What is NEM / net energy metering? Net energy metering, or NEM, is a billing mechanism that allows utility customers who generate their own solar power to receive a financial credit on their electric bills for excess energy fed back [...]
Climate, agriculture, and the health of a nation are intrinsically linked. In retrospect, we can see the damage to all three during the tenure of Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 to 1976 under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald [...]
BACKGROUND Organic waste is the largest material type in California’s landfills and is a big contributor to the greenhouse gas problem. In 2016, then-Governor Brown signed legislation (Senate Bill 1383) that targets the reduction of some climate pollutants, including methane. [...]
Dear Friends of STAY COOL for Grandkids, Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it [...]
Join us for the next STAY COOL virtual (Zoom) webinar titled "The Ocean is a Climate Superhero" on Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. This event is free, but please register here. The ocean covers more [...]
On December 10, the SANDAG Board of Directors adopted the 2021 Regional Plan and certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR): 2021 Regional Plan (sdforward.com). This decision to invest in a modernized transportation system over the next 30 years will serve the [...]
There was some good news. You might have heard that within hours of being sworn in, President Biden signed an executive order in January to rejoin the global climate pact known as the Paris Agreement. In April, Biden pledged to cut [...]
My favorite quote from the recent COP26 Climate Meeting was from naturalist Sir David Attenborough. “If, working apart, we are a force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely, working together, we are powerful enough to save it. In my [...]
I’m in the early stages of planning a kitchen remodel and considering replacing my 10-year-old electric radiant heat electric cooktop with one powered by natural gas. Then I heard about the San Diego Green Building Council’s free promotion for a [...]
The impacts of climate change are causing increasing public concern about the resulting risks that are facing us. According to a report published last year by the Pew Research Center, sixty-three percent of American adults say global climate change is [...]