Quincy, Mass., Jan. 19, 2015, — The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Green Communities Division of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources have selected the City of Quincy to participate in the 2015 round of Solarize Massachusetts (“Solarize Mass”), a statewide initiative that since 2011 has facilitated contracting for over 16 megawatts of solar energy systems on 2,400 properties.
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Quincy Selected To Participate in 2015 Solarize Mass Program
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Green Development Index Report Series Launched Successfully in Beijing
By Tong Zhang, bostonese.com
Beijing, Dec. 8, 2014, — Green Development Index Report Series launched successfully today at China National Radio New Media Building in Beijing. Human Green Development Report 2014(Chinese-English Edition), China Green Development Index Report 2014_Regional Comparison (Chinese-English Edition) and China Green Finance Report 2014 were released to public by the research team of Prof. Li Xiaoxi, who is a Harvard Fellow, the principal investigator of the green development index report series, Deputy Director of Beijing Normal University (BNU) Academic Committee, and Academic Adviser of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE).
Prof. Li Xiaoxi Released the Report (photos from cnr.cn).
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Six Easy Ways to Prepare for Winter Weather by Energy Education Council
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — This year’s winter weather predictions vary on the amount of precipitation we can expect, but many of them agree that much of the country will experience below normal temperatures. The Energy Education Council encourages you to take some simple steps before these cold temperatures set in to help keep warm air in your home and money in your pocket by making your home more energy efficient.
There were quite a few snow storms last winter in Boston (file photo).
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National Grid Seeks 37% Electricity Rate Hike in MA
Boston, Oct. 8, 2014 – National Grid recently filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to adjust electric and gas rates for the winter. The company’s electric customers will see a significant increase in their bills due to higher power supply prices (the cost of the electricity National Grid buys for customers and passes on without a mark up). Starting in November, a typical residential customer will see an electric bill that is 37 percent higher than last winter for the same amount of electricity used. Gas rates will be one to three percent lower than last year, but using more natural gas for home heating as the weather cools down means that gas bills will rise for most customers as they do every winter.
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Boston City Councilors Wu and O’Malley Call for Hearing on Fossil Fuel Divestment
Boston, Oct. 7, 2014, – Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu (At-Large) and Matt O’Malley (District 6) filed a hearing order on Monday regarding fossil fuel divestment for City of Boston funds. The order will be introduced at the October 8th meeting of the Boston City Council.
Activists at People’s Climate March in New York City on Sept. 21, 2014(file photo).
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UN Chief Joins People’s Climate Match in NYC
New York City, Sept. 22, 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told what is thought to be the largest ever march in the United States demanding measures to halt the advance of global climate change, that there is no “Plan B” for action as there is no “Planet B.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at the People’s Climate March held in New York City, ahead of the Climate Summit he is hosting at UN headquarters on 23 September. UN Photo/Mark Garten
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China to Give Tax Breaks to New Energy Cars
A worker checks a pure electric car at a workshop in Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui province, Aug 19, 2014. China will exempt new energy cars from a 10-percent purchase tax from Sept 1 to the end of 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi).
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Tufts Medical Center Receives National Leadership Award from EPA Chief Gina McCarthy
Boston, August 25, 2014, — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy traveled to Boston on Aug. 19 to meet with families and health care workers to discuss the impacts of clean air and President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. At Tufts Medical Center, where the EPA recognized staff with a national leadership award in asthma management earlier this year, Administrator McCarthy met with Barbara Ferrer, Phd, MPH, MEd, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC); Michael Wagner, MD, President and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children; May Chin, RN, Program Manager of the Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative at Tufts Medical Center and others involved in asthma treatment and prevention. She heard from Robenia Chambers, a mom of three and a client of BPHC who shared her story of how working with a community health worker helped her with her asthma and her kids.
(L to R)May Chin, Barbara Ferrer, Kurt Spalding, Gina McCarthy, Nathalie Bazil, Michael Wagner, Margaret Reid, Sherry Dong and Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle pose for a group picture (provided by Julie Jette).
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Boston Enlists Goats to Fight Invasive Plants
Boston, July 23, 2014, — The City of Boston is enlisting the aid of some skilled four-legged helpers in order to combat poison ivy, buckthorn, Japanese knotweed, and other invasive plant species growing on Boston Parks and Recreation Department property. The Parks Department has teamed up with the Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation (SWBCDC) and The Goatscaping Company of Duxbury and Plymouth to host a small group of goats at the West Street Urban Wild in Hyde Park as a sustainable approach to landscape management.
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Yingli Solar to Become the First Carbon Neutral FIFA World Cup Sponsor
BAODING, China and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 27, 2014 (PRNewswire) — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar,” today hosted a press conference in Rio de Janeiro to announce the Company’s plans to leave a sustainable legacy in Brazil. These plans include becoming the first ever carbon neutral sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, and supplying 400 to 600 kW for a solar legacy project in Brazil that is expected to be among the largest solar energy systems in the country.
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