Chevrolet announced the end of the production line for its popular Bolt in favor of EV versions of their much larger, heavier, more cyclist and pedestrian-dangerous and profitable Sierra and GMC Orion EV models. Upcoming Chevy EVs will be powered by its proprietary Ultium battery propulsion system. Photo: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge On […]
Your home electrification plan impacts the current state of you electric panel. Most consumers can “watt miser” their existing service. This is the second part of our series on the Inflation Reduction Act & You; the first part “Inflation Reduction Act Update: Patience, Patience…” is here. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was […]
Kaitlen Brito, Washington Post The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Biden in August 2022. Among its many provisions, it addresses climate change and energy security throughout the US and in western states particularly. To improve energy security, it includes the High Energy Electric Home Rebate Act (HEEHRA), […]
Yes, it’s the time of year for holiday celebrations and our suggestions for greening them. Keep these tips in mind to improve the sustainability of your gatherings for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & New Year’s Eve, whether you’re hosting a traditional family gathering or simply attending an event with friends. You’ll feel better remembering that in […]
Richard Vogel / Associated Press Build your own rainwater harvesting system for outdoor use Let’s start with a quiz: say you have a roof that measures 1700 square feet (average for the US) and your area has a rainstorm that yields half an inch, how much water can you potentially collect with a home rainwater […]
Here in California, fruit hangs heavy on the vines And there’s no gold, I thought I’d warn you And the hills turn brown in the summertime… Kate Wolf Tweet Drought has become the “new normal” in California. Currently, the National Integrated Drought Information System categorizes 97.5% of state land as being in “severe drought” (D2) […]
ESG means different things to different people. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a well-intended idea that started circulating in 2004, with lofty aspirations of making capitalism work better and dealing with threats of climate change. […]
Acta Non Verba Farm via California Academy of Sciences How can SSV exert its expertise, experience, and influence to promote environmentally friendly, sustainable, livable, and workable new construction in the Bay Area? Answering this question is at the core of our developing project, Regenerative Communities. We see an opportunity to inform and educate Bay Area […]
Our latest WET Talk featured Galen O’Toole and Renee Murphy of Intrinsyx Environmental talking about the promise and potential of plants and the power of endophyte-assisted phytoremediation. (Watch the WET Talk 8 video) (Phytoremediation is cleanup of tainted soil or water using plants; endophytes are microbes that live in a symbiotic relationship inside plants and […]
Imagine a world, much like ours, burdened with a toxic legacy. Underground plumes of a ‘rocket science/chip fab’ past haunt the groundwater present. In this world, some smart researchers figure out how to employ trees as “solar-powered pumps” that draw contaminants up through its roots and naturally break the compounds down into harmless components. They […]