Citizens' Climate Lobby Silicon Valley North

Citizens' Climate Lobby Silicon Valley North Silicon Valley chapter of a national organization dedicated to fighting climate change by lobbying and working with politicians to pass a carbon tax.

Silicon Valley chapter of a national organization dedicated to fighting climate change by enacting a carbon fee and dividend. Event calendar: https://goo.gl/J7UAM1

"Climate change is "amplifying" the effects. It will trigger flooding in parts of the United States; hurricanes in the ...
06/19/2026

"Climate change is "amplifying" the effects. It will trigger flooding in parts of the United States; hurricanes in the mid-Pacific, around Hawaii; drought in Australia, Northern Africa and parts of Asia; and heat waves from the Pacific Northwest to Europe.'

Peru's capital, Lima, is sweltering, with unusually warm winter sunshine and ocean waters. Scientists warn that a record-breaking "Godzilla" El Niño may be forming, driven by climate change.

"A battery electric vehicle is likely to have a smaller carbon footprint and cost less overall than a comparable gasolin...
06/17/2026

"A battery electric vehicle is likely to have a smaller carbon footprint and cost less overall than a comparable gasoline-powered vehicle."

Think EVs don't make sense in cold climates, or that a dirty power grid cancels out the benefits? Researchers find the opposite is true—and that EVs cost no more to own than a comparable gas car almost anywhere in the U.S.

05/19/2026
"Demand for electric vehicles across continental Europe in March was 51% higher than a year earlier."
05/04/2026

"Demand for electric vehicles across continental Europe in March was 51% higher than a year earlier."

Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer

"Warming temperatures, lower oxygen levels and heat stress, among other issues associated with climate change, similarly...
04/26/2026

"Warming temperatures, lower oxygen levels and heat stress, among other issues associated with climate change, similarly may exacerbate infertility."

Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposures

04/22/2026

At least 90 per cent of the electricity generation being built today is renewable. But solar and wind farms produce electricity only when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, so the power supply will fluctuate more. A pilot project in the US state of Delaware has shown that owners of electric vehicles (EVs) could make thousands of dollars each year by allowing their parked cars to serve as part of a giant collective battery that stores electricity when there is high supply and distributes it when there is high demand.

Some data suggests that the average EV is driving as little as 5 per cent of the time. Otherwise, it is often parked and plugged into the grid. This means that, rather than building giant battery farms, electric companies could balance the grid by drawing power from these cars when usage peaks in the morning and evening, then recharging them during the day, says Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware, who led the project. EV owners could sell electricity at a premium while still saving the grid money.

“An electric vehicle plugged in 95 per cent of the time that it’s not driving can provide storage for the grid at about one-tenth the cost of building batteries,” says Kempton. “[That could] help increase the reliability of any electric system and increase the capability of us to put more and more renewables on the system.”

Read more here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2523429-electric-vehicle-owners-could-earn-thousands-by-supporting-power-grid/

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