Earth Day 2020: 'Learning Experience' for ActivistsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:43AM / Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For activists committed to saving the planet, the climate change crisis is top of mind, every day. But there is one day each year when they can plan to rally together with like-minded citizens and engage the apathetic and unaware. In a normal year, that day would be Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. As it is with so many so many other things, normal is not part of the conversation. "It's definitely been a change," said Jane Winn, the executive director of the Pittsfield-based Berkshire Environmental Action Team. "One of the things that hurts the most is we had student interns, who were absolutely 1 Comment
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Mount Greylock Building Project Achieves LEED CertificationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:02AM / Friday, March 13, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School this week learned that the $64 million adddition/renovation project at the middle-high school achieved LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The council's approval of the project's sustainable elements ensures the district 2 percentage points on its reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority. That should translate to about $1 million of the total share the state authority will contribute to the project when all is said and done, said Hugh Daley, a Williamstown Select Board member and part of the finance working group of the district's School Building 0 Comments
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Becket Installs First of Its Kind EV-Charging StationsBy Jeff Snoonian, Special to iBerkshires
02:37AM / Thursday, February 13, 2020 | |
BECKET, Mass. — A crowd of about 25 people showed up to a grand opening Wednesday at Town Hall to celebrate Becket becoming the first community in Berkshire County to offer municipally-owned electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The town and its utility provider, Eversource Energy, have been working in lockstep for a year to achieve the goal of giving residents, especially the small yet loyal number of EV owners, an alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Selectman Michael Lavery was a driving force behind the project and is an EV owner himself. "When I brought the idea for the EV charging stations to the select board last year. We were 2 Comments
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