Research from Exeter University’s Environmental Intelligence Centre and Friends of the Earth has found 374,000 hectares of land ‘most suitable’ for new onshore wind and solar farms.
Today in New England the vast majority of electricity is generated by burning natural gas, while far less harmful than coal or oil, it is a fossil fuel and a global hot commodity, especially liquified natural gas which New England relies on to produce electricity in the winter when most of the natural gas supplies are allocated for home heating.
A bill to formalize the change is headed to Gov. Janet Mills. The move delays limits on sales of gas-powered vehicles from being implemented until at least 2025.
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