Residents need to change their approach to energy to avoid falling victim to fuel poverty as prices continue to rocket, Environment Minister Marc Bean said last night.

Mr Bean noted more and more people are feeling the knock-on effect of rising global oil prices as he launched a debate on Government’s Energy White Paper in the House of Assembly.

forbesUtility companies have been looking for new regulations and higher connection charges to save them from a “death spiral” spurred by a surge in rooftop solar installations. Instead, says former (U.S.) Energy Secretary Steven Chu, they should get into the rooftop solar business.

The full schedule for Earth Hour is as follows:

12:00pm – 5:00pm Living Green Expo Upper Level, Washington Mall
6:00pm Children's activities, including face painting, bouncy castle and giant Jenga City Hall Lawn
6:00pm – 7:20pm Surviving Progress, an acclaimed documentary featuring interviews with film director Martin Scorcese, anthropologist Jane Goodall and physicist Stephen Hawking Earl Cameron Theatre,
City Hall
6:00pm-7:30pm Reading corner - Bermuda National Library hosts a reading to enlighten children through fun stories about how they can do their part to conserve energy and minimize their waste  City Hall
6:45pm Bermuda Yoga and Horizon Health yoga and Pilates classes City Hall Lawn
7:30pm Rebecca Faulkenberry and Reeve Carney, stars of Broadway's Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark City Hall Lawn
7:30pm-9:30pm Performances by In Motion dancers, Rock Fire, Island Teaser, DanceSations and TROIKA as well as spoken word artist Tiffany Paynter; ecoRUNWAY trash fashion show by Bermuda High School for Girls City Hall steps
8:30pm-9:30pm Walk of Flame celebrating Earth Hour begins and ends at City Hall


Eleven local retailers have joined forces to offer discounts to shoppers during a day of activities organized to support Bermuda's observance of Earth Hour.

WIND NYTimes 20Mar2014The wind industry has gone to great lengths over the years to snap up the best properties for its farms, often looking to remote swaths of prairie or distant mountain ridges to maximize energy production and minimize community opposition.

Now, it is reaching for the sky.

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