Electric Ferries Will be a Heavy Lift for Steamship Authority

More than three years after the Steamship Authority began investigating the potential for electrified ferries, the boat line is no closer to reducing its dependence on diesel fuel.

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Vineyard Has One of the Highest Rates of Insurance Cancellations

Martha’s Vineyard has one of the highest rates of home insurance policies not being renewed across the United States, leading to higher premiums, according to a newly released federal report.

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Coastal Resilience Is Focus of Climate Conference

Today’s storm is tomorrow’s high tide. That’s how Deanna Moran, the Massachusetts chief coastal resilience officer, explained the importance of getting ahead of the impacts of climate change.

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Coastal Conference Focuses on Resilience

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will host a conference next week to talk about how the Vineyarders can adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change on the Island’s coast.

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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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