These links to articles and videos cover a range of topics, including the benefits of an efficient and clean energy economy; home energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunities; electric vehicles; impacts of the climate crisis; the links between COVID-19 and chronic exposure to fossil fuel pollution–especially in communities of color; prioritizing a green, equitable and just economic recovery from the pandemic; coping with the emotional stresses of living with the climate crisis; and how we can each have a positive impact and stay motivated to take action.
Each of us can make a difference, especially by talking to family, friends, & neighbors about your concerns about the climate crisis, to help make climate action a social norm.
Climate actions can be as simple as switching incandescent and halogen bulbs to LEDs or waiting to use your dishwasher until off-peak hours (peak electric demand, on hot summer days between roughly 3-8pm, causes electric utilities to turn on fossil fuel generation plants to meet high electric use). For larger impacts, you could get involved with a local climate or tree-planting organization, contact your state and federal representatives and senators about climate-positive bills such as renewable energy legislation, serve on your community’s sustainability committee, or participate in a local climate awareness project. Whatever feels like a good fit for you–these are just ideas.
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Shaving peak electricity use lowers carbon pollution and electricity prices
Learn about how peak electric use times, such hot summer evenings, result in
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This town is the first in America to ban new gas stations – is the tide turning?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/end-american-gas-station-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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SCPN Spotlight: Mathy Stanislaus on Energy Storage and a Circular Economy
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How to fight climate despair–we’re not powerless, even if it feels that way (including ways you can participate in climate actions)
https://www.vox.com/22595896/climate-change-fire-heat-wave-anxiety
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‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/25/insanely-cheap-energy-how-solar-power-continues-to-shock-the-world?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Biden administration to propose first rule requiring cut in [HFC refrigerant] climate pollutants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/03/epa-climate-hfcs/
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Stimulus deal includes raft of provisions to fight climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/12/21/congress-climate-spending/
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Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/climate/climate-anxiety-stress.html?referringSource=articleShare
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New England Solar Savings
https://www.synapse-energy.com/new-england-solar-savings
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Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation
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Waste not, wontons: innovator recycled 32m restaurant chopsticks
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Judge suspends Dakota Access pipeline over environmental concerns
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AG Healey Brief: Environmental Pollution Contributes to Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Communities of Color
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A Green New Deal architect explains how the protests and climate crisis are connected
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BP and Shell will keep (some of) it in the ground
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Guide to charging an electric vehicle at home and on the go
http://greenenergyconsumers.org/drivegreen/charging#range
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A million mile battery?
https://www.electricauto.org/blog/a-million-mile-battery
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Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019
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Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
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Doing your laundry can help lower our electric grid’s climate emissions.
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Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’
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US EV Sales Surpass 2% In 2018
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/12/us-ev-sales-surpass-2-for-2018-8-more-sales-charts/
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64% of 2019 new electric generation capacity will come from solar & wind
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Your Gas Stove Is Bad for You and the Planet
To help solve the climate crisis, we need to electrify everything.
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Batteries on wheels will change the grid and the way we use electricity
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Worried About Battery Degradation? Tesla Model X, Bolt EV Owners Show The Way
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Ireland divests from fossil fuels https://350.org/ireland-divests/
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Study: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Still Boosting Northeast Economies http://nepr.net/post/study-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-still-boosting-northeast-economies#stream/0
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Can Dirt Save the Earth? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html
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Tesla is helping build the world’s biggest ‘virtual power plant’ http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/technology/tesla-solar-power-thsouth-australia/index.html
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Closer to home, Green Mtn. Power, helps wean Vermonters from electric grid https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/business/energy-environment/vermont-green-mountain-power-grid.html
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From Oil to Solar: Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/energy-environment/saudi-arabia-solar-renewables.html
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Cutting flatulence to save the planet–BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40586209/cutting-flatulence-to-save-the-planet
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Banishing the Climate Change Blues: Anxious about where our planet is headed? Tip one: You’re not alone—and that means a lot https://www.nrdc.org/stories/banishing-climate-change-blues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=story4&utm_campaign=email
