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A New Shade of Green

By Sherry Listgarten

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About this blog: Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of how our climate is evolving a...  (More)

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There is a new moon tonight. But will it be dark?
Jul 16, 2023 6:20 am
Comments: 8 | Views: 8,159


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 ... More
Palo Alto's Power Portfolio
Jul 9, 2023 5:38 am
Comments: 16 | Views: 7,816


Palo 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... More
How reliable is our electricity?
Jul 2, 2023 5:18 am
Comments: 11 | Views: 7,820


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... More
What I learned from my high impact yard project
Jun 25, 2023 5:49 am
Comments: 5 | Views: 6,482


Two years ago I mulched over the back lawn. It was looking increasingly awful with the prolonged drought, and mulching was an easy project. It required only some... More
How clean is our electricity?
Jun 18, 2023 5:43 am
Comments: 10 | Views: 7,339


How clean is our electricity? Well, there are a number of ways to answer that question. You can look at the grid itself, which we plug things into. How clean is... More
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