Climate Smart Committee Garners $25,000 for Energy Efficiency
By: John Bradley This past summer, the Climate Smart committee received notice from NYSERDA that we qualified for three Conservation...
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Oct 311 min read
Another Climate Carnival in the Books
By Katy Flammia The Columbia County Climate Carnival took place on September 14th at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Chatham. There...
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Oct 313 min read
Forests Bring Rain
By John Bradley Forests bring rain. They sustain the atmospheric moisture that is needed for precipitation in a local region and in...
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Oct 311 min read
Energy Audit of Town Garage Completed
Climate Smart Claverack (CSC) commissioned an energy audit for the Town Garage. The completed report was submitted to the town on June...
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Aug 276 min read
Managing Invasive Plants for Habitat Restoration : An Interview with Jeff Kiplinger
Managing invasives is important to the health of our ecosystem. Non-native, aggressive plants can crowd out native plants that support a...
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Aug 205 min read
Battery Farms and Claverack’s Moratorium
By John Bradley In July, the Claverack Town Board extended the moratorium on considering the proposal for a battery farm near the Town...
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Aug 191 min read
NYSERDA Clean Energy Funds Flow to Columbia County Climate Smart Committees
By John Bradley At the Columbia County Climate Smart Task Force meeting on August 1, a Clean Energy Communities update from the Capital...
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Aug 192 min read
Trees and Precipitation Recycling
By John Bradley We all know that trees do great things for our environment. Trees and all their plant neighbors use the sun's energy for...
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Aug 192 min read
Climate Smart Spotlight: The Climate Smart Canaan Task Force
By Victoria Masters & Sarah Katan The cornerstone of Climate Smart NY is connecting people with local sustainable solutions that make the...
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Jun 72 min read
New Resource to Support Pollinators Launches
By: Sarah Katan On May 7, Partners for Climate Action (PCA) launched their new resource: pollinatehv.org. This well thought out website...
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Jun 71 min read
County Survey on Impacts of Climate Change
By: John Bradley In our climate smart newsletter we have carried an ongoing conversation about Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience...
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Jun 74 min read
Comprehensive Planning and Climate - Communities Can Work for Sustainability
By: John Bradley Claverack has started to update its comprehensive plan which was adopted in 2008. The core planning committee, led by...
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Jun 71 min read
Claverack Electric Vehicle Promotion Campaign
By: John Bradley The Town of Claverack and its Climate Smart Committee have been approved by NYSERDA to participate in the Electric...
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Jun 62 min read
Food Scrapping Close to Home
with Reta Meisner A few months ago I toured the EcoRich Aerobic Food Scrap Digester with Wendy Madsen, Director of Solid Waste for...
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Jun 63 min read
Toss It Away? No Way!
By Brenda Shufelt On Saturday, June 1 at the Claverack Free Library, the library teamed up with the Claverack and Taghkanic Climate Smart...
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Apr 31 min read
Update on Heat Pump Campaign
By: John Bradley The Claverack Climate Smart Committee (CSC) participates in the Capital Region’s Clean Heating and Cooling Campaign to...
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Apr 32 min read
Food Scrapping with Reta Meisner
CLAVERACK, DO WE LIKE TO EAT NUTRITIOUS FOOD? Yes, we certainly do! We ate farm to table before it had a label and we know all the best...
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Apr 32 min read
Decarbonization Grant Awarded for Claverack Town Garage
By John Bradley The Town of Claverack has been awarded a $5,000 decarbonization grant from The Partnership for Climate Action (PCA). The...
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Apr 25 min read
Climate Change Impacts for Claverack: How do we adapt and build resilience?
By John Bradley and Tom Helling The local impacts of climate change are evident on a monthly if not daily basis. It serves us to discuss...
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Feb 93 min read
Deer Threaten More than Our Gardens
By: Katy Flammia Until recently I assumed the deer were a nuisance to our gardens and shrubs, limiting what we can grow unfenced. The...
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