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Taiga’s Nomad electric snowmobile offers the benefits of being a clean, quiet, low maintenance machine. (Taiga Motors) Michael J. Daley Imagine you acquired a passion for snowmobiling before your climate consciousness awakened. Imagine the twinge of conscience before each ride as you pour ten gallons of liquid fossil fuel into the […] Cookstoves, Heat, Hot Water and Pipelines It is estimated that up to 1.3% of the gas used in stoves leaks into the atmosphere. This seems trivial, but since there are more than 40 million gas stoves in the U.S., the emissions have about the same climate change effect as the carbon dioxide from […] Today the water in the Connecticut River is clear and much cleaner than it was 30 years ago. (Courtesy photo) Jessie Haas Many of us are old enough to remember when canoeing on the Connecticut River (or many other waterways in the Northeast) posed a health hazard. Swimming was […] Hershey’s first utility-scale solar farm located in Camden, NC. The solar project is a 20 MW facility on 218 acres of land which reduces CO2 emissions by 32,025t/yr. (BayWa r.e) Jessie Haas Chocolate is good for us, body and soul, a source of copper, antioxidants, and joy. But good […] Jessie Haas You love the people in your life. You love your planet. You want your holiday giving to benefit both. Possible? Very much so. The right book is a gift that can last decades and change lives. In no particular order, I recommend Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Warning: this book […] A blue-green algae at Clear Lake, California, resulted in oxygen depletion in the water and the subsequent mortality of multiple aquatic species, including carp, catfish, bluegill and crappie. (Kirsten Macintyre/Flickr) Jessie Haas Nothing ruins a summer day like getting to the beach and discovering it’s closed due to a blue-green algae […] Weatherization Assistance Program in Northern New England Air sealing keeps the cold air out in winter and cool air in in summer. It makes your heater burn less fuel and your air conditioners work easier. It is one of the fundamental parts of weatherization. (Community Environmental Center/Flickr) By Michael Daley and the […] Bourne’s Energy pellet truck delivering bulk wood pellets in Plainfield, VT. (Bourne’s Energy) Jessie Haas and G.E.T. staff Wood pellets save you money, but are they really all that green? The answer in the Northeast is: yes. It’s partly a matter of geography. Europe destroyed most of its forests centuries ago. Now, with […] Rendering of OnLogic’s new headquarters at Technology Park in South Burlington, Vermont. (Wiemann Lamphere Architects) Michael J Daley OnLogic (www.onlogic.com), with its June 1,2022 groundbreaking for a new headquarters at Technology Park in South Burlington, Vermont, took a significant step to support the phenomenal growth of the company while fostering a […] Michael Daley in front of the 450 square-foot off-grid house he and Jessie Haas have lived in for almost 40 years. Electricity comes from the single 100-watt panel. The smaller panel is no longer operating. (Photo: Jessie Haas) G.E.T. Staff Michael J. Daley and Jessie Haas, writers for G.E.T., live in a 450 […] |
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