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Mission of the York Energy Efficiency Committee

Our mission is to respond to the global warming crisis by promoting energy efficiency, alternative energy, and environmental initiatives throughout the town of York, Maine.
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To contact YEEC, please email contact info at yorkgoesgreen dot org

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[Source: The US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)]

CO2 Now

Current CO2 Level in the Atmosphere

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Keystone XML a bad deal for America

Although the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline appeared to be put on hold recently, there are special interests working to slip it in the back door, despite all the problems that it would bring.  Some in Congress are trying to force approval of the KXL Pipeline in exchange for the payroll tax cut extension. The . . . → Read More: Keystone XML a bad deal for America

Innovators in Maine Have Plans to Power the Entire State with Offshore Wind

An article in the conservative Forbes magazine website maintains that our country does not have to ”accept dirtier and dirtier and riskier and riskier solutions to fulfilling  our energy needs.”

What are we waiting for to get to the really innovative ideas? There must be solutions with less severe tradeoffs than shale gas and tar sands . . . → Read More: Innovators in Maine Have Plans to Power the Entire State with Offshore Wind

Hard Plastic Bottles, Reborn as a Bridge

A recently-built bridge in York was constructed from more environmentally friendly materials. From the Dec. 2, 2011 New York Times:

The town of York, Me., is putting up what could be a bridge to a better future, not because of it where it goes but because of what it is made of: plastic.

. . . → Read More: Hard Plastic Bottles, Reborn as a Bridge

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