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Lighting 101 – An LED Primer

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LED’s  . . . As Efficient As It Gets by Steve Augustus of LED Dynamics To the layperson, the new models of lighting can seem intimidating and expensive. What’s wrong with the lights we have now? We know they work and we like the light and they are cheap. We’ve tried compact florescent lights, or [...]

Assessing Whether Solar Panels Make Sense for You

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Re-posted  from New York Times 5/11/12  As I report in The Times, legions of companies will offer to install a system at no upfront cost and promise customers cheaper, cleaner electricity over the course of 20 years. Some are small and local, while others, including SolarCity, Sunrun, Sungevity and SunEdison, are larger, with national or [...]

Legislative Wrap Up

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Re-posted from VT Digger  05/11/2012: Legislative wrap up: Energy stances on renewable investments, merger payback, opt-out fee for smart meters and state transmission ownership lost steam. The most prominent energy issues in the Vermont Legislature this year seem to be the ones that didn’t happen. For what seemed like half the session, lawmakers quibbled over [...]

Vt. Lawmakers Agree To Ban Gas Drilling Technique

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Hydraulic Fracturing – For unresolved bills, it’s make or break it Reposted from Times Augus and VT Digger  May 3rd, 2012 House Speaker Shap Smith, Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell, administration officials, and lawmakers on the House and Senate energy committees filed into and out of the governor’s ceremonial office Wednesday morning to discuss [...]

Lighting Retrofits

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By Adam Fortier We find ourselves today constantly trying to make environmentally conscious choices while struggling with the costs of “going green”. Unfortunately, it seems that the ability to be green comes with a price tag that has many of us struggling between the moral choice and the affordable one. Reductions in your energy consumption [...]

Bristol Wi-Fi: A Step Forward or Backward?

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It would seem that the town of Bristol offering free Wi-Fi access is a win-win for everyone (“Bristol soars into digital era with free Wi-Fi”, April 26). But there is a downside. This will allow people to gain access with their mobile devices and laptops while sitting in their parked vehicles, which on many occasions [...]

Community Solar Energy

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By Karl Kemnitzer The Basics Community Solar Energy is the placement of solar panels in a “shared” location, rather than on individual  homes. Using this approach, CSE can make solar electricity accessible to many more people than would occur using all-separate installations.  Shared installations allow owners of roofs that are shaded, don’t face south, or [...]

Help A. James Hansen Solve & Control CO2 Levels

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Unless we stop the warming of our planet… says A. James Hansen…

LIVE Blog! from NESEA BE 12 – WTC – Boston, MA

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Live! from Boston, MA – NESEA BE12! Here are some of the key notes and pic. Stay tuned as the Conference progresses! more to come…

Support group net metering in New Hampshire! Hearing tomorrow-Thursday

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Important amendments to their net metering laws in New Hampshire could help stabilize energy costs through renewable energy!