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Category Archives: Climate News
Electric Cars Big Super Bowl Winner
The Hummer was symbolic of all gas guzzling behemoths and in time production ended. Now it is coming back as an all electric vehicle. Another symbol that big change is on the way. That symbolism was also played out in … Continue reading
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Tagged Audi, electric vehicles, EV, Hummer, Porsche
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Why NH lags in solar; causes and fixes
New Hampshire Public Radio’s The Exchange recently tackled “Why N.H. Lags on Major Solar Projects and How That Might Be Changing.” Surrounding states like Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine have already developed large solar projects that go beyond just private roof … Continue reading
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Tagged solar and land use, Solar Farms
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Amazon Employees Defy Company’s Climate Policies
There is a growing movement in the USA, where employees defy their own company’s climate change, social and justice policies. The nascent movement is worth watching because it could be a game changer in making carbon reduction goals more immediate. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Employee Protests, Google
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Economist: Electric vehicles to equal price of conventional ones by 2025
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, told Yale Climate Connections (YCC) that in three to five years electric cars will likely cost the same as comparable gas-powered ones. Her prediction is made in part on … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, electric vehicles, transportation
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We can reverse global warming — learn how
The formation of the Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition was inspired by the Pachamama Alliance and the Drawdown Project. Now they jointly have produced an inspiring 90-minute video demonstrating how the reversible is possible and how you can make a difference. Register … Continue reading
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Trump’s Leaders Undoing Environmental Protections
Politics matter and so will the Presidential election in the fall when it comes to solving climate change. Those of us interested in ending global warming must get fully involved in this upcoming election. Here is what the New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Lobbyists, Trump
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Amazon’s 100,000 electric delivery vans & employee climate demands
The Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition has a goal that in some ways is similar to Jeff Bezos’ of Amazon. We both have plans to be replace fossil fuels with renewables by 2030 and reduce greenhouse grasses. In September 2019, Amazon ordered … Continue reading
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Carbon Cash-Back Coalition pushes for fossil fuel fees
The Sandwich Climate Crisis Coalition (SCCC) leadership believes that fossil fuel companies can no longer be allowed to freely dump pollutants into the sky. We wrote earlier about demanding that banks, investment and insurance companies divest their investments in these … Continue reading
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Tagged dividends, fees, Fossil Fuel
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Rural Community Solar Farms: A Maine Example
Earlier we wrote about how Taos, N.M, is establishing solar arrays that could service up to 18,500 homes. Mount Desert Island in Maine is doing the same on a smaller scale. Communities like these are worthy of the Sandwich Climate … Continue reading
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Tagged solar
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Disrupt flow of fossil fuel investment money
An action step: Right after I read the article referenced below I sent an email to my retirement fund broker and told him to read this article, adding that he and his young colleagues might want to lead a corporate-wide … Continue reading
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