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31 August 2010
Salem Recycles Book Swap at St. Anne's Church
Saturday, September 11
Free Book Swap
Salem Recycles is holding another free book and media swap on Saturday, September 11, 10 am to 1 pm on the first floor of the church school at St. Anne's Church, 290 Jefferson Avenue, Salem....
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31 August 2010
Marblehead state rep, others head to D.C. to testify on coal ash
in the Marblehead Reporter, 9/01/10
“The coal and disposal industries have now successfully kept this preventative and protective legislation at bay for five two-year sessions,” stated Ehrlich, “This is a perfect example of how states are hamstrung and unable to protect their citizens. This regulation is decades overdue, and I call on the federal government to step up already.”...
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30 August 2010
What's Salem's connection to Mountain Top Removal
Click here to learn about which Appalachian mountaintops are removed for Salem’s coal.
http://www.ilovemountains.org/myconnection/show_powerplants_mines.php?plant_no=1626
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30 August 2010
The Energy Efficiency Charge on Your National Grid Bill
from SAFE board member, Pat Gozemba
Look closely at your National Grid bill and note the Energy Efficiency charge. We all pay it but who gets the benefits?
This is exactly what a number of us in SAFE are following up on because we care about Green Justice. We are trying to assure that low and medium income ratepayers get the benefits of the Energy Efficiency charge that we pay every month. Many middle and upper level income ratepayers have been able to take advantage of MASS SAVE programs but many people of limited income have trouble accessing the benefits.
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28 August 2010
Swim & Fin - RACE FOR SALEM SOUND
from Salem Sound Coastwatch
Registration is open for the Swim & Fin – RACE FOR SALEM SOUND!
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24 August 2010
Greater Salem Green Drinks Networking & NGO Night
7:00pm - 10:00pm at the Black Lobster, 2 Bridge St., Salem
At 8 p.m. Lisa Abbate from A Vision for Salem will talk about progress on the organization's efforts, and Salem Sound Coastwatch will talk about the first summer of its new "Adopt a Beach" Program.
For more information about the group, go to Greater Salem Green Drinks.
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21 August 2010
LARGEST OCEAN ENERGY DEVICE EVER INSTALLED IN U.S. WATERS GENERATES ELECTRICITY AT DESIGN CAPACITY
Advanced Technology Revolutionizes the U.S. Ocean Energy Industry
PORTLAND, ME, August 18, 2010 – Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), an industry leader in tidal, river and deep-water ocean current energy technology and projects, announced today that its Beta Power System, the largest ocean energy “power plant” ever installed in U.S. waters, has successfully generated grid-compatible power from tidal currents at its Cobscook Bay site in Eastport, Maine....
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21 August 2010
Clean up the Senate
How much do your Senators take from the oil industry?
from
Sen. Scott Brown
Total from Industry:
$71,150
Sen. John Kerry
Total from Industry:
$48,955
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15 August 2010
A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind
from the New York Times, August 14, 2010
[note: some of the coal for the Salem power plant comes from mountaintop removal in the U.S.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/energy-environment/15coal.html?_r=1&hp
Mountaintop removal and other surface mining have redrawn landscapes in the West Virginia-Kentucky border region. Environmentalists propose a wind farm to ensure one mountain's future.
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12 August 2010
Gubernatorial Debate about Cape Wind
Monday, August 16
A Gubernatorial Debate about Cape Wind. The Debate is sponsored by MassINC and they report that Governor Deval Patrick, Charlie Baker, Tim Cahill and Jill Stein have all agreed to participate. Seating is limited and you must register to attend.
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12 August 2010
"Green Salem" sustainability table at Farmers' Market
Visit the Green Salem sustainability table at the Salem Farmers’ Market this coming Thursday, 8/12, to hear about projects and initiatives of Salem’s Renewable Energy Task Force, SalemRecycles, Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW), Salem Alliance For the Environment (SAFE) and the local 350.org chapter. Here you can get more info on:
- The Green Salem Business Challenge
- The proposed Winter Island wind project
- SalemRecycles Free Book Swap on September 11th
- SSCW’s Swim & Fin Race for Salem Sound on 8/28
- SSCW’s Coastal 5K Run for the Beach! on 9/12
- Tree planting and weatherization events to mark 350.org’s Global Climate Action Work Party on 10/10
- The City of Salem’s upcoming home weatherization program
- The City of Salem’s recycling program
- And more!
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11 August 2010
A Different Kind of Ownership Society
by Marjorie Kelly, Shanna Ratner in YES! Magazine
Innovative strategies for cooperative local ownership make it possible for prosperity to be shared as well as sustainable.
posted Aug 03, 2010
Drive across southern Minnesota near the city of Luverne, and you’ll see clusters of wind turbines poking up through the cornfields. Climb into one of these sleek, gleaming, white towers, and you’ll find sophisticated computer controls monitoring dozens of factors every moment (wind speed, pressure on the blades, and so on). Yet the way the turbines are funded and owned is just as innovative as the technology that runs them.
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09 August 2010
Four Dead, 12 Injured in El Cerrejon, Colombia Coal Mine
(one of the sources for Salem's coal supply)
From Avi Chomsky:
"During our Witness for Peace delegation to Colombia in July, we met with representatives of the Sintracarbón union at the Cerrejón mine.... We heard again and again about the low wages, lack of job security, and poor health and safety conditions faced by the subcontracted workers. The men killed in the accident last week were all working for a subcontractor."...
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09 August 2010
Sign Up for GreenUp
(Conserve Energy by Using Alternate Energy Sources)
[from Pat Gozemba: "SAFE has supported Mass Energy Consumers Alliance (MECA). You'll see their info if you click on through this ad. MECA has been very supportive of SAFE and Salem."]
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08 August 2010
WBUR Podcast: "Enabling A Clean Energy Future"
(including discussion about repowering with gas)
A lecture presented by the Boston University Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative. The speaker was Melanie Kenderdine, Executive Director of the MIT Energy Initiative. (Aired 3-28-10)
Link to podcast
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07 August 2010
"In Coal We Don't Trust"
from Think Progress, August 12, 2010
ENERGY
In Coal We Don't Trust
On April 5, an explosion of methane gas ripped through the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, eventually killing 29 of the 31 miners at the site. The tragedy was the worst mining disaster in decades and shed light on the unsafe working conditions in mines run by Massey Energy and other industry leaders. Yet more than four months later, federal officials say they still don't know the cause of the explosion, although they reject a theory "put forward by Massey, that a huge crack in the floor of the mine may have allowed an influx of the explosive gas methane."
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