But, a Massachusetts energy efficiency initiative offers them an opportunity to lower energy costs and reduce emissions.
Through the Mass Save partnership, electric and gas utility companies work with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to offer energy-efficiency improvements.
After getting a home assessment, which can be done virtually, participants receive recommendations for weatherization, lighting and more. Rebates and incentives are available, including to low- or moderate-income residents. Mass Save defines low income as 60 percent of the state median or lower, and moderate income is set at 60 to 80 percent of the median.
Following are some questions and answers about Mass Save compiled by The Eagle from interviews.
Charley Eiseman will speak at the Pittsfield Green Drinks February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 6pm via Zoom. As noted in a press release, Charley will talk about both his professional and personal experiences documenting, fostering, and growing insect and habitat biodiversity and strength.
Charley Eiseman is a freelance naturalist based in western Massachusetts. He has been conducting plant and wildlife surveys and natural resource inventories throughout New England for over 20 years, as well as teaching courses and workshops on interpreting animal tracks and sign (both vertebrate and invertebrate). He holds an MS in Botany (Field Naturalist) from the University of Vermont and a BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Management from the University of Massachusetts. Charley is the author of Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates (Stackpole Books, 2010), Leafminers of North America (self-published e-book, 2019), and an insect-themed blog called “BugTracks.” He
The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending February 5th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 171 billion cubic feet to 2,518 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 9 billion cubic feet, or 0.4% below the 2,527 billion cubic feet that were in storage on February 5th of last year, and 152 billion cubic feet, or 6.4% above the five-year average of 2,366 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 5th of February in recent years..the 171 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was a bit less than the average forecast of a 175 billion cubic foot withdrawal from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but way more than the 121 billion cubic foot withdrawal from natural gas storage seen during the corresponding week of a year earlier, and also more than the average withdrawal of 125 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have ty
When it approved a two-mile gas pipeline expansion in 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it couldnât predict that projectâs potential effects on gas consumption or production emissions.
A three-judge panel is considering whether the commission had an obligation to do more after it heard opening arguments Friday in a case brought by Berkshire Environmental Action Team and Washington-based nonprofit Food & Water Watch. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit streamed the opening arguments on its YouTube page, where the video remains available.
Although the expansion has already been built, the plaintiffs want the court to vacate the FERCâs permit for the project, putting in question its legal ability to run until the FERC conducts further study.
The federal agency that regulates interstate electricity, gas and oil transmission has failed to account for the climate impacts of the projects it approves, climate advocates say.