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Bucks County Audubon Society Debuts New Solar Panels
The Bucks County Audubon Society emphasized their decades-long message of environmental sustainability last Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony promoting the debut of their new solar panels. The new solar array installed by Exact Solar sits on the roof of the society's Vistors Center, a 1936 renovated barn, at the Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center at 2877 Creamery Road in New Hope. It features 78 panels, with each generating 380 watts of electricity. “We are very excited to be here and to celebrate this great accomplishment,” Executive Director Stacy Carr-Poole said via…
Massapequa, NY
News
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Announces Green Economy Plan For New York
During his third iteration of the “State of the State” address this week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo concentrated on building a green economy for the state and working to combat climate concerns. Cuomo laid out ambitious plans to create the largest off-shore wind program in the nation and New York’s “Green Energy Program,” which is expected to create a total of 12,400 Megawatts of green energy to six million homes, while creating more than 50,000 jobs and spurring $29 billion in private investment across the state. “Our planet is in crisis. By every metric, it is clear: Sea levels are risin…
Springfield, MA
News
Food, Organics Recycling Plant Opens In Western Mass
An organic recycling center is coming to Western Massachusetts at a time when Massachusetts is running out of places to put its garbage. On Thursday, Dec. 10, Vanguard Renewables announced the opening of its Organics Recycling Facility in Agawam off Main Street. An organic recycler deals mostly in food and beverage waste. “We are excited to welcome Vanguard Renewables to our business community, and particularly appreciate that it is a green business,” said Agawam Mayor William Sapelli in a statement. “Recapturing food waste that would have been sent to a landfill is such an amazing concept…
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Schools
What's Driving STEM Education In Westchester? Jobs, Of Course!
More than 800 jobs come up when you type "STEM and Westchester" in the search fields on Indeed. They range from teacher to entry-level security work to research and development analysts—with most citing you need a STEM degree. The county's future workforce depends on the quality of its science, technology, engineering and math education. That is why a simple hands-on exercise in a Bedford Central School District fifth grade classroom was so important. Not only did peers work on solving an environmental challenge in a real-world way, but they also got a glimpse of life as a potential c…
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Around The Towns: Active Shooter Defense, Indian Point Closure, Biaggi Speaks, Buchwald Lauded
Westchester County will offer additional training sessions for residents to learn the strategies and skills to survive if an active shooter attacked their workplace or another public venue. Known as Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE), training classes will be offered on Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. The training is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. “Active Shooter incidents continue to occur around the nation and we want to provide our residents with practical guida…
DV Plus - Fairfield, CT
Lifestyle
Eversource Onboard With Offshore Wind Projects
Eversource is expanding its sources of power to include wind. And a long-term project for the Connecticut-centered utility company is expanding its customer base to include New Yorkers. On July 18, New York state selected Sunrise Wind, a joint venture of Eversource and Orsted to negotiate an Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate agreement for an 880 megawatt wind farm in Long Island Sound. Part of a related supply agreement includes providing electricity to customers in Connecticut. This Sunrise project -- along with two other regional wind projects -- represents…
Massapequa, NY
Politics
AOC Vs. Andy: Ocasio-Cortez, Cuomo At Odds Over Climate Change, Queens DA Endorsement
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of parts of Queens and the Bronx has hopped on the Green train in Albany, criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for failing to meet earlier promises of a fossil-freer future in New York. The congresswoman blasted Cuomo of New Castle for not making the environment a top priority of the current legislative session. Cuomo took to the radio airwaves to refute that claim: “I proposed the Green New Deal before there was a Green New Deal being discussed nationwide,” Cuomo told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Tuesday, June 4. Ocasio-Cortez, a 2007 Yorktown High School gradu…
White Plains, NY
News
Con Ed Deal May End Natural Gas Moratorium In Westchester
Con Edison has reached an agreement with an out-of-state natural gas pipeline that will pave the way to ending the gas moratorium in Westchester that took effect last month. The utility company announced that it has made a deal with the owners of Tennessee Gas Pipeline, which will provide increased natural gas capacity to Con Edison’s distribution system in Westchester, though the moratorium won’t be lifted until November 2023. Under the agreement, Tennessee Gas Pipeline would provide the increased natural gas capacity to Con Edison’s distribution system in Westchester by upgrading compres…
White Plains, NY
News
Westchester Lawmakers Face Off With Con Ed Officials Over Natural Gas Moratorium
Con Edison officials were back in the hot seat this week, as Westchester lawmakers grilled the utility company about the gas moratorium set to take effect on March 15. Last month, Con Edison announced that the demand for new gas has surpassed its limits in southern Westchester, prompting them to stop accepting new customers beginning on March 15. The announcement led to finger-pointing and panic for many Westchester officials and developers with extensive, multi-million dollar projects in the works. There have been public meetings hosted by the Public Service Commission, and on Monday, Con …
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump After He Mocks Green New Deal
The battle between red and blue continues in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump slammed freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, calling it a “high school idea.” At a rally in El Paso, the president said that the Westchester high school graduate’s plan to combat climate change “sounds like a high school term paper that got a low mark.” Trump said that the plan would involve taking away cars, tearing down buildings and shuttering air travel. “I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the …
White Plains, NY
Schools
School District In Westchester Switches To Wind-Powered Electricity
A school district in Northern Westchester has officially gone green. As of Friday, Feb. 1, all of the electricity used by the Katonah-Lewisboro School District will be from renewable sources, namely wind that is generated by turbines in Texas. The purchase of 100 percent green power was approved by the Board of Education last month at their Jan. 17 meeting. District officials said, “it is the latest step in the district’s commitment to reducing its total carbon footprint.” An audit conducted in 2015 found that the district’s top four sources of greenhouse gasses were fuel-related: heating o…
White Plains, NY
News
Con Edison Gas Moratorium A 'Wake-Up Call,' Says Business Council Of Westchester President, CEO
Although many were caught off guard by Con Edison’s announcement of a gas moratorium that will take effect in less than two months, one of Westchester’s top business minds has called the event “a wake-up call.” Marsha Gordon, the President and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester, said that the moratorium “is a wake-up call for all who are focused on the economic present and future of Westchester and the entire metropolitan area.” “While the shortage announcement came as a surprise, it shouldn't have,” she said. “The supply crisis has been in the making for years as virtually any atte…
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