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AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Is Palo Alto Utilities ready for our increasing demand for more electricity?The city wants Palo Altans to have all-electric homes. Can the Utilities Dept. even handle an increased demand? That’s the question I’ve been asking several...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 26, 2022Last comment by Mark Lawrence, on Oct 6, 2022 at 2:14 pm | 14 comments | 8857 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
My Toyota is on life supportIs it just me or does it seem like a lot of people are looking at EVs these days? A neighbor of mine who got a Kia Niro a few weeks ago remarked with some surprise:...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 31, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 6, 2021 at 1:32 pm | 14 comments | 18862 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Should we change how we think about change?Happy New Year everyone! Or at least A Less Calamitous New Year. Good grief. I’ll let Colorado’s State Senate Majority Leader have the last word on 2021...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 2, 2022Last comment by Native to the BAY, on Jan 5, 2022 at 11:54 am | 14 comments | 14135 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Would you like more/better veggie options at your local restaurants?I’ve been trying to eat less meat and cook more vegetarian dinners at home, but my range of veggie cooking is not so good yet. When friends suggested a few...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 3, 2022Last comment by Anneke, on Apr 6, 2022 at 6:15 pm | 14 comments | 20298 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How would you go about reducing our residential building emissions?Two weeks ago, members of the Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition and 350 Silicon Valley spoke to Palo Alto’s City Council...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 20, 2023Last comment by Eddie, on Sep 2, 2023 at 6:47 pm | 14 comments | 4636 Views
TODDLING THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY
Caterpillars everywhereLast week I took our kids to Burgess Park. It ended up being a very short park outing after we discovered all of the tiny fuzzy caterpillars crawling around the...
Original post made by Cheryl Bac on Mar. 26, 2016Last comment by Cheryl Bac, on Apr 1, 2016 at 4:15 pm | 13 comments | 17150 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
The Law of Supply and XXXXXXPalo Alto's development policy is littered with bad economic analysis. The most patently absurd one is that the way to reduce the infamous Jobs-Housing Imbalance...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jun. 10, 2014Last comment by resident a, on Jun 24, 2014 at 5:35 pm | 13 comments | 16163 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Should Palo Alto really aspire to be more like a Chinese factory city?The concept of "community" is much diminished in "Smart Growth". The Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) process in the...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jun. 22, 2014Last comment by cw, on Jul 1, 2014 at 2:13 am | 13 comments | 17526 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Groundwater Pumping BackgroundGroundwater pumping (dewatering) regulations are on the City Council agenda for a special meeting on Tuesday March 7 beginning at 6pm. There are two parts: incremental...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 1, 2017Last comment by Ken Scholz, on Mar 6, 2017 at 8:35 am | 13 comments | 10596 Views
OFF DEADLINE
On Deadline blog: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 20, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am | 13 comments | 9525 Views
OFF DEADLINE
On Deadline blog: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 20, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am | 13 comments | 3166 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Burping Landfills?People love to weigh in on whether it’s burping cows or farting cows that puff more methane into the air. But landfills don’t burp, or moo, or do anything...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 10, 2019Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Mar 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm | 13 comments | 24683 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Electric Mashups (+ Quiz!)Utilities across the state have been told to lower emissions and use more renewable power sources. How are they doing? It’s surprisingly fun to look at the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 7, 2019Last comment by doniya, on May 16, 2019 at 12:00 am | 13 comments | 21435 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
A Peek at Power PlanningPalo Alto has 100% clean electricity and recently hit its 60% renewables target. So we are done, right? Being an electric planner for Palo Alto has got to be the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 28, 2019Last comment by Curmudgeon, on May 3, 2019 at 8:42 pm | 13 comments | 19640 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Everything you've always wanted to know ...… about how global warming works but were afraid to ask For the next few blog posts, I thought it would be interesting to cover some of the basic science...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 16, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Jun 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm | 13 comments | 20870 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Clouds of UncertaintyClouds have a cooling effect on the planet. “Yes, and the sky is blue”, you may be thinking. “Isn’t that obvious, and why should we care?”...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 9, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm | 13 comments | 20724 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Gulf between Climate Plan and Climate ResultsEarth Day is coming up this Wednesday, April 22. Rather than write about ambitious new goals, I want to write about the more humbling process of change. What does...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 19, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 24, 2020 at 5:53 pm | 13 comments | 18838 Views
TWO DECADES OF KIDS AND COUNTING
In awe in YosemiteLast week I accompanied a group of Paly students to Yosemite National Park. Seventy five freshmen, all students in Paly’s TEAM (Together Everybody Achieves...
Original post made by Sally Torbey on Nov. 19, 2015Last comment by Sally Torbey, on Nov 23, 2015 at 4:24 pm | 13 comments | 5121 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How to Buy a Used EVUsed EVs are a good deal, arguably one of the best deals on the car market today. Edmunds is
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 22, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Dec 5, 2020 at 6:31 pm | 13 comments | 22535 Views
TWO DECADES OF KIDS AND COUNTING
AligningLast year we became friends with two families who had recently relocated to the US for work from two different countries, and had children attending PAUSD schools....
Original post made by Sally Torbey on Sep. 2, 2015Last comment by Sally Torbey, on Sep 8, 2015 at 4:51 pm | 13 comments | 4950 Views
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