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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 | 12871 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Please don't dump your dog in the wildernessUgh, I can’t believe I even need to write this blog post, but here goes. The other day I was in the Baylands when a woman passing by asked if I’d seen...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 16, 2023Last comment by Eeyore, on Apr 20, 2023 at 5:53 pm | 10 comments | 12757 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Worried about the cost of climate change? Here is some hope.Many of us are wondering how we are going to fund efforts to limit global warming and adapt to the changes we cannot prevent. In California we are rapidly building...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 17, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 23, 2023 at 9:00 pm | 25 comments | 12577 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 | 12494 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
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 | 12060 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
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 | 11863 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 | 11789 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
California's solar power will plummet during Saturday's near-total solar eclipse. But your lights will stay on.On Saturday morning a solar eclipse lasting about three hours will obscure most of the sun across the full expanse of the state and beyond. The eclipse will eliminate...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 8, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 15, 2023 at 10:10 am | 7 comments | 11715 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's Power PortfolioPalo Alto is currently reviewing its power portfolio and developing a plan to guide procurement in the coming decades. Senior Resource Planner Jim Stack gave an...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 9, 2023Last comment by BobB, on Sep 14, 2023 at 8:55 am | 16 comments | 11463 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
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 | 11233 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Common GroundSometimes it feels like there is little common ground between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to climate change. We don’t agree on the cause, the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 24, 2023Last comment by Eddie, on Sep 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm | 4 comments | 10991 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is the best type of irrigation?What is the best type of irrigation? If you ask three different people you may well get three different answers. But I expect a lot of you are wondering about...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 30, 2023Last comment by Seer, on May 10, 2023 at 8:26 am | 5 comments | 10797 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How quickly will we electrify our homes?How quickly will we electrify our homes? This is an important question as we set emissions goals and formulate plans to achieve them. A few years ago, Palo Alto...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 28, 2023Last comment by Paly Grad, on Jul 8, 2023 at 7:44 pm | 19 comments | 10121 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Can there be too many activists?High school students and other environmental activists are sometimes disappointed with my views. Even though I am very concerned about climate change, I shy away...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 9, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Apr 19, 2023 at 11:33 am | 24 comments | 10071 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
There is a new moon tonight. But will it be dark?Tonight (Sunday night) there will be a new moon. But for many of you, if you go outside, it won’t be dark. In 2016
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 16, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Jul 18, 2023 at 7:38 pm | 8 comments | 9857 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
California must do a better job spending cap-and-trade revenueCalifornia’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund gets billions of dollars every year from fossil fuel companies via the state’s cap-and-trade program. The...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 1, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 11, 2023 at 6:20 pm | 12 comments | 9736 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Aspiration or commitment? Foothill College weighs its climate goals.Foothill College has a decision to make. Last summer the school was forced to close its pool due to a substantial leak. A subsequent investigation found that the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 10, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 17, 2023 at 6:36 am | 19 comments | 9620 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How reliable is our electricity?How reliable is our electricity? On average it’s not bad but in many places it’s getting worse and in a few places it’s downright terrible. Customers...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 2, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Aug 8, 2023 at 7:51 pm | 11 comments | 9475 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
"I didn't want to be 'that guy'"Last week I went hiking in Glacier National Park. It was absolutely beautiful, the meadows filled with flowers, and lakes, streams, and waterfalls brimming with...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 30, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Aug 7, 2023 at 5:25 pm | 16 comments | 9193 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How is climate change affecting Lake Tahoe?Last week you read here about the impact that development has had on...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 26, 2023There are no comments yet. 9169 Views
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