Dick Elkin

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Provincetown Independent Letter to the Editor 8/13/2020 A Net-Zero School

      Letters to the Editor

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Cape Cod Times 8/15/2020 – MY VIEW: Let’s not wait to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions

MY VIEW: Let’s not wait to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions   Massachusetts is moving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 mandates reductions of 25% from 1990 levels by 2020. It appears we have made this goal through greener electricity, higher automobile fuel efficiency and energy conservation. Now Gov. …

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Provincetown Independent – 8/6/2020 New Nauset Regional High School Building

We Must Act Locally on Climate

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Building committee has wrongly nixed a net-zero emissions high school

We Must Act Locally on Climate Building committee has wrongly nixed a net-zero emissions high school BY DICK ELKIN AUG 6, 2020 Climate change is a clear and present danger to our community and to humanity as a whole. We are digging a hole for ourselves by continuing to produce greenhouse gas emissions. The first law of …

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Proposed legislation

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Scams

Beware of Utility Company Scams Beware of aggressive marketing and “slamming,” in which customers have electricity providers switched without their permission. You may be getting phone calls about solar energy or saving on your electric bill. If customers agree to switch, their new supplier will notify their utility. After receiving a letter confirming details of …

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Proposed charge for the Energy and Climate Action Committee

The following will be on the Selectboard Agenda on Tuesday, April 9th at 6:00 PM. To see if the Wellfleet SelectBoard will change the name of the Wellfleet Energy Committee to the Wellfleet Energy and Climate Action Committee, increase the committee membership to seven (7) members and two (2) alternates, and modify its charge as …

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Solar Array at the Capped Landfill

Solar Array on the Capped Landfill Wellfleet is planning a solar photovoltaic (PV) array on the capped landfill.  After issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) and receiving three proposals, the town has decided to enter into negotiations with Ameresco for an energy services contract to design, obtain permits, construct, operate, maintain and decommission a 1.2 …

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Update on the Status of the Solar Array for the Capped Landfill

The Energy Committee and Ameresco have been moving forward with the solar PV array. The Select Board voted unanimously to approve the project and voted to hold a Special Town Meeting to approve three articles relating to the lease, a power purchase agreement, and a power purchase agreement.  They also voted to grant Ameresco access to …

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