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The Martha's Vineyard Times Steamship Authority considers electric ferry future Hybrid or all-electric ferries could reduce long-term costs and carbon emissions. The Steamship Authority is investigating the potential to electrify their fleet of vessels in the future. The Steamship Authority (SSA) is conducting a feasibility study to examine the existing 10-boat fleet, and what it might take to start switching over to electric ferries in the future. According to a 2018 report, the SSA consumed 1.29 million gallons of diesel on the Vineyard route alone. Implementing hybrid or all-el...

SITKA (AP) — Elected officials and residents in an Alaska city have revived a decade-old task force to tackle climate change in the community.

Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Jan 12, 2021 Sitka High School junior Darby Osborne stands on a beach between Totem Park and the Sitka Sound Science Center. Osborne thinks youth voices are an important part of climate change work, and she applied to sit on the newly formed Climate Action Task Force in Sitka. (KCAW/McKinstry) Alaskans are experiencing human-induced climate change at a more rapid rate than any other state in the country. Tackling the global crisis can be daunting, but in Sitka, the city assembly and a group of concerned citizens are taking action with the revival of a decade-o...

The Martha's Vineyard Times MVC calls on Warren, Markey, Keating for infrastructure aid Earmarks could be a boon for the Island. Even as a letter from the Martha's Vineyard Commission about climate change effects on the Island, another nor'easter was flooding Five Corners. -Rich Saltzberg As the country gears up for a new president and a new congress, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is calling on federal legislators to include the Island in future infrastructure discussions. In letters to Rep. Bill Keating, D-Bourne, and senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, the commissi...

Time now tore today's deep di dive. senate democrats wrapped up an all-night 13-hour talk-a-thon on kriemt change. brian schatz helped organize 28 democrats and 2 independents to form what he says is the senate climate action task force, came armed with dozens of charts and climate facts. two years ago senate majority leader harry reid didn't move forward on a climate change bill and refused to say much on the topic. last night, he became the person that led the charge. >> seriousness of this climate problem is not lost on our average american. the vast majority of americans believe climate ch...