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A/C without electricity http://www.cleverly.me/diy-ac/?ref=fb
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Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy, Forbes http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/solar-wind-renewable-jobs/
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The irreversible momentum of clean energy by Barack Obama, Science http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/06/science.aam6284.full
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NASA on global climate change http://climate.nasa.gov
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Does Climate Change Threaten National Security? https://cabaus.org/2017/06/15/does-climate-change-threaten-national-security/?mc_cid=50a141c522&mc_eid=43200b9b20
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My Turn editorial by Pat Hynes, The Recorder http://www.recorder.com/my-turn-the-times-we-live-7645252
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Summary of Federal & State Incentives for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Mass Save http://www.masssave.com
Mass Save Rebates (may vary depending on your utility; some are time-limited) https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/
Mass Save 0% HEAT Loan http://www.masssave.com/search?s=&q=heat+loan
Energy Star Products http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.&s=mega
Renewable Energy
About Solar Electric (aka photovoltaics or PV) http://www.masscec.com/technology/solar-electricity
About MA Solar Loans for PV http://www.masscec.com/programs/mass-solar-loan
About MA Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) for solar PV [SRECs for new PV systems no longer available after March 31, 2018] http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/5679
About the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Incentives Replacing SRECs after March 31, 2018 https://cabaus.org/2017/02/06/state-proposes-new-solar-incentive-program/?mc_cid=e85bacd3c5&mc_eid=43200b9b20
Promoting solar https://votesolar.org
About Solar Hot Water & Rebates http://www.masscec.com/programs/commonwealth-solar-hot-water
Electric Vehicles
Information about electric vehicles, charging, etc. http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-utilities-clean-tech/alternative-transportation/clean-cities-coalition.html
Natural Landscaping
Landscaping for Energy Efficient Homes http://energy.gov/energysaver/articles/landscaping-energy-efficient-homes
Nasami Farm Nursery (selling plants native to New England) http://www.newfs.org/visit/nasami-farm
Massachusetts Invasive Plant List http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr/farm-products/plants/massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list.html
Bird guide, id tips, sounds, & videos http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
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This town is the first in America to ban new gas stations – is the tide turning?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/end-american-gas-station-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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SCPN Spotlight: Mathy Stanislaus on Energy Storage and a Circular Economy
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How to fight climate despair–we’re not powerless, even if it feels that way (including ways you can participate in climate actions)
https://www.vox.com/22595896/climate-change-fire-heat-wave-anxiety
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‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/25/insanely-cheap-energy-how-solar-power-continues-to-shock-the-world?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Biden administration to propose first rule requiring cut in [HFC refrigerant] climate pollutants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/03/epa-climate-hfcs/
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Stimulus deal includes raft of provisions to fight climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/12/21/congress-climate-spending/
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Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/climate/climate-anxiety-stress.html?referringSource=articleShare
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New England Solar Savings
https://www.synapse-energy.com/new-england-solar-savings
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Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation
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Waste not, wontons: innovator recycled 32m restaurant chopsticks
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Judge suspends Dakota Access pipeline over environmental concerns
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AG Healey Brief: Environmental Pollution Contributes to Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Communities of Color
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A Green New Deal architect explains how the protests and climate crisis are connected
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BP and Shell will keep (some of) it in the ground
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Guide to charging an electric vehicle at home and on the go
http://greenenergyconsumers.org/drivegreen/charging#range
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A million mile battery?
https://www.electricauto.org/blog/a-million-mile-battery
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Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019
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Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
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Doing your laundry can help lower our electric grid’s climate emissions.
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Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’
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US EV Sales Surpass 2% In 2018
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/12/us-ev-sales-surpass-2-for-2018-8-more-sales-charts/
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Shaving peak electricity use lowers carbon pollution and electricity prices
Shaving our electricity use on peak electricity demand days, such as during heat waves and on cold nights and mornings, helps keep our energy suppliers from using higher polluting fossil fuels such as oil and coal, and prevents electricity prices from rising. https://www.massenergy.org/shavethepeak.
From that page, you can also sign up for Green Energy’s Shave the Peak alerts to remind you when it’s a peak energy use day, and how to help keep our electricity suppliers from emitting more greenhouse gases.
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64% of 2019 new electric generation capacity will come from solar & wind
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Your Gas Stove Is Bad for You and the Planet
To help solve the climate crisis, we need to electrify everything.
