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February 17 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
17 Feb 2019 at 5:04am
Headline News: “What Rising Seas Mean For Local Economies” ? The evidence of climate change is not just present in the form of more frequent flooding. According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, it is also already revealed as a financial price for businesses. The study detailed losses for downtown Annapolis, Maryland. [...]
February 16 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
16 Feb 2019 at 5:02am
Headline News: “Plans For 1st Chinese Solar Power Station In Space Revealed” ? Scientists in China revealed plans to build the first solar power station in space. A solar power station orbiting at 36,000 km could tap the energy of the sun’s rays without interference from the atmospheric, seasonal, or night-time loss of sunlight, Chinese [...]
First Wednesdays Program at Rutland Free LIbrary: Mar. 6 at 7:00 p.m.
by Michelle Harrison
15 Feb 2019 at 7:48am
Middlebury Professor Explores Women?s Resistance in Literature Rutland ~ Middlebury College assistant professor Catharine Wright will explore the depiction in literature of women?s resistance to power in a talk at Rutland Free Library on March 6 at 7:00 pm. Her talk, ?Outlaw Women,? is part of the Vermont Humanities Council?s First Wednesdays lecture [...]
February 15 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
15 Feb 2019 at 4:25am
Headline News: “California Leads In Net-Zero Homes As Costs Drop” ? Half a dozen California cities are hosting enough net-zero homes to place the state in first place in a trend that is catching on rapidly across the nation. It is expected to accelerate over the coming decade, as the cost of adding net-zero features, [...]
What You Eat Affects the Environment? Forum March 13 in Albany, NY
by Michelle Harrison
14 Feb 2019 at 12:04pm
Community Advocates for a Sustainable Environment will be holding a forum entitled “What You Eat Affects the Environment”. The event, co-sponsored by the Green Sanctuary Committee will take place on March 13, 2019 in Channing Hall at the First Unitarian Universalist Church located at 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The [...]
BuildingEnergy Key Note Speaker Announced
by Michelle Harrison
14 Feb 2019 at 8:12am
Chris Magwood, Executive Director, The Endeavour Centre Let’s Talk About Carbon! With our BuildingEnergy Boston 2019 theme of ?Know-How? in mind, we are pleased to announce this year’s keynote session, Carbon Drawdown Now: Turning Buildings into Carbon Sinks. Presented by Chris Magwood of the Endeavour Centre, and Jacob Racusin and Ace McArleton of [...]
February 14 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
14 Feb 2019 at 4:49am
Headline News: “The Myth Of The 24/7/365 Power Plant” ? The polar vortex caused a nuclear reactor to shut down, drove many coal plants offline, and contributed to a fire at a natural gas facility. Ironically, owners of coal and nuclear plants are arguing for a government bailout because of their supposed resilience in times [...]
February 13 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
13 Feb 2019 at 4:03am
Headline News: “How Teenage Girls Defied Skeptics To Build A New Global Climate Movement” ? Greta Thunberg’s climate activism got her invited from her native Sweden to Davos, Switzerland, where she excoriated a room full of executives, telling them they were to blame for the climate crisis. She is not alone. Young women are rising [...]
February 12 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
12 Feb 2019 at 5:02am
Headline News: “The Feds Are Spending $48 Million To Move His Village. But He Doesn’t Want To Go.” ? Because of rising seas, subsidence, and erosion, 98% of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, is gone. The federal government is moving the remaining population, twenty or so families, at a cost of $45 million. It is [...]
Baker-Polito Administration Announces $2.8 Million in Matching Funding for Re...
by Michelle Harrison
11 Feb 2019 at 7:42pm
Projects to Increase Availability of Renewable Heating Fuels BOSTON ? The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded five grants totaling $2,889,285 to Massachusetts businesses to fund infrastructure projects to increase the availability of low-carbon, renewable heating fuels. The grants, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), are part of the Renewable Thermal Infrastructure Grant Program, [...]
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