Imagine fighting a fire to save a town, in 110 degree F temperatures. This is Redding, California. Now I have been through Redding many times, often in 100F plus temperatures, so the heat is not unusual. But, like last year, when fire strikes whether...
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In case you missed the news, on April 9, 2018, the tech giant Apple “announced that all of its retail stores, data centers and corporate offices now run on 100% clean energy. The milestone includes facilities in 43 countries, such as the US, UK,...
Continue ReadingImagine the city of tomorrow, not the distant future but a decade or two from now. That city could, if we choose, be smart, connected, solar, sustainable. In fact it could be beyond sustainable. This was the assignment I took from First Utility in...
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As Texas, Florida and the Southeast U.S., and other parts of the world drowned this late summer of 2017, here in the Western United States we lived through the fire next time. The fires dropped ash here in Seattle, attacked the Columbia River gorge...
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I’ll take a break from sitting on the patio in record high temperatures and forest fire smoke in Seattle to post this fascinating illustration of global temperature trends from 1900-2016. It was created by Antti Lipponen, and you can see his original post of...
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