January 16, 2025 By Charlie Inglis What is it? Palm oil. It’s in everything from pizza dough to detergent. It’s in my house and it’s almost certainly in yours. Palm oil is a major problem for our environment, yet the demand for it is increasing rapidly. Company after company is taking advantage of palm oil’s …
December 9, 2024 By John Borger, Hingham Net Zero In our last post, we noted that, according to Hingham’s Climate Action Plan, heating and cooling (HVAC) is responsible for almost 70% of our emissions and is our biggest challenge in getting to net zero carbon emission in the town by 2040. To reach that goal, we must …
July 1, 2024 By Cleaner Greener Hingham The Cleaner Greener Hingham Committee will be hosting a free beginner composting workshop at the Hingham Public Library on July 9th at 7pm. Composting is a great summer project for individuals, families, or neighborhoods looking to reduce their carbon footprint and food waste. And there is the added …
May 15, 2024 By Meteorologist Michael Page Communities across the South Shore are reacting to new federal drinking water guidelines announced by the Environmental Protection Agency this spring. Last month the EPA issued the new guidelines for PFAS, widely used, long lasting chemicals which break down very slowly over time. The chemicals are frequently found …
January 17, 2024 By The Town of Hingham DPW Superintendent Randy Sylvester, in partnership with the Cleaner Greener Hingham Committee, is proud to announce several ways for residents to compost in Hingham and move closer to our net zero by 2040 goal. Sylvester and his team built a robust composting program over the past three years that …
November 7, 2023 By John borger, Hingham Net Zero Our last post was a primer on electric heat pumps. Why the focus on heat pumps? Hingham’s recently finalized climate action plan rank orders our sources of carbon emissions and shows that heating and cooling (HVAC) is our biggest challenge by far, responsible for almost 70% of emissions, …
April 7, 2023 By Jo-An Heileman, Hingham Net Zero At our 2021 Town Meeting, Hingham citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of the goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and forming a committee that would create the Climate Action Plan needed to get there. The Climate Action Planning Committee has drafted the soon-to-be finalized Plan, …
April 6, 2023 By John Borger, Hingham Net Zero Cleaner Greener Hingham (officially designated as the Long Range Waste Disposal and Recycling Committee) is a chartered Town committee of citizen volunteers whose mission is to reduce environmental pollution, identify sustainable solutions for recycling and waste management, and encourage related best practices in Town through education and bylaw proposals. …
March 29, 2023 Submitted by Cleaner Greener Hingham Voters will consider a number of important issues at Spring Town Meeting, including approving a bylaw from Cleaner Greener Hingham (CGH) banning the sale of plain water in small single-use plastic containers under one gallon in size. As voters consider their options, we – the members of CGH – would …
March 29, 2023 by John Borger, Hingham Net Zero You’ve probably heard about heat pumps and may have questions. Let’s explore what these devices are and what they can do. We’ll focus on the more affordable air-source heat pumps which extract heat from the ambient air. (Ground-source, or “geothermal” heat pumps rely on temperatures many feet underground and …
