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How Has One US State Cut Food Waste When Others Continue To Struggle?

December 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, composting, food waste, Massachusetts, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:28:14 +0000

Two years ago, Massachusetts banned businesses that generate more than 1,000 pounds of food waste a week from tossing those scraps in the garbage. Restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and hotels all had to reconsider what it meant to dispose of scraps left over from food preparation and diners’ plates. And … [continued]

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A Boston-Area Family Shifts Their 18th Century Home Off Fossil Fuels

December 9, 2024 admin buildings, energy efficiency, heat pumps, home energy efficiency, Massachusetts

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:32:52 +0000

Is it really possible for homeowners to recreate a traditional Colonial New England home so that it uses renewable energy sources? A residential couple who live outside Boston wondered the same thing. How could they get off fossil fuels and do so in a way that made sense for their … [continued]

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Massachusetts’ Climate Law Will Limit Gas Pipeline Expansion, Ease Siting For Renewables

November 29, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, clean power, Massachusetts, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:33:50 +0000

Globally, October 2024 was nominally the second warmest October since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850. Some US states are in a state of denial about the climate crisis and its effects on everyday citizens. Others are charging head-on into establishing policies and legislation that will address the shift … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Investors Are Gearing Up For Another Big Year

November 25, 2024 admin clean power, coal retirements, community solar, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, offshore wind energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:53:13 +0000

Renewable energy stakeholders are getting an assist from coal producers, the community solar trend, overseas investors, and the IRA, too.

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Why Has The Term “Nature-Based” Been Crucial To Dialogue At COP16 Convention On Biological Diversity?

November 4, 2024 admin air quality, Biodiversity, carbon emissions, climate change, ecosystems, investment, Massachusetts, nature, policy & politics, the nature conservancy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:53:35 +0000

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is now well underway in Cali, Colombia, bringing together nearly 190 nations. They’re gathered to find answers to the critical challenge of halting ever-increasing biodiversity loss, investigating its relationship with the climate crisis, and enhancing the … [continued]

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The World Is Your Oyster: Efforts Speed Up To Reduce Waste Streams By Reestablishing Oyster Filtration Reefs

September 27, 2024 admin Agriculture, Aquaculture, climate change, green economy, Massachusetts, New England, oyster, recycling, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:44:00 +0000

What is it like to recycle oysters? First, shuck the hearty bivalves and suck out their nutty yumminess. Then place the empty oyster shells (called cultch) in piles as high as an adult in an outside garbage and recycling area. The shells need to rest and absorb nature’s elements; in … [continued]

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1st Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Gulf of Maine to Power More than 4.5 Million Homes

September 19, 2024 admin boem, bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, deb haaland, Department of the Interior, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, maine, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, new hampshire, offshore wind energy, us offshore wind, us offshore wind energy, us offshore wind farms, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:31:16 +0000

Lease areas have potential to power over 4.5 million homes WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas … [continued]

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The Killer Combo Of Agrivoltaics & Community Solar Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

August 27, 2024 admin aes corporation, Agriculture, agrivoltaics, bluewave solar, clean power, community solar, Energy Storage, green economy, Massachusetts, rural solar, sheep, Solar energy, university of massachusetts, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:13:41 +0000

The US solar developer BlueWave has launched a suite of five agrivoltaics projects in Massachusetts, including a community solar angle that benefits local ratepayers as well as farmers.

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BlueWave Announces Agrivoltaic Projects in Massachusetts

August 23, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, bluewave, Energy Storage, Massachusetts, news, Renewables, Solar, Solar power

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:06:38 +0000

BlueWave, a solar power developer and owner in the U.S. Northeast, announced five projects across Massachusetts that incorporate the company’s innovative dual-use solar design and operate under the Solar Massachusetts […]

The post BlueWave Announces Agrivoltaic Projects in Massachusetts appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Eddie Murphy’s “Candy Cane Lane” Supported By Mobile Batteries, Safe EV Batteries — EV & Solar News Roundup

August 18, 2024 admin Amazon, avangrid, batteries, California, caltech, clean power, clean transport, comed, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Massachusetts, silicon ranch, Solar energy, statkraft

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:50:31 +0000

From mobile batteries supporting the new Eddie Murphy movie, Candy Cane Lane, to a battery first in safety testing, below is a roundup of battery news and solar energy news for you to enjoy. Batteries Sienza Energy, a Caltech-incubated battery company addresses battery safety for the EV market “Sienza Energy, … [continued]

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