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Category Archives: Actions
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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Tagged Green Energy, NHSaves
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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
Posted in Actions, Inspiration, Solar
Tagged energy predictions, Hollis Heichemer, Joanne Haight, Katherine Thorndike, Leonard Witt, renewables, Solar array, Ted Vansant, Tim Miner, Todd Horn, Wharton Sinkler
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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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Tagged & Solar Day, Clean Energy News, electric vehicles, End of Fossil Fuel, EVs, Global Warming, Joe Biden, legislation, renewables, Sandwich Electric Vehicle, solar power, Tool, US Congress
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Hanover Debuts NH’s Largest Municipal Solar Array
The New Hampshire Bulletin reports: Hanover debuted a new solar array on Thursday that will produce enough energy to power almost all of the municipality’s electrical needs. The array, which is on 8 acres, is made up of 4,560 solar … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Power, Hanover, Municipal Power, Ready for 100, Solar array
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Town of Sandwich Revives Energy Committee
The Town of Sandwich, N.H., recently revived its Energy Committee as an outgrowth of a warrant article passed in 2019 “to commit to a goal of 100% reliance on renewable sources of electricity by 2030 and for all other energy … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy Committee, Heichemer, Miner, Sandwich NH, Sinkler, Thorndike, Witt
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220 Medical Journals Demand Climate Action Now
The Huffington Post reports: A coalition of more than 220 of the planet’s leading medical and public health journals issued an urgent rallying cry to address climate change …, saying the greatest threat to global health was the planet’s ongoing … Continue reading
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Tagged End of Fossil Fuel, Global Warming, medical journals
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We Must Apply Political Heat Demanding Climate Action
The New York Times The Daily podcast has an excellent piece: Putting a Price on Pollution Towards the end of the podcast The Times reporter says in November she will be covering a crucial international climate summit in Glasgow. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Glasgow 2021 summit, Global Warming, political will
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Climate Activists Force Exxon Board Changes
The New York Times reports: Shareholders of Exxon Mobil dealt the company’s management a defeat on Wednesday by electing at least two of four candidates activist investors had nominated to its board — the first time that has happened, according … Continue reading
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Tagged board of directors, Clean Energy News, divesting fossil fuels, End of Fossil Fuel, Environment, Exxon, ExxonMobil
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Keene Adopts Community Power, First in NH
“Keene has become the first New Hampshire municipality to adopt a community power program since the state began allowing them in 2019,” according to the Keene Sentinel. In the story Keene’s mayor praised it as a citizen based, grassroots effort. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Power, Keene, NHPR Exchange
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Biden, Climate & New Hampshire Initiatives
Learn how the Biden administration’s clean energy, infrastructure and jobs initiatives affect New Hampshire and what can we do to help move the process forward. Watch the YouTube video here. Please share with your friends interested in climate issues. The Sandwich … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Brianna Fiorillo, Clean Energy NH, clean jobs, Climate, electric vehicles, Global Warming, Green Energy, Infrastructure, League of Conservation Voers, New Hampshire, offshore wind, Renewable Energy, renewables, Rob Werner, Stimulus Bill
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