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From thinkprogress.org By Joe Romm on Mar 17, 2012 at 2:09 pm 2012 Heat Records Demolish Cold Records 14-to-1 It has been a summer to remember. In winter. Like a baseball player on steroids, our climate system is breaking records at an unnatural pace. As Weather Channel meteorologist Stu Ostro says of the current heat wave: This remarkable warmth is associated with…
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Mar 8, 2012 ThinkProgress.org By Brad Johnson Carbon pollution from fossil fuels is poisoning the weather, helping drive the conditions that created the killer tornado outbreak last week across the heart of the United States. More than 85 tornadoes killed at least 38 people and devastated communities in ten states. The furious storms formed as a strong cold front from…
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February 28, 2012 Officials in Massachusetts are backing proposed plans that would transform a coal-and-oil fired power plant into a natural gas facility. The Boston Globe reports that Salem mayor Kim Driscoll is supporting a plan that would modernize the Salem Harbor Power Station. Whether utility company Dominion decides to sell the plant would dictate…
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The North Shore CDC has recently completed installing $323,745 of new heating systems and energy efficient weatherization techniques into many of its buildings in Salem. The North Shore CDC was awarded funding for this major rehabilitation project by Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), administrators of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Expiring Use energy efficiency…
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“Good for the Environment – Good for Salem – Good for your bottom line” 3rd Annual Green Salem Business Challenge Achieving Greater Shades of Green April 1st – April 30th Welcome to the Green Salem Business Challenge! Launched during the summer of 2010, and now in our third year, the Green Salem Business Challenge (GSBC)…
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Feb 08, 2012 By Sarah Thomas and Amy Saltzman Marblehead Reporter An energy company has made a bid for Salem Harbor Station, the coal- and oil-fired power plant currently owned by Dominion and scheduled for shutdown in 2014. Read more.
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February 7, 2012 By Tom Dalton Staff writer Salem Evening News SALEM — A federal court settlement announced yesterday between Dominion Energy Inc. and two environmental groups that accused the company of pollution violations signals the death of coal at Salem Harbor Station. The agreement resolving a 2010 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court includes…
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February 2, 2012 By Tom Dalton Staff writer The Salem News The rows of chairs at Bentley School were nearly filled last year for two public meetings on a reuse study for the Salem Harbor Station power plant. In attendance were city officials, environmental activists, and residents who live near the 745-megawatt coal- and oil-fired…
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February 1, 2012 By Tom Dalton Staff writer The Salem News A New Jersey company that acquires older, fossil-fuel power plants for reuse is in negotiations with plant owner Dominion and has expressed interest in operating a natural gas plant here. Read more….
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In the Washington Post (12-16-2011), Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson report: The Obama administration finished crafting tough new rules Friday curbing mercury and other poisons emitted by coal-fired utilities, according to several people briefed on the decision, culminating more than two decades of work to clean up the nation’s dirtiest power plants. Read more…..
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Clean Water Action, a national environmental organization, has awarded two North Shore groups the John O’Connor Grassroots Leadership Award. The award will be conferred on Salem Alliance for the Environment and Swampscott-based HealthLink at Clean Water Action of Massachusetts’ 17th Annual Benefit on Oct. 1 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. Read more…..
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The 200th municipality has come out in support of the Updated Bottle Bill. Salem is among the 200,but our representative John Keenan will not come out in support. He says it’s because he is chair of the Energy Committee. From MASSPIRG 10/05/2011 Boston – In a tremendous testament to the statewide support for updating the Bottle…
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Two large Midwestern coal-fired electric plants have announced they are closing. This is not only good for residents in the area, but for New England, which is the tailpipe for the country. From Nation of Change: Chicago has announced an agreement to close two of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal plants. For more than…
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by Matthew K. Roy, Salem News The city and Salem State University are rolling out a new bike-sharing program — Salem Spins — and it offers residents and tourists another way to get around for free. The city has two “hubs” where riders will be able to access a bike. One of them is downtown at…
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By Lisa Guerriero, Salem Gazette The car-sharing company Zipcar has finally arrived on the North Shore, after setting up three sites in Salem. Read more.