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Tag Archives: renewables
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
Posted in Actions, Climate News, Resources
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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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
Posted in Actions, Climate News
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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Clean Energy Focus of Biden’s $4 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
The New York Times reports that “climate change has become the centerpiece” of President Biden’s $3 trillion to $4 trillion infrastructure rebuilding plan and no longer a side issue as in the past. Administration officials say they view averting catastrophic warming … Continue reading
Posted in Climate News, Resources, Solar
Tagged Biden, electric grid, electric vehicles, End of Fossil Fuel, Global Warming, Infrastructure, renewables
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Biden Agency Advances Wind Farm Off Massachusetts Coast
Politico reports: The Interior Department said on Monday it had completed its environmental review for a massive wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, a key step toward final approval of the long-stalled project that will play a prominent role … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Climate News
Tagged Biden, Department of Interior, Massachusetts, offshore wind, renewables, Vineyard Wind, wind power
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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
Posted in Climate News
Tagged clear energy, ExxonMobil, investing, NextEra Eneregy, renewables, wind power
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Investor Prediction: Solar insanely, world-changingly cheap
Ramez Naam , author and solar investor, writes in part at his blog: Solar has plunged in price faster than anyone – including me – predicted. And modeling of that price decline leads me to forecast that solar will continue to drop … Continue reading
Posted in Climate News, Solar
Tagged fossil fuels decline, Ramez Naam, renewables, solar predictions
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NYTimes: Renewable Energy Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.
A New York Times article by Brad Plumer notes that partly driven by Covid-19: The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record. It adds: It … Continue reading
Posted in Climate News, Solar
Tagged Covid-19, Decline of coal, energy predictions, renewables, wind power
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