Green Energy Times
Be Energy Independent!
Energy Bill Misses Chance to Cut Costs by $40 Billion and Slash Carbon Emissi...
by Michelle Harrison
27 Feb 2020 at 2:08pm
The Senate energy bill announced Thursday by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) and Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) includes useful efficiency provisions, but does not do nearly enough to save energy and reduce harmful emissions, and must be fixed. It omits a key provision to strengthen building energy codes [...]
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Announces 26% Reduction in Electricity Sup...
by Michelle Harrison
27 Feb 2020 at 5:06am
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative?s (NHEC) Board of Directors approved a 26% reduction to its members? electricity supply rate. The rate reduction applies to the Co-op Power portion of members? bills, and will result in an overall bill decrease of over $11.00, for the average residential member using 500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month. NHEC typically adjusts [...]
REV Recognizes Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Legislative Champion
by Michelle Harrison
27 Feb 2020 at 5:03am
Representative Sarah Copeland-Hanzas named Legislator of the Year Montpelier, VT ? Renewable Energy Vermont recognizes Representative Sarah Copeland-Hanzas with the 2019 Renewable Energy Legislative Champion award. This award recognizes a government official who has worked hard to further renewable energy in Vermont. Copeland-Hanzas represents the Orange-2 district, co-chairs the Climate Solutions Caucus and Chairs [...]
Non-Hydro Renewables Grew 8.5% & Provided 11.6% of U.S. Electricity in 2019 a...
by Michelle Harrison
27 Feb 2020 at 4:58am
SUN DAY CAMPAIGN: Brief News Update EIA’s 2019 YEAR-END REPORT: ELECTRICITY FROM NON-HYDRO RENEWABLES INCREASED BY 8.5%, PROVIDED 11.6% OF TOTAL U.S. PRODUCTION SOLAR EXPANDED 14.9% – WIND GREW BY 10.1% Washington DC ? Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.2% [...]
February 27 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
27 Feb 2020 at 3:26am
Headline News: “Wind Surpassed Hydro As Top Renewable Electricity Generation Source In US” ? In 2019, US annual wind generation exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, according to data in the Energy Information Administration?s “Electric Power Monthly.” Wind is now the top renewable source of electricity generation in the country. [Renewables Now] Wind [...]
S. 311 ? THE GREEN NEW DEAL
by George Harvey
26 Feb 2020 at 9:57am
Final Reminder Please Come and Help Fill the Room A PRESS CONFERENCE TO SUPPORT S. 311 THE GREEN NEW DEAL FEBRUARY 27th AT 11:45 AM IN THE CEDAR CREEK ROOM AT THE STATEHOUSE IN MONTPELIER COME IF YOU CAN but DON’T COME ALONE! Let’s make Tomorrow’s press conference big enough to show how widespread [...]
February 26 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
26 Feb 2020 at 4:40am
Headline News: “London?s Route 94 Gets An Upgrade With 29 New Electric Double-Decker Buses From BYD” ? An arterial bus route in West London is going fully electric. London United, a subsidiary of transit operator RATP Dev, took delivery of 29 fully electric BYD double-decker buses. They were built by BYD partner Alexander Dennis Limited. [...]
Holly Near to perform at Bennington, Vermont
by George Harvey
25 Feb 2020 at 11:38am
Holly Near BENNINGTON, VT ? Four local groups are collaborating to bring folk music icon Holly Near to Bennington. Climate Advocates Bennington-350VT, Bennington College, Queer Connect, and the Vermont Arts Exchange have come together to sponsor the concert, being held on March 21st, 2020, at 7pm in Bennington College?s Greenwall Auditorium. This Night with [...]
February 25 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
25 Feb 2020 at 4:33am
Headline News: “Those Horrific Wildfires in Australia Destroyed a Fifth of The Continent’s Forests” ? The bushfires in Australia were “globally unprecedented,” as they destroyed over a fifth of the country’s forests. The fires follow a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers said. Australia’s annual average forest loss to wild fires is well below [...]
February 24 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
24 Feb 2020 at 3:44am
Headline News: “Five Strategies That Achieve Climate Both Mitigation And Adaptation Simultaneously” ? Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to address emissions of greenhouse gases, and adaptation efforts to withstand impacts of climate change. There are strategies, however, that fall into both. Here are a few. [CleanTechnica] Shenzhen’s [...]
|
