Our Finger Lakes Climate Fund got a big boost this month when LeChase Construction of Rochester volunteered to offset all of the travel-related emissions from a Cornell conference on energy and university facility management. This contribution will go a long way toward helping a local family become more energy secure. Grants from the Finger Lakes Climate Fund are awarded to families below the median income to help them go forward with energy improvements that will save them money and reduce their emissions. As the summer travel season approaches, we urge everyone to take responsibility for their carbon emissions — and help others in our community while you are at it! Read the rest of this entry »
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Finger Lakes Climate Fund supported by Cornell conference
May 26th
The Truth About Energy Security
Apr 11th
By Gay Nicholson, Ph.D., President of Sustainable Tompkins
The theme of our recent Energy Fair was community energy security. Real energy security.
Most of us associate “energy security” with fossil fuel industry lobbyists who try to convince Americans that we will be more secure if we stop relying on imports of foreign oil and just let them expand drilling offshore or in the rural lands of America.
But is that really a plan that will make us more secure? Consider this:
Energy efficiency has never polluted the Gulf of Mexico or slimed the shores of Alaska.
Solar panels never gave a child asthma or blew off a mountain top.
Wind turbines have never threatened millions with cancer-causing radiation.
Energy conservation has never polluted drinking water supplies or destroyed a rural landscape.
We’ll never be really secure if we continue to base our economy and our way of life on fossil energy. We know it’s a tightening noose with constantly rising prices and amplifying environmental damages. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainable Tompkins urges travelers to go ‘green’
Dec 29th
Ithaca Journal
By Stacey Shackford
Program rewards residents for cutting carbon emissions
Whether jetting off to far-flung locales or driving a few hours to spend time with family this holiday season, local environmental leaders are asking Tompkins County residents to consider offsetting their carbon emissions locally.
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