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In a Feb. 25, 2012 editorial in the Portland Press Herald, Beth Nagursky argues that Maine is underinvesting in energy efficiency. Our cheapest energy source is, and always has been, energy efficiency. The good news is that, as energy prices climb, significant opportunities remain to cut energy use in homes and businesses that are . . . → Read More: Energy efficiency pays Michael Pollen with humanity’s most important best kept secret. “Food Rules” by Michael Pollan – RSA/Nominet Trust competition from Marija Jacimovic on Vimeo. In a detailed article for EV World, YEEC member Suzanne Sayer makes the case for wind energy in Maine and highlights one of the pioneers in this effort, the late Matt Simmons. When Matt Simmons retired he undoubtedly realized that of the fifty states, Maine was the most highly dependent upon petroleum for its . . . → Read More: Wind power in Maine Are scientists divided about the existence and causes of climate change? Some scientists have proposed that previously unknown natural causes could be responsible for global warming, such as a decrease in cloud-producing galactic cosmic rays. Others have proposed that the climate may be responding to the heat-trapping effects of carbon dioxide by producing more clouds, . . . → Read More: 2011: Earth’s 11th warmest year, Part 3 of 3 Greetings Everyone, Instead of our usual meeting spot in York this Tuesday, we will be going to see Amory Lovins, the legendary physicist, innovator and author speaking at the Phillips Exeter Main Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. It starts at 7pm, but we are aiming to be there by . . . → Read More: No YEEC meeting in York tonight As detailed in a previous post, 2011 was tied for the 11th warmest year on record globally. But there are number of natural climate forces that appear to be holding the temperature down lower than it might be. How much of the warming in recent decades is due to natural causes? The El Niño/La . . . → Read More: 2011: Earth’s 11th warmest year, Part 2 Well, the problem is not lawns themselves but the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides on lawns, which can eventually run off into fragile waterways. A group in York is looking to protect our local river and ocean ecosystems. YORK — Protecting lobsters and the ocean from the harms of pesticides and lawn chemicals is . . . → Read More: Protecting the ocean from lawns From an editorial in the 1/25/12 Kennebec Journal: …Shame on us if we saddle our children and grandchildren with our addiction to oil, a dependency that has shackled our economy and put many of us in danger of freezing to death. The best gifts we can give our descendants are renewable energy sources right . . . → Read More: Renewable energy as a moral imperative  |
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