to 80%...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 25, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 3, 2022 at 8:39 pm | 28 comments | 12843 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How my 80-year-old parents electrified their Foster City townhouseMy parents Eileen and Max live in a 52-year-old townhouse in Foster City. Up until a few years ago they drove a gas car, heated their home with a gas-powered furnace,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 18, 2022Last comment by eileen , on Sep 25, 2022 at 10:58 am | 12 comments | 18021 Views
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We should not be operating our power grid via text alert, and other observations from the past few daysWell, that was an interesting few days. Our electric service should work quietly in the background. Instead it made headlines nearly every day. At times it appeared...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 9, 2022Last comment by Westbrook, on Sep 21, 2022 at 10:34 pm | 19 comments | 8549 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Will the power go out during this heat wave?Our local power providers and our grid operator (CAISO) are asking us to conserve electricity over the next few days as record-breaking heat and heavy use of air...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 4, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 12, 2022 at 1:27 pm | 34 comments | 11652 Views
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Looking for something for the kids to do this summer, learn something new and have fun? The Summer Camp Guide features local camps for all ages and interests.
