Posted by wp-admin on 6-25-08 in Latest | Comments Off on MA bans disposal of mercury
[ Originally published in Greenfield Recorder: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 ] The state recently banned disposal of mercury-containing items. This means that mercury-containing items can't be placed in the trash and must be handled separately. Mercury is hazardous to human health and creates environmental pollution. Mercury accumulates in humans and in aquatic animals. The most common household products that are banned from the trash are: thermometers with silver liquid mercury, nondigital...
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Posted by wp-admin on 12-5-07 in Latest | Comments Off on Green keeps rolling in for ‘Solar Village’
RDI has Received funding to include a full film of the RDI story. By ANITA FRITZ Recorder Staff – Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 GREENFIELD — The good news keeps coming for the Wisdom Way Solar Village project and Rural Development Inc. In addition to $1.8 million RDI received from the state Monday to begin building 20 low-income, low-energy condominiums, it received on Tuesday $575,000 in loans from the nonprofit Housing Assistance Council located in Washington, D.C.,...
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Posted by wp-admin on 11-9-07 in Latest | Comments Off on Patrick Pushes Biofuel Standards in New Bill
By Ken Maguire Associated Press Writer / November 5, 2007 BOSTON —Gov. Deval Patrick and top lawmakers want to put Massachusetts on the clean energy map by requiring biofuel blends in home heating oil and providing tax incentives for producers of more efficient ethanol technology, known as cellulosic ethanol. The state would be the first to require all diesel and home heating fuel sold here to contain a minimum amount of bio-based alternatives in their blends, as well as the first to...
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Posted by wp-admin on 11-9-07 in Latest | Comments Off on Governor’s Commission Completes Two-Year Climate Change Report
By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer | October 26, 2007 MONTPELIER, Vt. —A governor's commission charged with making recommendations on how to curb greenhouse gas emissions recommended that the state expand energy efficiency programs, support renewable energy and team up with its colleges and universities to develop a “green economy” in Vermont. In its final report released Friday, the six-member panel concluded the state could serve as a national model and urged the...
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Posted by wp-admin on 10-26-07 in Latest | Comments Off on Cleaner energy, lower emissions; Regional plan aims for
By RICHIE DAVIS Recorder Staff Published: Friday, October 26, 2007 Regional planners took their first look Thursday night at a draft plan to cut the Pioneer Valley's energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while siting new ''clean energy'' generation. The Pioneer Valley Clean Energy Plan, proposed by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments and Pioneer Valley Planning Commission sets four broad gals: Cutting the region's total energy demand back to 2000 levels by...
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Posted by wp-admin on 7-12-07 in Latest | Comments Off on Heading to a Greener Valley, Together
Welcome to EarthThrives.com, a virtual neighborhood of the Pioneer Valley. This site features video clips of new “local heroes” — residents and businesses in Western Massachusetts that are incorporating greener habits and technologies into their everyday lives. The first Earth Thrives episodes are currently in production. Come back to follow our local heroes and watch new stories as they come in. Please write us about the going-greener heroes in your life. We are grateful to...
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