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Induction cooking – no more gas! October 25th 2023, 7:29 pm-8:30 pm
If you cook with gas, you may not be aware of the drawbacks… and the alternative! Gas stoves likely make the air in your kitchen more polluted than recommended outdoor clean air quality standards. Burning gas releases nitrogen dioxide, small particulate matter, and carbon monoxide, all components of air pollution. Cooking on a gas stove…
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Get $125 for recycling your old fridge or freezer
From MassSave: “Limited-time offer! Get $125 for recycling your old fridge or freezer.Schedule a no-cost pickup from the Sponsors of Mass Save® by October 31.Looking to get rid of an inefficient, working fridge or freezer? We’ll pick it up at no cost, recycle it, and pay you $125 for helping us reduce landfill and energy…
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2022 Town Forum: Climate Change & Sustainability
As the town’s first step in enacting Article 58, Climate Emergency Declaration, Select Board member Janie Dretler is organizing this public town forum, with some help from Sustainable Sudbury’s Climate Action group. We urge everyone who can to attend, to show their support and learn what Sudbury is doing and plans to do — 7/14…
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Vermont is Leading the Way in the Renewable Energy Transition
Excerpts from powermag.com/vermont-and-iso-new-england-provide-an-interesting-renewable-energy-transition-case-study/ submitted by Bob M. About 80% of Vermont’s power comes from renewable energy. Almost no fossil-fueled plants operate in the state, other than a handful of peaker units, many of which are on the short-list for closure. Distributed Energy Proliferates … The reason is that rooftop solar has become widespread in the…
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ZOOM MEETING: Heating and Cooling with Electric Heat Pumps
Sponsored by Energize Wayland. Date January 11th 2022, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Venue on zoom, Wayland, Massachusetts Electrifying your home’s heating and cooling system with a heat pump is one of the most effective ways to make your home more comfortable and reduce your overall carbon footprint. Learn about cold-climate air-source heat pumps, geothermal systems and heat pump water…
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Quebec Bans new or replacement fossil fuel heating systems
As of 2023, new or replacement heating systems powered by fossil fuels banned As of Dec. 31, oil-powered heating is banned in all new construction projects across Quebec, part of the province’s push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In two years, Quebec will go a step further by making it illegal to replace existing oil furnaces with any sort…
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Sen. Eldridge Holds a Community Climate Summit
On December 7, 2021, Sudbury’s state senator Jamie Eldridge held a public Zoom meeting to describe the Next Generation Climate Roadmap Act and other existing sources of funding for climate action and listed many actions that local towns have so far undertaken. The slide presentation was followed by community Q&A. Click here for the slides:…
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Recycling & Energy Drive: Additional Date in Wayland
Sudbury Residents are invited to the Wayland Recycling & Energy Drive on Saturday, December 11, 10AM – 1PM at Wayland High School (264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland, MA). Flyer Here
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Get $30 for your old dehumidifier 12/4 At Curtis + $30 rebate on a new one!
Dehumidifier Turn-In Events Get $30 for turning in your old, working dehumidifier! Do you have an old, working dehumidifier that you’d like to upgrade or clean out? Recycle it with the Sponsors of Mass Save® and you can receive a $30 rebate! Most towns charge residents to recycle their appliances. With this limited-time offer, if you…
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Mass. Towns Seek Permission To Lead On Emission Cuts
https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/07/27/massachusetts-towns-fossil-fuel-bans Officials in a handful of Massachusetts communities think they’ve cooked up a worthwhile strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and want the state’s permission to try it out. “Let us be your test kitchen,” Arlington Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine told lawmakers Tuesday. “Let Arlington, let Lexington, Brookline and Acton, others that are pursuing this…
