sharonastyk.com - 6/24/2009
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The area I live in, the Northeast US, has a particularly acute sensitivity to oil prices, because 82 percent of the households heating entirely or partially with oil are in this region. Natural gas lines simply don’t go out to many exurban or rural areas in the Northeast, so in Maine, ...
All tapped out
wwwp.dailyclimate.org 4/8/2009 — Daily Climate: All farming depends on the weather, but few foods are more dependent on a specific climate than maple syrup. After all, for the sugar maple's sap to run at all requires cooperative weather -- freezing nights followed by warmer days. But ...
United States: State unveils action plan to tackle climate change
nhbr.com 4/10/2009 — New Hampshire Business Review: If you want an indication of how complicated it will be for New Hampshire to cut the pollution that contributes to climate change, flip through the couple hundred pages of the new statewide Action Plan, released March 25 ...
Snapshot: Northeast Clean Energy Projects
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 10/29/2009 — More than half of all planned energy projects in the Northeast grid region are renewable energy projects, according to a recent report by SNL Financial, a business research firm.
Economic Strife in Organic Farming Communities Leads Some to Tragic Ends
borganic.org 7/14/2009 — (www.Borganic.org) AUGUSTA, Maine — It’s the one topic a lot of farmers are keenly aware of but won’t talk about. They’ll discuss weather, milk prices, the cost of equipment, cow genetics and bull semen, but they never talk to each other about suicide. Increased suicide among farmers is a ...
Maine Passes CFL Recycling Law for Manufacturers
earth911.com 7/12/2009 — Maine is the first state to pass a law requiring companies that manufacture compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to fund recycling programs. Known as Legislative Directive 973, the law also establishes standards for the amount of mercury present in each ...
A Nation of Farmers: Is Vermont Doing Its Share?
energybulletin.net 7/29/2009 — New York state author, blogger , and homesteader Sharon Astyk discusses her new book, A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil . Astyk sees the energy shortages of peak oil hitting us and our food system now, and she argues ...
New York City Girds Itself for Heat and Rising Seas
e360.yale.edu 9/10/2009 — By the end of the century, New York's climate could resemble that of present-day Raleigh, North Carolina and its harbor could easily rise by two feet or more. Faced with this very real prospect, the city is among the first urban centers to begin ...
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