Green Energy Times

The play is all about a washed up rock band whose bus breaks down in an enchanted forest. Throughout the night they are visited by some pretty strange characters; for instance…giant water bottles, fish, bicycles, a mini refrigerator, an air conditioner, a styrofoam container, some french fries, a chicken nugget, some lamps, an SUV, several [...]

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RACDC  recently completed construction of 14 rental units on a former brownfields site.  All three buildings received the 5- star-plus rating from Efficiency Vermont. Now the group is working on models of for-sale homes on another portion of the same site. Designed to be easily replicable, aesthetically pleasing, energy efficient and affordable, they hope to [...]

By N.R.Mallery, A big name in the canned goods world has taken steps against BPA. G.E.T. had covered this topic in ‘Green Tips’ Advice on Avoiding BPA Exposure’ in our Feb. 15, 2012 Issue. “BPA has been linked in human and animal studies to heart disease, early onset puberty, behavior problems, diabetes and breast cancer. [...]

by Jonathan Teller-Elsberg Whether or not you’ve read Rachel Carson’s classic book, Silent Spring, you likely know the basic gist that synthetic pesticides have nasty, unintended side effects. This is true for insecticides, fungicides, and all the other –cides (from the Latin for “killer”) marketed to growers as the solution to disease and pest damage. [...]

Four companies received green awards from Efficiency VT at the recent “2012 Better Buildings By Design” conference in Burlington. Building Energy won in the “Best of the Best in Major Renovation” contest for rehabilitating an historic home located at 52 Drew Street in Burlington, VT.  Maclay Architects, Naylor & Breen Builders, and MSV Partners, LLC  [...]

paying them a performance bonus for wrecking the climate. We’ll never get to renewable energy if we keep handing gobs of money to oil and coal and gas. …we need to come out as strong as possible. Add your voice to a brand new effort to end fossil fuel subsidies…

“We need to get off the fossil fuel bandwagon that keeps us dependent on oil and contributes to climate change. The $113 billion in taxpayer handouts that oil, gas, and coal companies receive should be used to invest in green jobs. It’s time for this corporate welfare to end.”

By Diane Reynolds Can Fox News be waking up? To global warming….to the dangers of fracking? Having NPR running in my blood, I don’t often (and maybe I should) check out the sources of differing views. But when G.E.T. publisher Nancy Rae Mallery sent two FoxNews.Com postings to me I was flabbergasted. Read their intro [...]

For Whom Will You Be Riding on Wed? Rain combined with threats of lightning, hail, and high winds prompted the postponement of tonight’s Ride of Silence in Montpelier.  (Kudos to the stalwart bicyclists who arrived hoping for a break in the weather!)  On Friday evening, the weather is predicted to be much more favorable so [...]