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I Wanna Be a Solar Empowerment Zone!
Last week I attended a special hearing of the New York City Council’s Infrastructure Task Force, on the topic of Distributed Energy Generation in NYC - essentially, how to encourage it.
Petition in support of Repowering America
“America must commit to producing 100% of our electricity from cheap, clean renewable energy sources, like solar and wind, within 10 years.”
If you are onboard with Al Gore’s challenge, let Obama, McCain, and your elected officials know by signing the MoveOn petition here. Let’s do this!!
Repowering America, Locally
Our Sustainable Flatbush Neighborhood Solar Forum on Wednesday was a great success. This was the first of what I plan to be a series of forums on energy-related topics, and the timing is clearly right: the very next day Al Gore made his speech urging the United States to Repower America – convert our entire [...]
Neighborhood Solar Forum on July 16th!
Wondering if you can convert your house to solar?
Come to the…
Neighborhood Solar Forum
for single family homes
sponsored by Sustainable Flatbush
July 16th @ 8pm
Ditmas Workspace
535 East 17th Street (corner of Ditmas)
http://www.ditmasworkspace.com/
Peter Landy will speak about his experience converting his house to solar power.
Chris Neidl of Solar One will speak about current legislation and initiatives to make residential [...]
Let ‘Em Know!
Lots going on (or trying to!) in Albany and beyond on environmental issues. Here are just a few links to support important legislation being considered:
Solar Energy
This week the State legislature approved new tax incentives to encourage the installation of more solar electric (photovoltaic) panels in New York. This is great news, but the lack of [...]
