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January 19 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
19 Jan 2019 at 3:45am
Headline News: “Keene, NH, Commits To 100% Renewable Energy Goal” ? The city council of Keene, NH, voted 14-1 to adopt a goal of moving to 100% renewable energy, the Sierra Club has announced. Keene joins four other New Hampshire communities, Concord, Cornish, Hanover, and Plainfield, that have established the 100% renewable goal. [North American [...]
January 18 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
18 Jan 2019 at 4:58am
Headline News: “UK Signals Shift From Nuclear To Renewables” ? The UK’s government has signalled a big shift away from nuclear energy and towards renewables after Hitachi announced it was scrapping work on a new reactor because of the plummeting costs of offshore wind and solar power. Only one nuclear plant is still being developed [...]
BRIEF NEWS UPDATE: FERC Data Suggest New Renewable Capacity Could Be 4x Great...
by Michelle Harrison
17 Jan 2019 at 7:46am
SUN DAY CAMPAIGN NOTWITHSTANDING A STRONG SHOWING BY NATURAL GAS IN 2018, FERC REPORTS NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY COULD QUADRUPLE THAT OF FOSSIL FUELS OVER NEXT THREE YEARS Contact: Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.6 Washington DC ? According to an analysis by the SUN [...]
View the Session Lineup for BuildingEnergy Boston
by Michelle Harrison
17 Jan 2019 at 7:41am
Register Now! View this Year’s Conference Sessions! You won’t want to miss the content at this year’s BuildingEnergy BostonConference + Trade Show, March 14?15 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. This is our most diverse and envelope-pushing session lineup to date (with topics like prefabricated & offsite construction, carbon-neutral cities, and healthy building materials). View [...]
New Report on Community Solar Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income Customers
by Michelle Harrison
17 Jan 2019 at 7:38am
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) have released a new report, Design and Implementation of Community Solar Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income Customers. The report reviews existing and emerging low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar programs, discusses key questions related to program design, outlines how states can leverage [...]
Documentary Film ? ?Modified? will be screened in Wilton, NH
by Michelle Harrison
17 Jan 2019 at 7:30am
The Souhegan Sustainability Fair is hosting an intriguing and thought-provoking film – “Modified – a food lover journey into GMOs”. Date: Sunday, Feb 3rd at 4:30 pm Location: Wilton Town Hall Theatre Q & A following with the policy chair person from NOFA-NH (New England Organic Farmers’ Association – NH) Admission is free To see [...]
January 17 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
17 Jan 2019 at 3:52am
Headline News: “World’s Coffee Under Threat, Say Experts” ? The first full assessment of risks to the world’s coffee plants shows that 60% of 124 known species are on the edge of extinction. Though only two species are used for the coffee we drink, scientists say the figure is “worrying”, because wild coffee is critical [...]
Ice Harvest Festival at Hanford Mills Museum: Winter?s Coolest Tradition
by Michelle Harrison
16 Jan 2019 at 7:26pm
Ice Harvest Festival February 2, 2019 10 am ? 3 pm Hanford Mills Museum 51 County Hwy 12, East Meredith, NY www.hanfordmills.org info@hanfordmills.org 607/278-5744 Take part in a traditional ice harvest, just as communities did a century ago. Festival also features ice carving, ice fishing, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowman village, hot soup buffet, food trucks, [...]
January 16 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
16 Jan 2019 at 3:55am
Headline News: “New York Gov Launches ?Green New Deal? with Accelerated Clean Energy Targets” ? New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of a “Green New Deal” initiative. Cuomo’s 2019 Justice Agenda calls for a ramp-up in renewable energy deployments as New York seeks to have 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. [Greentech Media]
Is the shutdown an impeachable offense? Time for McConnell to call Trump?s bluff
by Michelle Harrison
15 Jan 2019 at 9:04am
From Carl Pope A version of this article appeared earlier in Salon Is the shutdown an impeachable offense? Time for McConnell to call Trump’s bluff One of Washington?s favorite parlor games of late has been debating what constitutes an ?impeachable? offense, and whether President Trump has committed one. An obvious candidate has gone unnoticed: the [...]
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