April 2024 Articles Online Green Energy Times Posted on April 16, 2024 by George HarveyFebruary 27, 2025 Front Page 1 Three Greenhouse Gases Reached Record Highs Last Year 1 Gas-powered Cars are Losing Market Share to EVs and Hybrids 1 Recycling Creates a Circular Economy for Solar Panels News and Happenings 2 Celebrating 15 Years of Green Energy Times! Clean Energy News 3 Deepening Climate Crisis Galvanizes Transformative Energy Bill 3 Op-Ed: Doctor Advocates Passage of New VT Energy Standard 3 $3.5 Million Available To Develop Grid Improvements In NYS Transportation Solutions 4 Electric Vehicle Charging: A Slippery Road Ahead for Gas Station Operators 5 Charge Me Up? 6 Commutesmart NH And Commutesmart Seacoast Commit To Sustainable Transportation 6 Earth Day EV Expo reflects trend toward electric vehicles Solar PV 8 Microgrid Secures Power for Rochester-Brandon, VT Mountain Zone 9 Meet Your Solar Installer: SunCommon 10 ReVision Solar Projects Benefit Local Communities 11 Grappone Mazda Gets Solar Energy 12 Recycling Solar in the USA Accelerates the Circular Economy for Renewables 13 Long Wary of Batteries, New York is Now Poised to Go Big on Energy Storage 14 The Quest for More Efficient Photovoltaics Renewable Energy Solutions 14 A Second Life for Wind Turbines 15 The End of Coal-Burning Power Plants in New England is Here 15 New Hampshire’s Community Power Movement Expands Business and Financial 16 The Potency of Food Recovery and the Climate 16 EPA and DOE Name NHSaves® Utility Partners a 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner 17 White House Awards $20 Billion to Nation’s First ‘Green Bank’ Network 17 Efficiency Maine Green Bank Receives Grant to Bolster Clean Investment Loan Initiatives 17 Ship & Shore Environmental Solutions Incentives 18 Incentives Feature: Plastic, Health & the Environment 20 Let’s Get to the Heart of the Matter 20 What Can You Do to Cut Down on Plastic Exposure and Pollution? 21 Oh Buoy! Mushrooms to the Rescue 21 VT Votes Yes To Protect Health & the Environment Renewable Heating and Cooling 22 Audits Help Efforts to Reduce Energy Costs – NY, VT, NH, ME 23 National Geothermal Month! 25 Contracctor Spotlight potlight: Sisler Builders 26 Cheshire County, NH Sustainability Building and Energy Efficiency 27 Energy Efficiency Pays Off for Patch’s Market 28 Protecting Affordable Housing While Lowering Energy Bills 29 Boston Hosts the World’s Tallest Passive House 31 Housing 2.0 – Steps in the Right Direction Climate News 32 A Review of Global Climate Management 32 Ponds, Lakes and Rivers: Other Casualties of Climate Change 33 Do Environmentalists Really Care About the Environment? Sustainable Agriculture 34 Springtime Yellow You Can See From Afar 35 Sulforaphane, the Amazing Antioxidant You’ve Never Heard Of Green Life 35 Embodied Carbon Defined 36 Fostering Hope with a Dryer? 37 Can Lawn Chemicals Cause Canine Cancer? 38 Compost Food Waste in Style 39 DIY: E-Bike Battery Charged by EGO Yard Maintenance Battery