By: Patty L. Buchanan How can we be working so hard to educate the upcoming generation to take their place in a world that they may not be able to thrive in? More precisely how can we, in a School District of 1,625 students with a nearly $50M voter-approved budget, opt to continue to add perilous emissions to our atmosphere…
When You Save Energy, You Save Money
By Patty L. Buchanan We just took steps to reduce our energy consumption. This means we’ll also save money. My husband and I recently completed a three-day laser focused home energy efficiency remediation project. Our custom-tailored project consisted of two parts: (1) pulling out fiberglass insulation that was in poor condition and was falling out of the rafters, which had…
When is the Best Time to Buy an Electric Vehicle?
By: Susan Sammon Have you noticed? There are many more electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid cars cruising around town lately. This is encouraging news for our planet, as replacing a gas-powered car with an EV, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicle reduces carbon emissions and improves the planet’s health –and ours! I believe Croton can become a model community for EV…
Croton100 Carbon Tracker: Peering Behind the Curtain
By: Leo Wiegman Or how I stopped worrying and learned to love my data! “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” — Lord Kelvin “The environment and climate change are the most critically important policy priorities we face.” — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo The formation of Croton100 traces back to the October 2018 Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report…
