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NYS electricity generation trends show renewables expanding (Source: NYISO 2011 Gold Book)

Putting New York's Nuclear Power in Perspective

If the question is where will new electricity generation come from over the next 20 years, the answer is: Not from nuclear!

Environment

What’s Growing on Utility Poles in New Jersey?

But New Jersey has been so successful with installation of solar capacity that the solar renewable energy credit market prices have tumbled. The SREC market has proven quite volatile.

Patch's House & Home

What is Your Neigborhood's Walk Score?

But did you know that walkabiity helps boost the property value for neighborhood homeowners and business owners too?

What is fracking? (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Tonight (April 27, 2012) at 7 pm at the Ossining Public Library, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef will screen a short film, Galef goes to Gasland, of her recent trip to visit fracking sites in Pennsylvania.

Environment

Why is our Weather Getting Wackier? (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

A large majority of Americans believe that global warming made several high profile extreme weather events worse.

Patch's House & Home

Why Your New iPad Needs the Energy Highway

When the new Energy Highway is built here in New York, we need northern Westchester to land its own on-off ramp

Environment

Are We on the Cusp of Something Big? (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Recently 200 folks gathered in the Ossining Public Library for a Regional Leadership Summit on sustainable communities.

Environment

What Color is Your Roof or Your Driveway? (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Who would walk on a black roof in their socks on a sunny day? We did just that this week at the new Taconic Regional Headquarters for New York State Parks in Staatsburgh. But the roof was white.

Environment

Should I Spring for a New Fridge?

If your household is in the market for new refrigerator or clothes washer, do not delay in taking advantage of this rebate! The rebate program is available for six weeks only starting Monday.

Environment

Should We Commemorate 3-11?

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster in Japan.

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