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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Menlo Park considers an "electrification concierge"There are many easy, fast, and cost-effective ways for each of us to make a big dent in our emissions. Think modernizing our diets, electrifying our transportation,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 17, 2022Last comment by MP Father, on Apr 25, 2022 at 10:43 pm | 13 comments | 19937 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What does it mean to be a "realist" about climate?I recently tuned into a city discussion about reducing local emissions. Senior Resource Planner Jonathan Abendschein was giving a progress update on his team’s...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 14, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 21, 2021 at 1:01 pm | 21 comments | 19915 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's plastics ban: Sensible policy or vain distraction?When I heard a few weeks ago that Palo Alto was considering a city-wide ban on plastic straws, utensils, and produce bags, my first thought was “Sheesh, can’t...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 30, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jul 6, 2019 at 7:56 pm | 22 comments | 19798 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Emissions Intensity of California's Electricity GridSometimes California’s electricity is powered almost entirely by gas turbines. Below is an example from January 12 of this year at 6 pm, when there was little...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 24, 2022Last comment by BobB, on Jul 31, 2022 at 5:52 pm | 22 comments | 19776 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Grid Next DoorA post or two ago I wondered what you are doing about power outages. Some of you...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jun 10, 2019 at 3:22 pm | 11 comments | 19770 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Hurtling into the 21st century. Or not.I live from the past most of the time. I expect many of you do as well. What I mean by that is that our experience and expectations are largely colored by the past...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 27, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 5, 2019 at 9:26 am | 6 comments | 19652 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Are our recycling bins too big?Are our recycling bins too big? That seems like a weird question. We want to recycle, so why would we want smaller bins? Another way to think of the question...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 27, 2020Last comment by Ranvapa , on Oct 4, 2020 at 11:09 pm | 15 comments | 19636 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
E-Bikes on Open Space Trails: Yes or No?On Wednesday, June 29, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) will decide where to allow e-bikes on its
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 26, 2022Last comment by Joel Lachter, on Jul 9, 2022 at 3:14 pm | 19 comments | 19636 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Am I saving enough water yet?We are in our third year of drought in California and it’s not pretty. SoCal residents are under some
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 19, 2022Last comment by BobB, on Jul 6, 2022 at 8:47 am | 39 comments | 19540 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Can we build enough clean, affordable power on time?Last week’s blog post had an overview of...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 5, 2021Last comment by Paly Grad, on Feb 11, 2022 at 8:07 am | 21 comments | 19449 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
"It's too little too late" and other reasons why notFUD. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Big changes should be carefully considered. But when a new idea quickly provokes objections from many different angles, something...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 12, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 19, 2021 at 6:13 am | 13 comments | 19324 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Kids and sugar: A cautionary tale==I This is the first post in a two-part series. It is both a fable and a true story, and it is not about what it seems to be about. (You can read
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 2, 2020Last comment by eileen , on Aug 7, 2020 at 1:29 pm | 8 comments | 19323 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Stanford gamely amplifies SoCalGas marketing messagesStanford did not do itself or its audience any favors when it hosted SoCalGas as part of its weekly
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 23, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on May 28, 2021 at 10:52 am | 6 comments | 19089 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Frustrated? Angry? Use it, don't lose it!Here we are, staring down the barrel of yet another dry, hot, smoke-filled summer and fall. We have already had
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 10, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 28, 2022 at 12:23 pm | 16 comments | 18985 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What Local Teens are SayingI talked with a number of local teens this past week to learn what they think about climate change and our response to it. A summary of what I heard follows, along...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 12, 2020Last comment by Anneke, on Jan 15, 2020 at 1:28 pm | 19 comments | 18971 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Are American and masculine identity compatible with eco-friendly living?Oh boy. After a week of heat, smoke, COVID news, and a frustrated housebound teenager, not necessarily in that order, I haven’t been entirely excited to do...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 4, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Oct 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm | 22 comments | 18968 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
An Interview with Carbon Brief's Leo HickmanWhere can you find the best information about climate change online? How has President Trump affected climate journalism? Is reporting on coronavirus repeating the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 26, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 30, 2020 at 3:32 pm | 6 comments | 18922 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Worrying patterns in our climate personalitiesWhen I wrote about climate personalities two weeks ago, I got an angry response...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 25, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Aug 31, 2019 at 10:46 pm | 7 comments | 18796 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Midpen's unambiguous ruling on e-bikesIt would have been a lot easier for Midpen’s board of directors to take the middle ground that was offered. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 10, 2022Last comment by Rossta, on Jul 13, 2022 at 12:24 pm | 15 comments | 18661 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
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 | 18568 Views
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