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New Mexico’s Green Amendment Pre-Filed for 2025

Green Energy Times Posted on January 7, 2025 by George HarveyJanuary 7, 2025

Lead Legislators Believe This Could Be A Pivotal Year For The Constitutional Right Santa Fe, NM: Tuesday, January 7, 2025, legislators announced they had pre-filed the New Mexico Constitutional Green Amendment.  Representative Joanne Ferrary, Senator Harold Pope, Jr., Senator Shannon Pinto, Representative … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate news, Environment, Issues at Hand | Tagged climate news, New Mexico, state constitutions

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce $575M to Make Coasts More Climate-Resilient

Green Energy Times Posted on August 2, 2024 by George HarveyAugust 2, 2024

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, previously published in EcoWatch United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Commerce are recommending $575 million for the funding of 19 projects to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate news, Emergency, Extreme weather, Issues at Hand, Sea level rise | Tagged Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, IRA, NOAA

Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman December 19th Newsletter

Green Energy Times Posted on December 20, 2023 by George HarveyDecember 20, 2023

Hello, We have just witnessed the warmest December 18th on record with huge amounts of rain and snowmelt causing flooding in Vermont yet again. We saw the devastating effects of climate change this summer when our second “once-in-a-lifetime” flood in the past twelve years destroyed communities, wiped out houses … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Climate Change, fossil fuels, Issues at Hand, Letter, Politics, Transition, Vermont | Tagged action, Big Oil, Climate Change, oil companies, politics, vermont

Michigan Senate votes to override local decisions on wind, solar energy

Green Energy Times Posted on November 10, 2023 by George HarveyNovember 10, 2023

From Bridge Michigan: The Senate Wednesday approved bills to shift permitting authority over wind, solar developments to the state The bills are expected to gain Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature The effort comes in response to local pushback against wind and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate news, Energy, Energy News, Global Warming, Issues at Hand, News, Politics, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy News, Resiliency, Solar, Wind | Tagged Climate Change, climate news, Michigan, politics, Renewable Energy

Uh-Oh. Now What? Are We Acquiring the Data to Understand the Situation?

Green Energy Times Posted on August 14, 2023 by George HarveyAugust 14, 2023

Fig.1.Globaltemperature(relativeto1880-1920meanforeachmonth)forthe1997-98,2015- 16 and 2023-24 El Ninos. The impact of El Nino on global temperature usually peaks early in the year (El Nino Peak Year) following the year in which the El Nino originated. 14 August 2023 James Hansen, Makiko Sato … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate news, fossil fuels, Global Warming, Issues at Hand | Tagged Climate Change, James Hansen

House Climate Action Needed

Green Energy Times Posted on August 26, 2021 by George HarveyAugust 26, 2021

To friends concerned about preserving a livable world, In July, U.S. Senators received over 50,000 messages from Citizens’ Climate Lobby members and friends, all asking them to address climate change by putting a price on carbon. That was a big … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Issues at Hand, Politics | Tagged carbon tax, climate action, Climate Change, political action, politics

June 2021 Global Temperature Update

Green Energy Times Posted on July 13, 2021 by George HarveyJuly 13, 2021

13 July 2021 James Hansen and Makiko Sato Global temperature in June was +1.13°C (relative to the 1880-1920 base period, which is our best estimate of preindustrial temperature); it was +0.85°C relative to the 1951-1980 base period. High temperature anomalies … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Issues at Hand, News | Tagged climate, Climate Change, climate news, James Hansen, News, temperature

From the Vermont Natural Resources Council

Green Energy Times Posted on August 27, 2020 by George HarveyAugust 27, 2020

Contact your lawmakers today to urge them to support the Global Warming Solutions Act! Earlier this week, lawmakers reconvened for the final days of the 2020 legislative session, with a primary focus on finalizing a FY 2021 budget. That said, … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Advocacy, Climate Change, Covid-19, Efficiency, Global Warming, Issues at Hand, Legislative Updates, Solutions, Those Doin' It!, Transition, Vermont | Tagged action, climate action, Climate Change, political action, politics, vermont, VNRC

March to the Vermont State House

Green Energy Times Posted on April 8, 2019 by George HarveyApril 8, 2019

April 9, 1:00 PM From Energy Independent Vermont: Hundreds of Vermonters are walking across the state right now to demand climate action from the Vermont legislature. Right now they are making their way down Route 2. Will you join them … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Issues at Hand, Vermont | Tagged climate action, Energy Independent Vermont, vermont

We Have a Problem

Green Energy Times Posted on May 15, 2018 by George HarveyMay 15, 2018

By George Harvey The status quo is widepread environmental destruction. We have all the solutions we need, but some people prefer the status quo. For now, they are getting their way. We have a problem. The bad news is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Farming/Agriculture, fossil fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Issues at Hand, Politics, Renewable Energy, Vermont, Wind | Tagged Climate Change, Environment, Health, Renewable Energy, Windpower

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