Green Energy Consumers

JULY 22, 2022

On Thursday, the Massachusetts House and Senate both passed a major new climate bill, An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. The legislation now goes to Governor Baker for signature.

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Massachusetts Climate Wind Clean 126

Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Utility-supplied natural gas (methane) is the primary heating fuel in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, supplying 52% and 54% of homes, respectively. Given their mandates to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, both states are exploring strategies to transition away from their prevalent gas distribution systems.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Gas Future 90

Green Energy Consumers

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As the presidential election approaches, we are grounded in the work that has been done in the first half of this decade to advance clean energy policy and jobs, reduce household energy costs, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

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Rhode Island Climate Clean Cleaning 79

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 30, 2021

As mayors representing a diverse group of communities across Massachusetts, we are in a unique position to be on the front lines of how the big global issues manifest from block to block in our neighborhoods. One of the many ways we see this is in how our residents want to power their homes and businesses.

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Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 30, 2021

As mayors representing a diverse group of communities across Massachusetts, we are in a unique position to be on the front lines of how the big global issues manifest from block to block in our neighborhoods. One of the many ways we see this is in how our residents want to power their homes and businesses.

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Energy 78

Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On November 30, the Massachusetts Clean Heat Commission released its long-awaited report with recommendations for “strategies and policies to achieve deep emissions reductions from heating fuels in the state.”

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Massachusetts Clean Cleaning Emissions 97

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Adden Energy, Inc., Primavera Capital Group led Adden Energy’s seed round, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures. It also features high energy density and a level of material stability that overcomes the safety challenges posed by some other lithium batteries. —Luhan Ye, now CTO of Adden Energy.

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Energy Battery Batteries Climate Change 186

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Now, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced who got awarded – and school districts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are on the list! Earlier this summer, we wrote about applications being open for the Clean School Bus Program. GECA staff and partners with an electric school bus in Beverly, MA.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts EPA Electric 88

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 27, 2024

If you’re a New Englander concerned about climate change, you’re likely anxiously awaiting the results of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island’s joint offshore wind solicitation.

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Wind Cost Of Climate Change Connecticut 100

Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 27, 2022

In 2021, Governor Baker signed comprehensive climate legislation called An Act Creating a Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy.

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Massachusetts Climate Emissions Climate Change 86

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Rhode Island District of Columbia Transportation Connecticut 305

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 9, 2024

At Green Energy Consumers Alliance, we’re all about that “think globally, act locally” thing. So it hurts to report that our beloved states, Massachusett s and Rhode Island, have carbon emissions going up, not down as their laws and the planet require. Unfortunat el y, this is true at a global and national level as well.

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Rhode Island Emissions Transportation Massachusetts 100

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 22, 2022

In the nearly seven years since we launched Drive Green , Green Energy Consumers has interacted with tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents through a combination of in-person events and online offerings. We have helped nearly 1,000 drivers get an electric vehicle (EV).

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Green Massachusetts Climate Change Personal 82

Green Energy Consumers

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you’re a Massachusetts or Rhode Island resident, there is an opportunity for you to take action in February in support of heavy-duty vehicle electrification. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks not only contribute to climate change but also release nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) which are hazardous to human health.

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Rhode Island Clean Cleaning Massachusetts 106

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change.

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Power Grid Austin Universal Texas 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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District of Columbia DC Transportation Rhode Island 262

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 7, 2023

Rhode Island has committed to combating climate change by adopting one of the strongest climate policies in the nation: An Act on Climate , committing the state to 45% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. While Rhode Island is at the forefront of aggressive climate policy, it is not alone.

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Rhode Island Climate Climate Change Massachusetts 67

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 29, 2024

Conducted by Hart Research between June 7-16, this poll surveyed over 1,200 registered voters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, showcasing strong regional support for transitioning to clean, renewable energy sources.

