By George Harvey Regular visitors to the Green Energy Times website may recall an item that was posted on October 7, “Solar Power and Water for Puerto Rico.” In it, Joseph Mangum, who runs Sunnyside Solar in West Brattleboro, Vermont, … Continue reading →
November 1, 2015 Dear Earthtalk: Where do the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination stand on environmental issues? — Susan Wollander, Raleigh, NC In recent decades, Republicans have certainly been far less sympathetic to environmental causes than the Democrats, … Continue reading →
By Bill Moore Known as the Sioux, the Lakota of America’s Great Plains have fought fiercely for their rights, especially when it endangered their wellbeing, first Red Cloud’s War and the Lakota War of the 19th century, then the siege … Continue reading →
The House of Representatives is voting on approving Keystone XL today! Tell your representative to protect our environment by voting NO » There’s literally no time to waste, so I’m going to get right to it: The Keystone XL pipeline, the … Continue reading →
Hi, it’s Ben, the guy on the right, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and now Head Stamper at StampStampede.org a non-profit, trans-partisan organization fighting to amend the constitution to get money out of politics. While VPIRG’s taking on big money … Continue reading →
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 7 – One day before the U.S. Senate votes on a constitutional amendment to restore limits on big money in politics, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called the drive to undo Supreme Court decisions that gutted campaign finance … Continue reading →
Dear Friends, A shocking backroom deal between the State Department and a Canadian oil pipeline company just green-lit what amounts to a new Keystone XL. Enbridge — the company responsible for the largest-ever oil spill on U.S. soil — has come up … Continue reading →
Monkton — Members of Rising Tide Vermont, 350-Vermont and Addison county residents stood together today and denounced the attempt by Vermont Gas to criminalize activists involved in nonviolent protest against the fracked gas pipeline. George Klohck, a retired Methodist minister from … Continue reading →
Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:00 – 5:00 PM One Wheelock – Basement of Collis Dartmouth College, Hannover, NH Tim DeChristopher, known as “Bidder 70” for bidding up illegal oil and gas leases in Utah and then, being arrested and sentenced … Continue reading →
PAY ATTENTION! This November was the 345th consecutive month with worldwide above-average temperatures, and set a record as the warmest November. This is according to the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT MEANS SOMETHING? You can read … Continue reading →