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Category Archives: Climate News
Need a job? Become an arborist
The New York Time reports that because of climate change and resulting distressed trees there is a need for more arborists in New England. Kristina Bezanson of UMass Amherst, who is among those training the next generation of arborists, said she … Continue reading
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Tagged arborists, jobs, New England, Trees
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Solar, Wind Power Company Tops Exxon in Value
The CBS News headline shouts out the good news: Wind and solar producer tops Exxon as most valuable U.S. energy company The Sandwich Climate Action Coalition continues to watch a trend away from fossil fuels to renewables; so this is … Continue reading
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Tagged clear energy, ExxonMobil, investing, NextEra Eneregy, renewables, wind power
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California to Phase Out Combustion Vehicle Sales by 2035
The Washington Post reports: California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state that created U.S. car culture, will stop selling gasoline-powered automobiles within 15 years, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Wednesday. The articled adds: Transportation currently accounts for the largest … Continue reading
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Tagged California, electric vehicles, Gavin Newsom
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NH Plan to Install EV Charging Stations on Hold
This from the Concord Monitor: Electric vehicle fans anticipating fast-charging stations along New Hampshire highways will have to wait some more. Plans to use $4.6 million from the VW “dieselgate” settlement to install DC fast chargers along 6 major routes … Continue reading
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Tagged electric vehicles
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Climate Likely to Play More Important Role in November Election
The New York Times reports: The number of Americans who feel passionately about climate change is rising sharply, and the issue appears likely to play a more important role in this year’s election than ever before, a new survey shows. … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate, Issue public, Jon A. Krosnick, November 2020 election, survey
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New solar array projected to save $370,000 for Madison, N.H.
Madison, N.H., population 2,600, recently dedicated, according to the Conway Daily Sun, a: 63-kilowatt, 180-photovoltaic panel solar array, which was installed by ReVision Energy and will produce more than 80,000 kilowatt-hours of solar electricity each year. It will provide the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Haven Initiative, Madison, N.H., ReVision Energy, Solar array
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New NH Emission Reduction Commission To Start Meeting
“The state is launching a broad new effort to find ways to reduce the air emissions that drive respiratory disease and climate change in New Hampshire,” according to NHPR. State Sen. Tom Sherman said the purpose of the commission is … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, asthma, Emission Commission, New Hampshire
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Biden, Sanders Agree: Clean Electricity by 2035
The New York Times reports that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders agree that the Democrats’ 2020 platform should include: moving all electric power off fossil fuels by 2035; achieving carbon-neutrality in all new buildings by 2030; and installing 500 million … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden
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U.S. Electric Grid Could Be 90% Clean By 2035
A University of California, Berkeley report argues: The U.S. can reach 90 percent clean electricity by 2035, dependably and without increasing consumer bills Dr. Amol Phadke, Senior Scientist and affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Environmental Public Policy, says: “This … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkley, electric grid, Renewable Energy, University of California, wind power
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California Leads Way for Electric Trucks
California recently passed a landmark rule “requiring more than half of all trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035,” according to a New York Times article. The article adds: The new rule, which sets sales requirements for zero-emissions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, California, ELECTRIC TRUCKS, EV, Tesla
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