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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Hey Palo Altans, how is that plastics ban going?As of January 1, plastic straws, utensils, and stirrers are no longer allowed in Palo...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 2, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 9, 2020 at 8:49 am | 25 comments | 25328 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Can you Pay to Reduce your Carbon Footprint?Google’s data centers are carbon-neutral. My household is carbon-neutral. Palo Alto Utility’s natural gas service is carbon neutral. How can this be?...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 26, 2020Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Feb 1, 2020 at 8:44 pm | 25 comments | 25565 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Local Pols Debate ClimateWe have discussions in this blog about the relative merits of individual action vs political action, so I thought it would be useful to spend some time on the policy...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 19, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 24, 2020 at 7:07 am | 11 comments | 20924 Views
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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 | 18898 Views
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Climate DiplomacyIt can be difficult to talk about climate change with friends, family, or co-workers, all of whom may have different perspectives. So imagine doing that at the country...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 5, 2020Last comment by leadership, on Jan 13, 2020 at 9:31 am | 21 comments | 20025 Views
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A Climate-Friendly 2020‘Tis the season to make New Year’s resolutions, though any time is a good time to be a little climate-friendlier. If you are interested in making some changes,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 29, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 9, 2020 at 12:57 pm | 32 comments | 21411 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
An Interlude of GratitudeIt’s a busy time of year so this post will be short and sweet. Since it also happens to be the 50th post, a mini milestone, I thought I’d take the opportunity...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 22, 2019There are no comments yet. 16822 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
A chimney plug unboxingThe biggest emission sources for people in our area, besides those from general consumption, are: transportation (car and plane), food (diet and waste), and heating...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 15, 2019Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 20, 2019 at 9:18 pm | 15 comments | 20129 Views
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What gives you hope?Early this week I was feeling a little hopeless. I like to play a game when we are driving in other parts of the state (1), counting the number of EVs to see how...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 8, 2019Last comment by Tartuffe, on Dec 16, 2019 at 3:21 pm | 23 comments | 20161 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Altans and their Virtue SignalingSelf-righteous. Pretentious. Sanctimonious. The list of choice adjectives applied to people who take “eco-friendly” actions goes on. Why is it that we...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 17, 2019Last comment by ForestsRForNever, on Dec 12, 2019 at 9:55 pm | 26 comments | 24140 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is a "ton" of carbon dioxide anyway?When I first started reading about climate change and all of the carbon dioxide emissions, I wondered what they meant by a “ton” of carbon dioxide, or...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 1, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Dec 8, 2019 at 9:29 am | 15 comments | 100404 Views
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Is our carbon-free electricity really carbon-free?One of the most important steps we can take to cut our greenhouse gas emissions is to transition to clean power. Our local power providers are moving aggressively...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 24, 2019Last comment by Tom, on Dec 1, 2019 at 11:14 am | 18 comments | 24374 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Disposing of DisposablesSeveral comments on previous posts in this blog have pointed out that it wasn’t too long ago that we were much more accustomed to reusing things. For example:...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 10, 2019Last comment by Live/Eat Responsibly, on Nov 16, 2019 at 10:21 am | 24 comments | 20781 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Online vs In-Store Shopping: Which wins?Now that Halloween is over, ‘tis the season for holiday shopping. I’ve been wondering whether shopping in stores or online generates fewer emissions....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 3, 2019Last comment by Anonymous, on Nov 8, 2019 at 7:49 pm | 14 comments | 31849 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 | 19608 Views
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Traffic got you down? Get over it.Most development projects in California need to do an environmental impact report as outlined by CEQA (the California Environmental Quality Act) before they can...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 20, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Nov 1, 2019 at 9:31 am | 48 comments | 25582 Views
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What did you learn last week?I wanted to title this blog “Outage Outrage” (great title, right?), but at the end of the day, I’m really just wondering what everyone learned...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 13, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 28, 2019 at 2:24 pm | 20 comments | 20476 Views
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Electric vs Gas Heat: Which wins?With colder weather coming, it’s a good time to think about our heating emissions. They represent a sizable chunk of California’s overall emissions,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 6, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 13, 2019 at 2:28 pm | 18 comments | 37597 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Electric Buses: Challenges and OpportunitiesDid you know that all new buses purchased in California will be zero-emission...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 8, 2019Last comment by Jacquie, on Oct 9, 2019 at 9:33 am | 24 comments | 26623 Views
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When to use Marginal Emissions (and when not to)This week’s post is about electricity emissions. Specifically, I want to talk about a concept called “marginal emissions”. This has come up often...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 29, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Oct 5, 2019 at 4:39 pm | 9 comments | 26795 Views
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