Bret Andersen News Today

Seeking to make the city a model in the global battle against climate change, the Palo Alto City Council adopted on Monday night an ambitious goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2030.

Silicon Valley’s electric grid was built around household energy needs from more than 50 years ago, making it incapable of supporting the region’s switch to electric dependency as a way to offset greenhouse gas emissions.

As Palo Alto struggles to meet its ambitious sustainability goals, the City Council is preparing to consider fresh measures, including ways to shift single-family homes away from natural gas and toward clean electricity.