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The Rise of Renewables
Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash The Covid-19 pandemic has had damaging effects on many industries. Many individuals have faced economic stress due to job loss and other factors causing them to limit discretionary spending and change their spending habits to...
Why You Won’t Have to Suffer to Save the Planet
Photo By: Photo by Justin Lim from UnsplashCoauthor: Paige Gehringer Will We Need to Drastically Change Our Lives to Save the Planet? Currently, there are numerous questions regarding what must be done to save our planet. Will we have to completely eliminate...
The Impacts of Wildfire Pollution
Photo by Patrick Campanale - from Unsplash Looking back at the 2020 fire history: The Guardian recently released an article outlining some of the severe consequences of wildfire smoke in California. In 2020 California experienced the “state’s worst wildfire season on...
The DUST BOWL – a CLIMATE DISASTER.
Image: From U.S. National Archives Are we on the cusp of moving from “I” to “we” – finally? This is the beginning—from "I" to "we". If you who own the things people must have could understand this, you might preserve yourself. If you could separate causes from...
A CHANGING OCEAN, a CHANGING CLIMATE
Scientists are looking at a change in ocean currents and what that means for the overall climate. Analysis and images from the New York Times are stunningly freightening.
It’s time to RETHINK ENERGY USE – including HOW WE COOK.
For years I believed cooking over an open flame on a gas stove was the only way to cook and cook well!, but frankly, not impressed. Not anymore! East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), a non-profit Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) that “exists to provide more renewable...
Key Lesson from Texas: Grid Structure Matters!
The power disaster unfolding in Texas this week is strong evidence that the structure or our power grids matters! So do the sources of electricity that we transmit on our grids. This is why CCE is focusing on issues like vehicle-to-grid (V2G). At CCE we believe...
Show Some Love This Valentine’s Day – For the Planet
Image by Charlotte Towner Happy Valentine's Day! Center for Community Energy is accelerating sustainable local energy production and storage through education, research, advocacy, technical advice and consulting. Show some love today by becoming a member or making a...
It is Not Too Late to Set 2021 Resolutions for our Planet
It is time to reflect on our New Years resolutions As January comes to a close, it is an important time to reflect on the resolutions many of us set earlier in the month to evaluate how well we have done in achieving these resolutions. Or for those of us who didn’t...
Your Job or the Earth?
Photo by Ria Puskas from Unsplash Job Loss, the Pandemic, and the Climate Crisis With millions of Americans out of a job because of the Covid-19 Pandemic and scientists telling us we need to act now to save the earth from the climate crisis, 2020 has been a...