Front Page 1 A New Metaphor 1 The Tesla Semi-Truck 1 Let the Market Decide 1 Happy Trash-Free Holidays Page 2 – Editor’s page 2 Recent Monthly Average Mauna Loa CO2 2 Late-Breaking News You May Have Missed News and Views … Continue reading →
By Roger Lohr Ski areas in the U.S. continue to implement innovative energy conservation measures and environmental practices to reduce energy consumption and the effects of climate change. Killington Resort in Vermont strives and continues to exceed customer expectations as … Continue reading →
A Squirrel’s Guide to Homegrown Sustenance in the North By David Fried Inspired by The Man Who Planted Trees, a book by John Giono and Bill Mackentley (my mentor), I planted black walnuts, Korean pine nuts, hazelberts and shagbark hickories … Continue reading →
By Maresha Ducharme, Balboa Pres, August 1, 2017, 138 pages, $13 Book Review by George Plumb We are certainly living in turbulent times with global warming, extreme political divisiveness, mass killings, and tremendous suffering going on around the world for … Continue reading →
By Larry Plesent Most of what we call medicinal drugs are in fact synthetic versions of the healing molecules found in plants. Plants, it seems, have been fighting cancer, viruses, bacterial and insect pests for half a billion years. Since … Continue reading →
By Ted Vansant “We can’t wait to start integrating the data from our new rooftop solar energy systems into the everyday curriculum at our schools,” says Nicole Tomaselli, Curriculum and Instruction Administrator for the Hollis, NH Public School District. And … Continue reading →
By George Harvey In 1996, Princeton University replaced its old coal-fired heating plants, which had been around since the 1920s, moving to natural gas as a fuel source. This was not a simple change, however, as it had a set … Continue reading →
By George Harvey The Plainfield Elementary School, in Meriden, New Hampshire, is now being supplied with electricity from its own solar array. It was installed by Norwich Solar Technologies (NST), of White River Junction, Vermont, in the early autumn of … Continue reading →
By Eric Wallace Distributed Energy Resources Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are a growing part of the energy landscape in the United States, and they are becoming an ever more attractive opportunity for households, companies, and building owners to gain control … Continue reading →
By Bob Tortorice Moisture is the silent killer of houses. Just as with cancer, you may not know it’s a problem until it’s too late. But, in a way that’s similar to many cancers, if detected early, a moisture problem … Continue reading →