Massachusetts

Rooftop Solar: Now’s the Time to Get Started

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There’s never been a better time to go solar, given how much prices have come down while efficiency in converting sunlight to electricity has risen…

Wild & Wooly

Stranded: Sea Turtles on the Edge at Cape Cod

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Dozens of Green, Loggerhead and Kemps Ridley sea turtles wash up on Cape Cod beaches every winter; and conservationists are doing their best to save them…

Dong Energy Offshore Wind Farm, UK. Credit: Sean Marshall, FlickrCC

Green Tech

Offshore Wind Stalls on East Coast, But Future Still Promising

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Strong winds up and down the East Coast could power our energy future. Offshore wind is one of the most promising means of supplying clean, steady electricity that doesn’t suffer the intermittency of much renewable energy. On the East Coast, offshore wind is the “largest renewable energy resource that can help make an impactful difference […]

Wild & Wooly

Osprey Health in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts Audubon’s Norman Smith discusses raptor health in the Northeastern United States and how tracking ospreys can shed light on the overall health of the environment…

EarthTalk

Cape Wind Dead in the Water?

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Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on the controversial Cape Wind project off Cape Cod in Massachusetts? — Mitchell Barstow, Bern, NC First proposed in 2001, the Cape Wind Project aims to put 130 wind turbines across 24 square miles of Horseshoe Shoal almost five miles offshore of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod to generate some 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity per year from clean, renewable wind […]