Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Don’t let winter break you

By N.R. Mallery and Thaddeus Rumple

Now is the time to prepare for winter. There is still time to prepare for this winter. If you wait until spring, it is time to prepare for next winter.

The easiest place to start is with efficiency. Air intrusions are among the biggest villains around, when it comes […]

Solar Farms Move Us Closer to Vermont’s Energy Goal

366 solar trackers and 8,784 JA Solar modules at Claire Solar in So. Burlington, Vt., the largest solar installation of its kind in North America

Since the last edition of Green Energy Times went to press, we have seen two more large solar arrays put online in Vermont. Both are in the state’s […]

On Mill Pond Way in Portsmouth, NH

This home’s design is based generally on the European passive house model. It is highly insulated, south facing and as air tight as possible. There is a heat recovery ventilation system which lets in fresh air while the solar hot water panels provide for the domestic hot water load and the solar electric panels provide […]

What Have We Got to Lose?

Moving our moral compass toward action on climate change

By Johanna Miller

I don’t consider myself a religious person. I don’t affiliate with any particular ideology or attend church regularly. I do, however, believe in God, higher powers and the golden rule.

Courtesy of the EnvironmentalDefense Fund. www.edf.org/FallFavorites

“Do unto others as you […]

Solar is the Solution

No Sun at Night? No Problem!

By George Harvey

Solar PV panels at sunset at NRG’s Blythe Solar Farm. Photo: Flickr/ Charlie Waterfall

In May, we learned that Barclays, the international finance bank, had downgraded the status of bonds from all utilities in the United States because they believed the market had failed […]

Fall Favorites Are At Risk!

Is your favorite fall tradition threatened by climate change?

By Heather Shelby

Every autumn one of the favorite parts of my childhood was to pile into the car and drive out to an orchard, where miles of forest stretched out all around us. There, we’d fill our bags with perfect ruby apples and go home […]

Explaining Climate-change Mitigation

By George Harvey, staff

The IPCC has released the third part of its Fifth Assessment Report. The first two parts were a summary for policy makers, released in September of 2013, and a report on impacts and vulnerabilities of climate change, released in March of 2014. The third part is about mitigation – what we […]

New Hampshire’s Next 10 Years

A New State Energy Strategy

By Kate Epsen

One year ago, the New Hampshire State Legislature passed Senate Bill 99, which directed the state to create a ten- year energy strategy. Championed by Governor Maggie Hassan and many state legislators as a critical step toward NH’s innovation economy and energy future, this strategy—well-underway since the […]

It’s Too Late!

But a new day is dawning!

By George Harvey, staff

If you are aware of science and its projections about climate change, you might be more than a little frightened. The likely effects of a 2.75°C (5°F) increase in the temperature of the planet are unpleasant even to think about – including, among other […]

We should get on with building the pipeline!

… a pipeline of wind and solar projects!

by Glen Estill

Gas in storage continues to decline at an alarming rate. Natural gas in storage has dropped to 1,000 billion cubic feet. This is 49% below the same time last year, and 46% below the five-year average. Gas in storage dropped by 195 billion cubic […]