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Rhode Island Wind Connecticut Massachusetts 90

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 12, 2023

Through the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), Massachusetts is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the entire economy, including the transportation, electricity, and building sectors (45% by 2030 and net zero by 2050). The building sector, of course, includes about 73,000 public housing units in the Commonwealth.

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Climate Massachusetts Standards Clean 121

Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 8, 2022

Last week, with a resounding vote of 144-12, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the Offshore Wind and Clean Ener g y bill. Dylan Fernandes, and the support of Speaker Ron Mariano and Energy Committee Chair Jeffrey Roy, our provisions were adopted! It will now go to the State Senate. With the championship of Rep.

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Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Our non-profit organization is committed to educating people about climate-friendly behaviors and technologies. We're also advocates for excellent climate policies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Here are our most useful and popular blogs and webinars of 2021.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Green Energy 72

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 6, 2021

Recently I was asked by the Boston Globe to write 350 words on why the Mass Save energy efficiency program should phase out rebates for new oil-fired systems for heat and hot water. Another writer took the opposite view and readers were invited to vote for their preferred argument.

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Water Oil Massachusetts Boston 119

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

Some types of lithium mining require a lot of water and energy and have led to local pollution, such as in South America’s alpine lakes. The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity.

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Sodium Australia Renewable Energy 52

Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

Some types of lithium mining require a lot of water and energy and have led to local pollution, such as in South America’s alpine lakes. The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity.

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Sodium Australia Renewable Energy 52

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to the science, over the next 7 years we must focus on reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases significantly to halve emissions by 2030 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Getting there requires an all-of-society approach; getting there requires leadership at all levels of government.

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Climate Climate Change Emissions Rhode Island 112

Green Energy Consumers

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

On February 8, Massachusetts energy officials proposed regulations that would require new residential and commercial buildings to be significantly more energy efficient. The proposal would establish a new energy code statewide, in addition to a more rigorous “stretch code” that cities and towns can adopt.

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Building Massachusetts Emissions Energy 75

Green Energy Consumers

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Rhode Island and Massachusetts both have mandates to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels: 50% for Massachusetts and 45% for Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Gas Building 82

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Massachusetts and Rhode Island have both committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Our two favorite states have had nation-leading energy efficiency programs for many years and those programs have saved an impressive amount of electricity, heating oil, propane, and natural gas.

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Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Last week's national election was horrible for federal energy and climate policy. Green Energy Consumers Alliance is not chartered to engage in elections, but we are allowed to talk policy. So, we will.

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Climate Green Energy Rhode Island 76

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act, signed in July 2008, also required Massachusetts to seek an agreement with its fellow RGGI member states to implement a LCFS on a regional basis. The regional LCFS initiative is being coordinated by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).

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Carbon Fuel Massachusetts Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 The answer is to move to passenger vehicles that run on clean, renewable energy, and the Zero Emission Vehicle program that has been adopted by 10 states is key.

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Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation 150

Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 27, 2022

The Massachusetts Senate made big news last week by passing a massive climate bill that tackles transportation, buildings, and our electricity supply. Here’s what this bill means for our efforts to phase out gasoline in Massachusetts – and the key next steps.

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Climate Gasoline Massachusetts Gasoline-Electric 85

Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to 2022 American Community Survey estimates, 153,000, or about 5 percent, of homes across Massachusetts and Rhode Island use propane as their primary heating fuel. This blog provides a brief introduction to the fuel, if it will ever be affordable, and its climate impacts.

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Rhode Island Renewable Massachusetts Climate 88

Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 10, 2022

Some politicians in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are calling on their state governments to reduce or eliminate the gas tax in response to rising prices since Russia invaded Ukraine a couple weeks ago. That’s an awful idea and political pandering at its worst.

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Rhode Island IDEA Tax Gas 80

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future.

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Future MIT The Fia Foundation Massachusetts 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. The report shows a significant variation of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions across states on both an absolute and a per capita basis.

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2010 Emissions California Transportation 236