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Batteries on wheels will change the grid and the way we use electricity
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Worried About Battery Degradation? Tesla Model X, Bolt EV Owners Show The Way
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Ireland divests from fossil fuels https://350.org/ireland-divests/
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Study: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Still Boosting Northeast Economies http://nepr.net/post/study-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-still-boosting-northeast-economies#stream/0
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Can Dirt Save the Earth? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html
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Tesla is helping build the world’s biggest ‘virtual power plant’ http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/technology/tesla-solar-power-thsouth-australia/index.html
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Closer to home, Green Mtn. Power, helps wean Vermonters from electric grid https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/business/energy-environment/vermont-green-mountain-power-grid.html
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From Oil to Solar: Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/energy-environment/saudi-arabia-solar-renewables.html
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Cutting flatulence to save the planet–BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40586209/cutting-flatulence-to-save-the-planet
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Banishing the Climate Change Blues: Anxious about where our planet is headed? Tip one: You’re not alone—and that means a lot https://www.nrdc.org/stories/banishing-climate-change-blues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=story4&utm_campaign=email
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A/C without electricity http://www.cleverly.me/diy-ac/?ref=fb
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Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy, Forbes http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/solar-wind-renewable-jobs/
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The irreversible momentum of clean energy by Barack Obama, Science http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/06/science.aam6284.full
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NASA on global climate change http://climate.nasa.gov
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Does Climate Change Threaten National Security? https://cabaus.org/2017/06/15/does-climate-change-threaten-national-security/?mc_cid=50a141c522&mc_eid=43200b9b20
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My Turn editorial by Pat Hynes, The Recorder http://www.recorder.com/my-turn-the-times-we-live-7645252
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Summary of Federal & State Incentives for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Mass Save http://www.masssave.com
Mass Save Rebates (may vary depending on your utility; some are time-limited) https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/
Mass Save 0% HEAT Loan http://www.masssave.com/search?s=&q=heat+loan
Energy Star Products http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.&s=mega
Renewable Energy
About Solar Electric (aka photovoltaics or PV) http://www.masscec.com/technology/solar-electricity
About MA Solar Loans for PV http://www.masscec.com/programs/mass-solar-loan
About MA Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) for solar PV [SRECs for new PV systems no longer available after March 31, 2018] http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/5679
About the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Incentives Replacing SRECs after March 31, 2018 https://cabaus.org/2017/02/06/state-proposes-new-solar-incentive-program/?mc_cid=e85bacd3c5&mc_eid=43200b9b20
Promoting solar https://votesolar.org
About Solar Hot Water & Rebates http://www.masscec.com/programs/commonwealth-solar-hot-water
Electric Vehicles
Information about electric vehicles, charging, etc. http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-utilities-clean-tech/alternative-transportation/clean-cities-coalition.html
Natural Landscaping
Landscaping for Energy Efficient Homes http://energy.gov/energysaver/articles/landscaping-energy-efficient-homes
Nasami Farm Nursery (selling plants native to New England) http://www.newfs.org/visit/nasami-farm
Massachusetts Invasive Plant List http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr/farm-products/plants/massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list.html
Bird guide, id tips, sounds, & videos http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
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This town is the first in America to ban new gas stations – is the tide turning?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/end-american-gas-station-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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SCPN Spotlight: Mathy Stanislaus on Energy Storage and a Circular Economy
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How to fight climate despair–we’re not powerless, even if it feels that way (including ways you can participate in climate actions)
https://www.vox.com/22595896/climate-change-fire-heat-wave-anxiety
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‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/25/insanely-cheap-energy-how-solar-power-continues-to-shock-the-world?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Biden administration to propose first rule requiring cut in [HFC refrigerant] climate pollutants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/03/epa-climate-hfcs/
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Stimulus deal includes raft of provisions to fight climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/12/21/congress-climate-spending/
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Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/climate/climate-anxiety-stress.html?referringSource=articleShare
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New England Solar Savings
https://www.synapse-energy.com/new-england-solar-savings
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Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation
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Waste not, wontons: innovator recycled 32m restaurant chopsticks
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Judge suspends Dakota Access pipeline over environmental concerns
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AG Healey Brief: Environmental Pollution Contributes to Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Communities of Color
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A Green New Deal architect explains how the protests and climate crisis are connected
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BP and Shell will keep (some of) it in the ground
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Guide to charging an electric vehicle at home and on the go
http://greenenergyconsumers.org/drivegreen/charging#range
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A million mile battery?
https://www.electricauto.org/blog/a-million-mile-battery
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Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019
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Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
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Doing your laundry can help lower our electric grid’s climate emissions.
