This US City First to Run 100 Percent on Sustainable Energy

[eridani]

http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/02/12/us-city-first-run-100-percent-sustainable-energy/

Burlington, Vermont is the first 100 percent sustainably-run city in the U.S. The city joins other places on the planet that use green energy to power life and shows that sustainable energy is a possibility.

With Fukushima radiation still raining down on us, fracking causing earthquakes in Dallas, TX and other cities, and petroleum-based energy polluting the air and waterways, it’s good to know that one US city is currently supplying 100 percent renewable, sustainable energy for all its residents’ electricity needs. Vermont, the same state that has successfully challenged the biotech industry by instituting GMO labeling laws, is also home to Burlington – where green energy powers life.

Vermont is known for socially conscious politics, and geographically hosting the first 100 percent sustainably-run city is a huge milestone, not only for residents of Burlington, but for all US cities – because it shows that sustainable energy is a possibility.

PBS recently reported on the city’s milestone in William Brangh’s PBS NewsHour. The city gets its energy primarily from wind farms, hydro-electric projects, and solar panels. You can see how Burlington achieved this monumental feat, here.

Norwhich, Vermont, is also trying to go 100 percent green with solar panels. 308 solar panels now supply half the city’s energy. The state actually provided a large portion of funding for the project through a grant, which is expected to pay for itself in less than 20 years.

[vt_native]

1. Okay, but..

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We have a neo-liberal mayor who wants to develop every inch of open space left in this fair city.

He also opposes environmental review for the extreme noise generator, the F-35, which Pat Leahy has jammed down our collective throats, even though, 2/3 of the responses said that Vermonters do not want the plane here. The Air Force has said that McIntyre AFB in SC, has a runway more suited to the money wasting p.o.s known as the F-35, that is longer. The Air Force has said the plane can be put elsewhere, without rendering 3000 homes "incompatible with residential use" per Federal Noise Standards, as it will do in Vermont's most crowded City. Vermont Air National Guard lied in the process and said that there is no development within the crash zone for this untested, dangerous plane when there is an entire city in that zone, Winooski , VT.

Bernie Sanders supports this boondoggle, as well.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/vermont-religious-leaders%E2%80%99-call-reevaluation-decision-base-f-35s-burlington-airpor

I guess this is off thread, sorry.