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A Majority of Big Oil Wants to Act on Climate Change By George Harvey Among oil companies, there are five that stand out, traditionally called “Big Oil,” and “the super-majors.” Though there are other large companies, these five stand out for reasons of both history and economics. Three of […] Will Tesla Change our World? Tesla Powerwall Battery. Courtesy of Tesla. By George Harvey On March 30, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity, set a lot of people buzzing when he tweeted that Tesla would be introducing a new product line, but it would not be cars. Speculation […] Net-zero Capital’s Goal in Sight Green Mountain Power’s solar roof array installed by Alteris Renewables. © 2010 Neil Dixon By Dan Jones It has now been a year since Montpelier City Council unanimously committed to becoming “net zero” in fossil fuel use by 2030. This big goal – meeting all the city and […] … just as policies were showing signs of progress 7kw Solar PV installation in Hopkinton, NH. credit: ReVision Energy. By Frederick Greenhalgh The New Hampshire House of Representatives has voted in favor of a budget that would raid $51 million of funding from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund to close a […] By Allan Bullis This is a story on one of the most unusual weatherization projects in the State of Vermont. Starting two years ago, State Architect Tricia Harper contacted me at Common Sense Energy (CSE) to develop a plan to weatherize the statehouse as they had done in the past for other historic State buildings. […]
The Steels Pond Hydro dam in Antrim, New Hampshire will ultimately generate 900 kilowatts (kW) of power. Photo courtesy of Lori Barg. By George Harvey Headed by Lori Barg, Community Hydro focuses on hydro-power in New England. While the company has produced a fair amount of […] We’re doin’ fine… By George Harvey The reaction of some to the final shutdown of the Vermont Yankee (VY) nuclear plant was predictable. One national investment publication focused on the factoid that Vermont had lost 70% of its electric power. Notice, I said “factoid.” A factoid is something that looks like a fact, […] World’s Largest Investor-owned Utility Goes 100% Renewable By George Harvey Desmond Tutu, an Anglican bishop in South Africa, achieved a fair amount of fame as an anti-apartheid activist. Now he is calling on businesses to cut their ties with the fossil fuels industry. Bill McKibben, a Schumann Distinguished Scholar at MiddleburyCollege, has gained a lot […] By Fran Putnam Future storms similar to Irene are inevitable. We must take bold steps, like the carbon pollution tax, to help to slow climate change. This photo was taken in Pittsfield, Vt., during Hurricane Irene. Photo: Barb Wood The recent launch of an effort to put a price on carbon pollution in […] “Everything is impossible until it is done.” Windpark Ellern in the Hunsrück landscape in southwestern part of Germany. Public domain, found at Wikimedia Commons. Every once in a while you have an outstandingly good day. October 29 was one of those days. Its news had four stories about a world moving to renewable […] |
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