Menlo Spark
@menlospark.bsky.social
Menlo Spark works to help Menlo Park achieve its goal of climate neutrality by 2030, and to help spread innovative climate policies throughout the Bay Area and more broadly.
EVs are for everyone in the market for a car:
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November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
EVs are for everyone in the market for a car:
electrek.co/2025/11/10/u...
electrek.co/2025/11/10/u...
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Deeply concerning that the Trump Administration is eviscerating environmental law and order.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
June 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Deeply concerning that the Trump Administration is eviscerating environmental law and order.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
Interesting screen cap from a PCE meeting. I didn't realize that "Capacity" (AKA Resource Adequacy) charges were that expensive! Gives another perspective on why VPPs might be financially helpful.
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Interesting screen cap from a PCE meeting. I didn't realize that "Capacity" (AKA Resource Adequacy) charges were that expensive! Gives another perspective on why VPPs might be financially helpful.
Great news! I love that it's a hydronic system (steam, as Ted points out), which is supposedly harder to electrify than water heating. They made it happen. California, we've got competition, we need to step up.
April 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great news! I love that it's a hydronic system (steam, as Ted points out), which is supposedly harder to electrify than water heating. They made it happen. California, we've got competition, we need to step up.
Very much this about the value of increased density. The Wildland-Urban Interface concept confuses people - the problem isn't urban areas near wilderness, it's building the right way in those urban areas, and minimizing development on the wilderness side.
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Very much this about the value of increased density. The Wildland-Urban Interface concept confuses people - the problem isn't urban areas near wilderness, it's building the right way in those urban areas, and minimizing development on the wilderness side.
Projection for Redwood City, next door to Menlo Park:
sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea...
Image in case the website goes away:
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Image in case the website goes away:
March 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Projection for Redwood City, next door to Menlo Park:
sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea...
Image in case the website goes away:
sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea...
Image in case the website goes away:
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AB 306 is a climate tragedy - please, please amend this. It gives up CA's climate leadership for years. We strongly oppose unless amended.
AB 306 is a climate tragedy - please, please amend this. It gives up CA's climate leadership for years. We strongly oppose unless amended.
February 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
@caspeakerrivas.bsky.social @buffywicks.bsky.social @matthaneysf.bsky.social
AB 306 is a climate tragedy - please, please amend this. It gives up CA's climate leadership for years. We strongly oppose unless amended.
AB 306 is a climate tragedy - please, please amend this. It gives up CA's climate leadership for years. We strongly oppose unless amended.
Please stop AB 306 - it's a climate change nightmare that will make future wildfires worse. Instead, make it easier for people to get heat pumps, not dangerous methane gas lines.
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Please stop AB 306 - it's a climate change nightmare that will make future wildfires worse. Instead, make it easier for people to get heat pumps, not dangerous methane gas lines.
Gas lines propagate fire during mass fires and individual house fires. The first thing firefighters have to do is find and turn off the gas main when they respond to a fire.
If there were no gas lines, the first thing they could do is start putting out the fire.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
If there were no gas lines, the first thing they could do is start putting out the fire.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gas lines propagate fire during mass fires and individual house fires. The first thing firefighters have to do is find and turn off the gas main when they respond to a fire.
If there were no gas lines, the first thing they could do is start putting out the fire.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
If there were no gas lines, the first thing they could do is start putting out the fire.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
The lobbying firm doesn't deny that it hired the guy accused of lobbying, something they would've denied if they could.
Using "independent" contractors for your dirty work is an obvious ploy, anywhere from turning a blind eye or actively encouraging illegal activity. Exxon bears responsibility.
Using "independent" contractors for your dirty work is an obvious ploy, anywhere from turning a blind eye or actively encouraging illegal activity. Exxon bears responsibility.
January 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The lobbying firm doesn't deny that it hired the guy accused of lobbying, something they would've denied if they could.
Using "independent" contractors for your dirty work is an obvious ploy, anywhere from turning a blind eye or actively encouraging illegal activity. Exxon bears responsibility.
Using "independent" contractors for your dirty work is an obvious ploy, anywhere from turning a blind eye or actively encouraging illegal activity. Exxon bears responsibility.