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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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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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Local Firm AMBRI builds Energy Storage using Molten Metal! Liquid Metal Battery Explained
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This Is NOT A Drill
Climate Emergency ReportFebruary 2021 How Communities Are UsingClimate Emergency Declarations to Make Big New Moves toDecarbonize Locally The Covid emergency arrived in the midst of an even more perilous emergency: the climate emergency, which more than 1,750 communities across the globe have acknowledged with official declarations… This report presents the five big strategies of 15…
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LS Environmental Club Hosts a Series of Summer Webinars
First webinar is July 16th. To register for this and following webinars: https://www.facebook.com/groups/environmental2020webinar/ Poster: FINAL General Ad Idea.pdf
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Sudbury’s own electricity program beats other “green” offers
Have you been solicited by “green” electricity suppliers like CleanChoice Energy? Maybe you want to support renewable energy, but are skeptical if your money will actually go toward shifting our electricity away from fossil fuels. You’re right to be skeptical! Don’t take the bait. Your community already has a great community electricity aggregation program, ensuring…
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July News
Click here to read Sustainable Sudbury’s latest Newsletter CALENDAR: Thursday, July 13, 9:30am – Assabet Village Co-op Market Information Session, at Karma Coffee, Boston Post Road Join us for our next awesome Co-op Info Session on Thursday, July 13 at 9:30am at Karma Coffee Roasters, 100 Boston Post Road in Sudbury. Learn why more than 700 Metro West families…
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Solarize Redux!
Have you wondered if installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system makes sense for you? The good news is that while you’ve ruminated the prices have dropped. More good news: Sudbury’s energy committee joined with Lincoln’s and Wayland’s to apply for the Mass Clean Energy Center’s Solarize Massachusetts 2017 (http://www.masscec.com/get-clean-energy/residential/solar). The proposed Solarize Sudbury 2017…
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Solar Panel System Installation Has Begun at First Parish of Sudbury, UU, in the historic center of Sudbury, MA
On Monday, November 30, 2015, SunBug Solar started installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at First Parish of Sudbury, UU. The exterior portion of the installation is expected to be completed in around two weeks, and the complete system done in early 2016. The exterior work consists of wiring and of mounting 55 all black solar…
