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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How to plant a plantThe weather is beautiful so I thought some of you might be doing some planting this weekend. It’s a great way to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday! (See below...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 21, 2023Last comment by Walter, on Apr 25, 2023 at 5:22 pm | 4 comments | 6681 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 | 11096 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 | 8794 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Sharing That Just WorksMany years ago when I was working at Google, some of the executives were upset about how difficult it was to share things. It’s supposed to be easy to share...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 26, 2023Last comment by Matt Passell, on Mar 28, 2023 at 1:42 pm | 5 comments | 5995 Views
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 | 11485 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's tortuous e-bike discussionI am grateful that Palo Alto’s City Council decided not to allow e-bikes on unpaved trails in our two nature preserves, the
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 5, 2023Last comment by Gerd, on Mar 13, 2023 at 6:15 pm | 20 comments | 14702 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Development vs Environment at Lake TahoeI just finished reading an Environmental History of Lake Tahoe by David C. Antonucci....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 19, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 23, 2023 at 2:34 pm | 8 comments | 12960 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 | 10788 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 | 10546 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How we eat away at our open space, even in Palo AltoPalo Alto has a long and distinguished history of identifying, protecting, and maintaining open space. The generosity and dedication of nature-loving residents...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 22, 2023Last comment by JCH, on Feb 2, 2023 at 5:01 pm | 6 comments | 11987 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Doing more with the natural spaces we haveI wrote last week about how difficult it is to hang onto our open spaces in the face of development pressure and land constraints. We need policies to protect...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 29, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Feb 2, 2023 at 10:02 am | 8 comments | 7743 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 | 10222 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Yes, an app can charge your EV better than you canAbout four years ago I was talking with Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Jan Pepper when she remarked that the electricity provider would like to manage the scheduling...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 11, 2022Last comment by Ed8, on Dec 14, 2022 at 8:19 pm | 3 comments | 12725 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Residents of multi-family housing should have access to EV charging“California is a leader on climate.” We hear this all the time, and it’s true. California has led the country on clean fuel standards, clean power...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 20, 2022Last comment by Matt Passell, on Nov 22, 2022 at 11:26 am | 8 comments | 14057 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 | 16800 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 | 11340 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Chevron says "We are just meeting demand". So are they blameless?One afternoon when I was about nine years old, I was standing in the front yard with my younger brother trying to blow bubbles. We didn’t have any store-bought...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 23, 2022Last comment by Abe, on Nov 8, 2022 at 10:07 pm | 28 comments | 12307 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is housing bad for the environment?I got an email recently from a resident expressing concern about the environmental impacts of building more housing. He writes: ==I “The construction of...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 30, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 6, 2022 at 9:37 am | 21 comments | 14161 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's bold proposal to jumpstart home electrificationSix years ago Palo Alto set a goal to reduce city emissions to 80%...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 25, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 3, 2022 at 8:39 pm | 28 comments | 16062 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How my 80-year-old parents electrified their Foster City townhouseMy parents Eileen and Max live in a 52-year-old townhouse in Foster City. Up until a few years ago they drove a gas car, heated their home with a gas-powered furnace,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 18, 2022Last comment by eileen , on Sep 25, 2022 at 10:58 am | 12 comments | 21382 Views
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