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to be Hosted in Derry June 5, 2019 Ten ground-mounted solar trackers at Derry’s transfer station will yield 155,000kWh per year. The system was installed May 2018. Photo by Granite State Solar Craig Lazinsky The Town of Derry New Hampshire’s NetZero Energy Task Force, along with Tupelo Music Hall, are co-sponsoring a New Hampshire […] Green Mountain Power is offering Tesla Powerwall 2.0 batteries to 100 eligible customers, free of charge. A $150,000 grant from the Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity (VLITE) will pay for the cutting-edge technology and installation in the homes of low income customers with significant need for backup power reliability due to health and […]
By Dr. James Hansen There is enough popular misinterpretation of recent news about the cost of carbon capture that I should comment on that. David Keith has done some of the most credible work on direct air capture of CO2, so his recent paper1 in Joule reporting on the cost of carbon capture deserves […] Bring your electric lawn mowers for this year’s 4th of July parade in Hanover, NH. Courtesy image Barbara Callaway This Fourth of July a group in Hanover, NH will be celebrating electric lawn care as a way to reduce our carbon footprint. Who knew that a gas-powered mower, using 1.75 gallons per hour, running […] By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch Reposted from EcoWatch media associate AlterNet Transitioning the world to 100% renewable electricity isn’t just some environmentalist pipe dream—it’s “feasible at every hour throughout the year” and is more cost-effective than the current system, which largely relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, a new study claims. The research, compiled by […] What Is the ESSEX Plan? By Michael Shank Economists love it. Republicans love it. Democrats love it. Big multinational corporations love it. Even activists love it. What could possibly garner that much affection? A pragmatic piece of policy that puts a cost on carbon and a price on pollution. It’s clean and simple. And in […] “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Benjamin Franklin, 1789. Portrait painted in 1767 by David Martin (1737-1797) They have no benefit, but their price is high. By George Harvey
States in the RGGI By George Harvey The Regional Green Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a market-based program to reduce greenhouse gases in nine states in the Northeast. The states involved are all those in New England, plus New York, Delaware, and Maryland. The way the RGGI has functioned is to issue […] Renewables grow over 10% in first half of 2017 as consumption of fossil fuels and nuclear power falls. Solar use up 39.9%; Hydro up 16.1%; Wind up 15.7%; Biofuels up 2.3%; Geothermal up 1.8%. Nuclear power drops 3.3%; Fossil Fuels down 1.2%. Renewables now provide approximately 42% more energy than nuclear. From The SUN DAY […] New Climate Action Commission Creates Potential Venue for Real Progress By Johanna Miller In June, the Trump administration abdicated their responsibility to act on climate change when they withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement. That left the U.S. in isolation from every other nation in the world who has committed to […] |
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