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November 7, 2023 By John borger, Hingham Net Zero Our last post was a primer on electric heat pumps. Why the focus on heat pumps? Hingham’s recently finalized climate action plan rank orders our sources of carbon emissions and shows that heating and cooling (HVAC) is our biggest challenge by far, responsible for almost 70% of emissions, …
April 7, 2023 By Jo-An Heileman, Hingham Net Zero At our 2021 Town Meeting, Hingham citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of the goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and forming a committee that would create the Climate Action Plan needed to get there. The Climate Action Planning Committee has drafted the soon-to-be finalized Plan, …
April 6, 2023 By John Borger, Hingham Net Zero Cleaner Greener Hingham (officially designated as the Long Range Waste Disposal and Recycling Committee) is a chartered Town committee of citizen volunteers whose mission is to reduce environmental pollution, identify sustainable solutions for recycling and waste management, and encourage related best practices in Town through education and bylaw proposals. …
March 29, 2023 Submitted by Cleaner Greener Hingham Voters will consider a number of important issues at Spring Town Meeting, including approving a bylaw from Cleaner Greener Hingham (CGH) banning the sale of plain water in small single-use plastic containers under one gallon in size. As voters consider their options, we – the members of CGH – would …
March 29, 2023 by John Borger, Hingham Net Zero You’ve probably heard about heat pumps and may have questions. Let’s explore what these devices are and what they can do. We’ll focus on the more affordable air-source heat pumps which extract heat from the ambient air. (Ground-source, or “geothermal” heat pumps rely on temperatures many feet underground and …
March 10, 2023 By Charlie Inglis Meet the vaquita. It is an adorable, tiny porpoise. It also happens to be the most endangered animal in the world! With only 10 individuals left of their species, these small cetaceans are very near extinction. Terrible, right? Here is some more information about vaquitas. The vaquita grows up …
December 6, 2022 Submitted by John Borger, Hingham Net Zero Hopefully you’ve taken a few minutes to read Carol Britton Meyer’s 10/19/2022 highly informative article, “Citizen Involvement Key to Climate Action Plan’s Success”, on the Green Living tab. Carol reports on the update that Brad Moyer, Chair of the Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC) presented to the …
Plastic Debris collected on a paddle between Hingham Harbor and Spectacle Island November 21, 2022 Submitted by Cleaner Greener Hingham Hingham’s decision at Town Meeting 2019 to ban single-use plastic bags was a huge step forward in terms of reducing plastic waste in our community. Cleaner Greener Hingham is now taking on plastic water bottles …
October 19, 2022 By Carol Britton Meyer Chair Brad Moyer recently presented a broad outline of the Climate Action Planning Committee’s proposed Climate Action Plan to the Select Board, including potential actions at next spring’s Annual Town Meeting. The committee’s public outreach plan is meeting its milestones, according to Moyer, and public sessions and open …
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash September 26, 2022 Submitted by Cleaner Greener Hingham While you know that Hingham requires recycling, do you know what happens to your plastic when it is recycled? According to a recent article in The Atlantic, no matter how good a job we do as a town, the plastic recycling system is …