P/P/P...Sep 1, 2026...GO OUTSIDE! Plus Local Events & Virtual Power Plant News

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR.Today we talk about two upcoming local events, Nevada City Zero Waste Summit (9/12) and SYRCL's annual River Clean Up Day (9/19), and we discuss the landmark changes in CA law that are helping make electric customers with home batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, and heat pumps become a source of electricity and grid reliability who can make money in the spring, summer, and fall by helping the grid, instead of just consumers buying power and paying high rates. But first, we start the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Personal Climate Action Inspiration.For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected] free to visit our social media page for daily news headlines in between shows.