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Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’
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US EV Sales Surpass 2% In 2018
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/12/us-ev-sales-surpass-2-for-2018-8-more-sales-charts/
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Shaving peak electricity use lowers carbon pollution and electricity prices
Shaving our electricity use on peak electricity demand days, such as during heat waves and on cold nights and mornings, helps keep our energy suppliers from using higher polluting fossil fuels such as oil and coal, and prevents electricity prices from rising. https://www.massenergy.org/shavethepeak.
From that page, you can also sign up for Green Energy’s Shave the Peak alerts to remind you when it’s a peak energy use day, and how to help keep our electricity suppliers from emitting more greenhouse gases.
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64% of 2019 new electric generation capacity will come from solar & wind
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Your Gas Stove Is Bad for You and the Planet
To help solve the climate crisis, we need to electrify everything.
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Batteries on wheels will change the grid and the way we use electricity
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Worried About Battery Degradation? Tesla Model X, Bolt EV Owners Show The Way
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Ireland divests from fossil fuels https://350.org/ireland-divests/
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Study: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Still Boosting Northeast Economies http://nepr.net/post/study-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-still-boosting-northeast-economies#stream/0
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Can Dirt Save the Earth? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html
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Tesla is helping build the world’s biggest ‘virtual power plant’ http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/technology/tesla-solar-power-thsouth-australia/index.html
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Closer to home, Green Mtn. Power, helps wean Vermonters from electric grid https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/business/energy-environment/vermont-green-mountain-power-grid.html
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From Oil to Solar: Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/energy-environment/saudi-arabia-solar-renewables.html
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Cutting flatulence to save the planet–BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40586209/cutting-flatulence-to-save-the-planet
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Banishing the Climate Change Blues: Anxious about where our planet is headed? Tip one: You’re not alone—and that means a lot https://www.nrdc.org/stories/banishing-climate-change-blues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=story4&utm_campaign=email
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A/C without electricity http://www.cleverly.me/diy-ac/?ref=fb
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Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy, Forbes http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/solar-wind-renewable-jobs/
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The irreversible momentum of clean energy by Barack Obama, Science http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/06/science.aam6284.full
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NASA on global climate change http://climate.nasa.gov
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Does Climate Change Threaten National Security? https://cabaus.org/2017/06/15/does-climate-change-threaten-national-security/?mc_cid=50a141c522&mc_eid=43200b9b20
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My Turn editorial by Pat Hynes, The Recorder http://www.recorder.com/my-turn-the-times-we-live-7645252
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Summary of Federal & State Incentives for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Mass Save http://www.masssave.com
Mass Save Rebates (may vary depending on your utility; some are time-limited) https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/
Mass Save 0% HEAT Loan http://www.masssave.com/search?s=&q=heat+loan
Energy Star Products http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.&s=mega
Renewable Energy
About Solar Electric (aka photovoltaics or PV) http://www.masscec.com/technology/solar-electricity
About MA Solar Loans for PV http://www.masscec.com/programs/mass-solar-loan
About MA Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) for solar PV [SRECs for new PV systems no longer available after March 31, 2018] http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/5679
About the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Incentives Replacing SRECs after March 31, 2018 https://cabaus.org/2017/02/06/state-proposes-new-solar-incentive-program/?mc_cid=e85bacd3c5&mc_eid=43200b9b20
Promoting solar https://votesolar.org
About Solar Hot Water & Rebates http://www.masscec.com/programs/commonwealth-solar-hot-water
Electric Vehicles
Information about electric vehicles, charging, etc. http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-utilities-clean-tech/alternative-transportation/clean-cities-coalition.html
Natural Landscaping
Landscaping for Energy Efficient Homes http://energy.gov/energysaver/articles/landscaping-energy-efficient-homes
Nasami Farm Nursery (selling plants native to New England) http://www.newfs.org/visit/nasami-farm
Massachusetts Invasive Plant List http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr/farm-products/plants/massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list.html
Bird guide, id tips, sounds, & videos http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
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