Finally, as I’ll share with you later in my remarks, one of NESEA’s key initiatives for 2012 will involve “expanding the choir” – in other words, dramatically increasing the number of people we reach in order to serve our mission, which is to advance the adoption of sustainable energy solutions in the built environment. As an organization with deep roots in Red Sox territory, one of the most logical ways for us to do that is to expand our geographic reach into the southern part of our 10-state region, starting with New York City. And so tonight I am delighted to call myself a Yankees fan, and even more delighted to be here in NYC.
Hurricane Irene, the first major storm to really hit Connecticut in 26 years, was an eye opener for many who have not had experience with events such as the 1938 hurricane, ‘55 flood or ‘73 ice storm. Perhaps the most significant figure is the peak number of in-state electrical outages that, at 830,130, is an all-time record in spite of our paying the highest rates in the nation and having spent billions on new infrastructure in recent years.
Is there a better way? I think so.
I would love to direct anyone within NESEA’s resources to help with the following email I just received:
…Georganne Greene and I took a group to Nicaragua in February and built an earthbag house (I’ll send you a link to the video we made about it). It was an amazing experience! We’re going back in June, but know we can’t build an earthbag house during the rainy season, so we’re exploring rainy season projects. The project we’re most interested in is building justa stoves, to reduce air pollution from smoke in general and the impact of breathing smoke on the families we’re working with specifically, as well as to reduce the amount of wood that needs to be used in cooking.
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This post was written by marcs@dietzarch.com on March 23, 2011
Comments (2)
A great way to make renewable energy more competitive, reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and help restore our economy to some rationality and health.
That sounds completely impossible at first thought, but as shown below, the numbers work …….. Most sensible people would jump at the opportunity to trade a European level of energy prices in exchange for no IRS, no income taxes, no payroll taxes, no business taxes, no inheritance taxes, no government fees and no government interference with our personal lives and business revenues.
The media page for the Price Carbon Campaign has several great videos available that explain from a wide variety of perspectives why a simple clear revenue neutral carbon tax is the best solution to climate, economic, environmental, employment and national security challenges
All these inter-related issues are too important for the typical corrupt political horse trading between politicians and lobbyists we have come to expect from Washington.
Building Cape Wind will be a symbol of our commitment to the rule of law and our commitment to a peaceful and prosperous future. Please make sure Secretary Salazar hears from you.
“The fraudulence of the Copenhagen approach – “goals” for emission reductions, “offsets” that render ironclad goals almost meaningless, the ineffectual “cap-and-trade” mechanism – must be exposed.” – James Hanson
The current political climate in which anyone opposing these flawed solutions is being decried as an obstructionist and “climate change denier” points out how degraded our political climate has become………. The questions being debated are not questions of climate science about whether or not to constrain carbon emissions, but rather policy questions of how to effectively and efficiently constrain carbon emissions.
