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Here comes TCI?!
by Michelle Harrison
17 Oct 2019 at 10:59am
Energy Independent Vermont has been advocating for carbon pricing for five years, and we are now seeing some progress. Coming up next week Senate president pro tem Tim Ashe and Deputy Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Peter Walke are hosting separate webinars to introduce and explain the Transportation & Climate Initiative [...]
October 17 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
17 Oct 2019 at 5:07am
Headline News: “Haliade-X Prototype Stands Tall In Rotterdam” ? A 12-MW Haliade X wind turbine prototype has been installed in the Dutch Port of Rotterdam by GE Renewables. The 260-meter tall test turbine, which is next to Sif’s Maasvlakte yard, will be energised shortly. GE expects to complete type testing new platform by the end [...]
October 16 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
16 Oct 2019 at 5:10am
Headline News: “Trump Administration Proposes New Logging In Nation’s Largest National Forest” ? The Trump administration is proposing opening more than 180,000 acres of the country’s largest national forest for logging. The Agriculture Department proposal would allow road construction to log the huge Tongass National Forest. [CNN] Tongass National Forest “Getting Real Serious About [...]
October 15 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
15 Oct 2019 at 3:22am
Headline News: “An Arctic Expedition On Thin Ice” ? The icebreaker Polarstern and its crew reached 85 degrees north on their Arctic voyage only to make a worrying discovery that threatens the success of the expedition. The problem is that they need to find ice that will support their activities, including a runway for aircraft, [...]
October 14 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
14 Oct 2019 at 4:25am
Headline News: “Loon, Hermit Thrush Among Vermont Birds Threatened By Climate Change” ? Some of Vermont?s most iconic native birds, including the common loon, white-throated sparrow and the hermit thrush ? the state bird ? are under threat from climate change, according to a new report from the National Audubon Society. [vtdigger.org] Common loon [...]
October 13 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
13 Oct 2019 at 4:22am
Headline News: “StreetScooter Plans To Enter US And Chinese Markets With New Electric Delivery Trucks” ? Deutsche Post purchased EV startup StreetScooter in 2014. Then it started to replace all 70,000 vehicles in its fleet with electric trucks, and to sell trucks to other companies. Now it is planning to build factories in the US [...]
October 12 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
12 Oct 2019 at 4:36am
Headline News: “Vigor Completes Construction Of Massive Wave Energy Buoy” ? Vigor Industrial of Portland, Oregon, has completed construction of an 826-ton energy buoy for Ocean Energy, an Irish company. The buoy is being moved to Oahu, Hawaii. It measures 125 x 59 feet with a draft of 31 feet and has capacity of 1.25 [...]
Mayors Vow to Work Together with Youth Climate Activists to Deliver Global Gr...
by Michelle Harrison
11 Oct 2019 at 11:30am
C40 Cities will create a Global Youth Initiative, bringing together leaders of climate movements from all over the world, to work with mayors Announcement comes out of several days of collaboration at C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark 11 Oct. 2019 – Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank [...]
October 11 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
11 Oct 2019 at 4:54am
Headline News: “Carlsberg Is Working On Beer Bottles Made Of Paper” ? Carlsberg, the Danish beer company, is getting closer to its goal of selling beer in paper bottles. Fiber bottles are better for the environment than aluminum or glass because they are sourced in a sustainable way, and because paper has a “very low [...]
October 10 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
10 Oct 2019 at 4:59am
Headline News: “Wind Will Speed Holy Cross Energy To 70% Renewable Goal” ? A year ago, Holy Cross Energy, which serves areas in western Colorado, announced a goal to have 70% of its electricity be carbon-free by 2030. Holy Cross recently announced that its 2030 goal would be met for sure by 2021. Now, it [...]
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