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Planning the Energy Transition

December 23, 2020 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve run across what might be a few really useful reports on the energy transition. The Lancet is doing an annual climate countdown report to monitor our progress. Here is this year’s edition: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, co2, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, infrastructure, sustainability

Grid-scale Battery: The Tesla System in Australia

June 18, 2019 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Remember when Elon Musk offered to build a grid-scale battery for Southern Australia in "100 days or it’s free"? He made good on his bet, installing it on time for the cost of $66 million in December of 2017. According to a report on its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: Australia, batteries, climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, solar-energy, sustainability, Tesla, wind-energy

Building New Renewables Cheaper than Operating Existing Coal Plants

December 18, 2018 By gmoke 3 Comments

Rocky Mountain Institute had a webinar on “The Energy Future Is Now” on December 13: "Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Jules Kortenhorst, electricity expert Leia Guccione, and Marketing Director Kelly Vaughn discuss the urgency facing today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: electricity, energy, sustainability, wind

Ann Berwick states the obvious: “Natural gas is not a clean fuel”

May 23, 2018 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

Just to amplify another experienced, reality-based voice calling out the Boston Globe for its series (!) of pro-pipeline editorials. This time it's former Department of Public Utilities chair Ann Berwick -- but stop me if you've heard this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: electricity, energy, natural-gas, pipelines, renewables

Zero Net Energy – May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018 By gmoke 2 Comments

Design for World’s First Energy Positive Hotel in the Arctic Circle https://snohetta.com/projects/366-svart https://inhabitat.com/snohetta-unveils-designs-for-worlds-first-energy-positive-hotel-in-the-arctic-circle/ Editorial Comment: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, city planning, climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment

MIT Energy Hackathon: Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure in the Caribbean After the Hurricanes

October 31, 2017 By gmoke Leave a Comment

The content committee for the MIT Energy Hackathon, November 3-5, has accepted my challenge on "Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure in the Caribbean After the Hurricanes.” With luck, an extremely knowledgeable and expert team of MIT and other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: disaster, electricity, energy, hackathon, mit, renewables, solar, wind

Tell DPU to Say No to Eversource’s Profit-Driven Rate Hikes

March 30, 2017 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Eversource is asking to raise our electric rates by $96 million next year and an additional $50 million annually for the next four years. As the Department of Public Utilities public notice details, Boston area customers would see an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: electricity, energy, Eversource, Maura Healey

Energiewende: Germany’s Energy Transition

April 1, 2015 By gmoke 3 Comments

Tuesday, March 31 I saw Andreas Kraemer, International Institute for Advanced Sustainability in Pottsdam, founder of the Ecological Institute of Berlin, and currently associated with Duke University, speak at both Harvard and MIT. His … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, germany, harvard, mit

Getting to Net Zero: Cambridge, MA

March 26, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

For the past year, the Cambridge, MA city government has had a Getting to Net Zero Task Force studying the implications of a net zero energy building requirement. They finished the draft report on March 16, 2015 and will have an open forum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, cambridge, construction, district heating, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment, housing, ma, municipal government, net zero emissions, net zero energy, renewable, solar

Fact-Checking Baker’s Inaugural on Energy Prices

January 8, 2015 By thegreenmiles 36 Comments

From Gov. Charlie Baker's inaugural address: There’s also a direct link between economic growth and a sustainable and affordable supply of energy. But as we begin the New Year, families and businesses across New England are being hit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, electricity, energy, natural-gas, solar, solar-energy, wind, wind-energy

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

John Lerner 🌲❄️🌎🌹🗽⚖️🌲@johnflerner

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

Bill McKibben@billmckibben

Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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erik_griswoldErik Never Forgets@erik_griswold·
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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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