In the past week, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has issued a number of Flex Alerts. Flex Alerts are voluntary calls for consumers to conserve energy. On social media SMUD shared this call. It might seem like renewable energy has made this a new...
This week on April 22 is the 50th anniversary of that first Earth Day in 1970. One of my first blogs here described how that day had a profound effect on my career, changing from medicine to environmental science. It is also how I ended up at UC Davis. It was one of...
