All Posts Tagged With: "renewable energy"
Count Me In! Conservation Challenge Day
Kingston residents are being asked to help the city compete with other Ontario municipalities to achieve: the highest percentage drop in the consumption of electricity; and the highest per capita participation in the Count Me In! pledge drive. To participate in Count Me In! Conservation Challenge Day, reduce your energy consumption as much as possible [...]
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Solar Power to the Rescue!
In case you skipped my post last week regarding how the new US President’s policies might impact Kingston, you may have missed a little gem that was hidden in the paragraph concerning the environment. Utilities Kingston is now offering customers the option of going solar. Well, not entirely. Essentially, they are offering solar hot water [...]
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What President Obama Means to Kingston
Image used under CC, and with thanks to christhedunn All around the world, the topic du jour is the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. While many of us celebrate his official swearing in, and the official departure of G.W. Bush, I can’t help but wonder what President [...]
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Windy Weekly Photo
In case you’ve missed the changing skyline along the northern shore of Wolfe Island, over half a dozen wind turbines have sprung over the last few months. This amazing image is used with the permission of Paul Wash. I should also add that he’s documented a lot of the action on Wolfe Island on his [...]
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Turbines Galore
On a couple of occasions, I’ve written about Kingston’s new windy skyline in relation to the Wolfe Island wind farm . For months, I’ve wondered how the 86 wind turbines might appear from afar. Last week my questions were answered when I peered across the water, and counted at least 5 turbines – either complete [...]
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A Windy Skyline
The last time I mentioned the Wolfe Island wind farm , I honestly hoped that the project would be delayed due to the growing concern from Island residents. It’s not as though I’m opposed to the idea of alternative energy, or wind turbines on the Island, but I certainly do not want the concerns of [...]
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How About This Heat?
Is it any surprise Kingstonist didn’t post anything yesterday? I can’t speak for the rest of the gang, but it was so hot, the last thing I wanted to do was sit at my desk and churn out something fancy for you to read. Sure I have a laptop and could have taken it outside [...]
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The Windy City
A while back, I was fortunate enough to see Chris Brown perform at a special Apple Crisp event, which was recorded for CBC’s Bandwidth. In between songs, Chris gave a shout out to Wolfe Island Residents for the Environment (WIRE), whose mission is to ensure the lawful development of a proposed wind farm on the [...]
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