State Approval Expected to Improve Vineyard's Solar Opportunities

Eversource earlier this month received the green light to beef up its electrical infrastructure on Cape Cod, making it easier for Island solar projects to tie into the grid.

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With Rising Tides, Oak Bluffs Looks to Shore Up Hospital Access

As the town weighs the potential impacts of the climate crisis in the coming decades, a high priority is maintaining access to the hospital, which is located on the coast in an already active flood zone.

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Island Takes Action on Climate

Islanders headed to the Climate Fair on Sunday at the Agricultural Hall to learn about environmental issues and take action.

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Solar Projects Remain in Holding Pattern

Since 2022, Eversource has been telling customers on the Vineyard that the utility company cannot take on any solar projects larger than 15 kilowatts — and in some instances 25 kilowatts — while it plans to beef up a Falmouth substation that services the Island.

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Energy Planning Is Key to Offsetting Climate Change

Kate Warner is scared. The rate at which climate change is occurring terrifies her, and as energy planner for the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC), she is trying to get Vineyarders to act.

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Winter Storm Barrage Likely To Continue

Climatologists say the prevalence of strong southerly storms that have battered the Vineyard’s south shore this winter are due, in part, to the first El Niño winter in five years.

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Parts of the Island Bumped Up a Notch on Plant Hardiness Zone

Gardeners on the Vineyard are experiencing warmer winters on average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly released Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

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Hospital Access Subject of Oak Bluffs Study

The town will examine six flood-prone routes to the hospital and consider measures to fight increased flooding.

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Making a Climate Crisis Case for Small Island Nations

Living on an island is no easy task, but for those living in small island nations, extreme weather and sea level rise due to climate change pose uniquely disastrous threats. At least, that’s what Vineyarder Duncan Pickard hopes to prove.

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Aquinnah Tribe Awarded Climate Change, Stranding Grants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration together awarded the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) more than $170,000 in grants this month.

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