Author Archives: Sandwich Climate

Iron, Rust & Huge 100 Hour Batteries

PBS’s NOVA recently ran a story entitled: How iron-air batteries could fill gaps in renewable energy  Adding: Rust Belt cities could be the perfect place to develop this renewable energy solution. The chemical reaction between iron and oxygen, which creates … Continue reading

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Green Future Coming Faster Than You Think

There-part series by the New York Times gives some optimism about our green future. Let’s all work to make it happen Here are the articles: The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think The United States is pivoting … Continue reading

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Get $75 for Your Old Refrigerator

Live in New Hampshire, got an old refrigerator you want to get rid of? Then contact NHSaves, which is underwritten by your electric company. They will haul away your old refrigerator and between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, 2023 will … Continue reading

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Ossipee Teen Working to Protect Our Aquifer

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg demonstrated how teens can make a big difference. In Ossipee Stella Lunt, a 15-year-old a sophomore at Kingswood Regional High School, has attended and spoken out frequently at the Meena gas station hearings in Effingham. … Continue reading

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Sandwich, NH: A Solar Array and Saving Taxpayer Money

Nov. 1, 2022 As energy prices are soaring around the globe, the Town of Sandwich, NH, took a step today to minimize costs for its municipal buildings. A few weeks ago a request for proposals (RFP) was sent out to … Continue reading

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Mark Longley Receives Green Mountain Conservation Award

Mark Longley, a member of the Sandwich Climate Action Coalition steering committee, was recently awarded the 2022 High Watch Award for Volunteer Service by the Green Mountain Conservation Group.   The award is presented annually to “a community member who has gone … Continue reading

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Historic Day Nationally & in Sandwich

On Sunday, Aug 7, 2022, the US Senate finally passed historic climate action legislation that will likely become law very soon. It will tackle a problem acknowledged as needing fixing by our government for over 50 years.* It was fitting that at … Continue reading

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NHSaves Revived, Gets Funded by Legislature

NHSaves was on the edge of extinction when the NH Public Utility Commission majority, appointed by Gov. Chris Sununu, decided to start defunding the program. NH State Consumer Advocate Don Kreis said the PUC “administered a sledgehammer to more than … Continue reading

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The Fight to Curtail Rooftop Solar

California, the leader in renewable energy policy, is in the midst of a political, corporate power struggle that might well determine the fate of the state’s rooftop solar, distributive energy future. Since California is a renewable trend setter, this is … Continue reading

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EV Pickup Trucks: Amazing, Powerful

Lawrence Ulrich of the New York Times gives a raving, Rivian review for the company’s new electric pickup. First paragraph reads: The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly … Continue reading

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