Green Energy Times

George Plumb is the executive director of Vermonters for Sustainable Population and the author of the 2011 report, Vermont Environmental Trends: The Population Connection. He may be reached at plumb.george@gmail.com. George lives with solar in Washington, VT and lives within the parameters of the ten point pledge. Sources: First Earth Day warnings of global warming:   [...]

Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 4pm, Community Building in Enfield (Rt4 / Main St) Reception following at the house, 78 Main St, Enfield The talk is free; rsvp is requested (but not required): kim@energyemp.com Please join me on Sunday, June 3rd for a presentation call “Creating a Zero Energy Building from a Historic Shell”. This [...]

Gardening Workshop White River Community Garden, Ratcliffe Park, White River Junction Wednesday, May 16 5:30 to 6:30 Topics include:  Design logic, planning for succession crops, preparing soil, crop rotation, frost and sun protection, hardening plants, seeding tips, timing and temperature, thinning, using mulch. This workshop is free.

Re-posted  from VPR 5/11/12 Some advocates would like to see Vermont towns go back to the renewable energy future by relying more heavily on hydroelectricity. They say a bill to simplify the permit process that’s pending on Governor Peter Shumlin’s desk would make that more likely, but skeptics say hydro is still too inefficient and [...]

Re-posted  from Fox 44  5/11/12 4G LTE is coming to a Verizon phone near you. Starting May 17, a press release said, Burlington and more than 30 additional communities throughout Northern Vermont will be upgraded to the new network. Click here for additional information:  Verizon’s 4G LTE Network is Coming to Northern VT

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 [...]

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 [...]

Join Rural Vermont supporters from near and far for our biggest and best event of the year! live music, friends, RV’s work, keynote and discussion led by Ben Hewitt…

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.”