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Tag Archive 'Energy'

Solar in the City

From the New York Solar Energy Society:
New York Solar Energy Society
presents
Solar in the City - A Solar Panel & Networking Event
Thursday, March 12, 2009
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, NYC, Rooms C201/C202
“Solar in the City: The Future of Solar in an Urban Setting”
Solar energy in dense […]

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Fuel the Film

Haven’t seen it yet, but some colleagues at NRDC had a special screening and said it was great.  Josh (the star/director) sounds like a force.
Join CUE’s Third Thursday and catch “Fuel” - the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Documentary 2008.
Thursday Feb. 19, 2009
6pm - 8pm
Center for the Urban Environment
168 7th Street, Brooklyn
(No sitter? No problem! […]

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UPDATE:  Here’s the Times on the energy portion of his talk:
“We are going to have take control over our use of energy,” Mr. Paterson said, calling for more energy efficiency and an overhaul of energy generation, transmission and distribution.
Noting that this year is the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river that would […]

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Well, it’s can’t miss if you’re huge energy dorks like we are. So if you’re the type to slam the bar with your fist during heated discussions of electricity infrastructure and the like, this City Council public forum is essential.  If you’re not that wonky, rest assured knowing that some very, very bright people are […]

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NY LOVES Mountains

A fascinating site launched recently that lets New Yorkers see what–if any–their connection to mountaintop removal coal mining is.  NYLOVESMOUNTAINS is the locally targeted branch of the broader I Love Mountains campaign that draws very direct connections between electricity customers and the Appalachian communities that are effected by mountaintop coal removal.
The site invites you to […]

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Great piece by Ashwin Seshagiri in Triple Pundit about the waste of air conditioned stores leaving their doors open.
As we mark the official start of summer this weekend, like in years past, many storefronts from Rodeo Drive to Fifth Avenue to London’s West End will open up their doors, offering cool, air-conditioned oases from […]

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Heat: Surviving It

[Photo: air conditioners- bklyn heights by flickr user bondidwhat]

Holy smokes.  We think it’s warm enough already.  And while we’re hoping this’ll be it for the summer (the yet-to-formally-begin summer), we imagine there’ll be plenty of dog days ahead.  Cue up Erik Baard’s column from last year’s Village Voice about how to survive the urban heat […]

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Friend and local Sierra Club chapter chair Dan Miner sends word of a powerful (pun regrettably intended) report by the SC’s NYC Group. Dan’s intro:
I’m writing to announce the release of a new report on NYC energy policy and climate change response from Sierra Club NYC Group. We’re off to a great […]

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Our local net metering policies are bringing home the kind of grades that would’ve gotten me grounded. From the Environmental Advocates of New York:

New York’s net metering policy, the practice that credits consumers for the clean power they generate, received a grade of “D” on a report card released earlier this month by the […]

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