Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Snowsports Product Suppliers Aspire to Beat Climate Change

Roger Lohr

ClimateUnited is a snow sports industry roadmap that provides every winter outdoor company with the guidance to make a collective statement, reduce carbon emissions and be a voice for strong climate policy. The ClimateUnited roadmap was developed within Snowsports Industries America (SIA). The national trade association for the winter […]

Burning Wood to Save the Forest

Once it is rotting, wood will not make good firewood. Decomposition driven by mushrooms might produce as much CO2 as a fire would. Photo: Nipunm, CC-BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons, https://bit.ly/3n2FlKK.

George Harvey

Generally speaking, I favor letting nature govern itself. There are times, however, when this simple […]

Bio-Friendly Chainsaw Bar Oil

G.E.T. staff

Petroleum-based chainsaw bar oil is downright nasty. Living things are really not adapted to deal with petro-chemicals. They cause cancer and other diseases in human beings, but they are probably bad for all living things. And chainsaws throw bar oil around all over.

Fortunately, there are natural products available that […]

Battery-powered Electric Chainsaws Can Get Your Job Done

N. R. Mallery and Barbara Whitchurch

Battery-powered electric chainsaws entered the mainstream just a few years ago, and they are directly comparable to like-sized gas models. For this article, we spoke with folks who have experience with some of the latest, brushless models.

The Bradford, Vermont Highway Department uses only three battery-powered […]

Energy Audit Grants and Clean Energy Financing from NH CDFA

Paragon Digital Marketing renovated and moved operations to this vacant historic church in Keene, using CDFA financing to add 34 kW of solar. The company also installed air-source heat pumps, LED lighting and made significant improvements in air sealing and insulation. Photo: Scott Maslansky.

Scott Maslansky

Energy costs can be a significant and […]

USDA Awarded $2.2 Million in Grants to Local Farmers and Producers

Jessie Haas

USDA has awarded $2.2 million in grants to farmers and producers in Vermont and New Hampshire under the Value-Added Producers Grant program (VAPG).

Businesses receiving grants include Runamok Maple in Fairfax, VT which will use its $248,063 grant to expand processing and diversify product packaging. Runamok sugarbush is certified organic through […]

Be Prepared for Emergencies: Generators and Backup Batteries

A tree that fell due to the weight of ice in Troy, New York. Image: Wikipedia

Keeping your power on when things go bump in the night.

Chi Woodruff

As global warming increases and sea levels rise, natural disasters are also expected to increase. Only about one fifth of U.S. and […]

Renewable Energy Funding Opportunities

US Forest Service Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity (http://bit.ly/WoodInnovationsFunding ) supports proposals that significantly stimulate or expand wood energy and wood products markets that support the long-term management of National Forest System and other forest lands. Application deadline: Jan 20, 2021.

US Forest Service Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Grant […]

W. S. Badger Company: Practicing Sustainability

The 486.7kW rooftop solar array at W.S. Badger is expected to generate approximately 600,000 kWh of clean electricity per year which will cover 100% of Badger’s electrical needs. Photos courtesy W.S. Badger.

George Harvey

The September issue of Green Energy Times had an article about a solar […]

Big, Bigger, Hugest

Enlarging New Hampshire’s solar systems – in the field and on the roof

The Bellavance Beverage Company in Londonderry, NH hosts the state’s largest rooftop solar array. Rooftop image courtesy of ARCO/Bellavance Beverage Co. Inset is the celebration of the completion of the 1.16 MW DC solar installation by Revision Energy. Courtesy image.

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