Join BEAT online for the November 2024 Berkshire Green Drinks event with Rosemary Wessel, the program director of No Fracked Gas in Mass.

We’ll be taking a close look at Berkshire County’s last peaking power plant, Pittsfield Generating, and how peak demand power needs could be met without fossil fuels. Transitioning of this plant could be a cornerstone for establishing a clean energy economic zone in the Berkshires while removing one of the last large sources of pollution.

A peaking power plant is an electric generating facility that only operates when electricity use is very high, such as on very hot and humid summer days when air conditioning demand is high or on very cold winter days when both heating and electric demand are high. These facilities are usually powered by dirty fuels like oil, “natural” gas, or kerosene and emit significant amounts of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, a hazardous gas that can cause serious respiratory issues.

DATE: Wednesday, November 20

TIME: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

LOCATION: Online via Zoom

Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Click here to register for online participation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rosemary Wessel is Director for BEAT’s No Fracked Gas in Mass program. For ten years, she’s been working to stop development of new and remove existing fossil fuel infrastructure while advocating for conversion to clean alternatives.

What is Berkshire Green Drinks? Berkshire Green Drinks (formerly Pittsfield Green Drinks) is an informal gathering on the second Wednesday of the month that is free and open to everyone with any environmental interest. A guest speaker talks about an environmentally-related topic for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 6 PM; the presentation is followed by a discussion and Q&A. The drinks aren’t green but the conversations are. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join and bring along questions!

What is Green Drinks? Green Drinks is an international forum where people who work in the environmental field and environmental enthusiasts meet for a drink and snacks at informal sessions. There will be a lively mix of people from non-profit organizations, academia, government, business, and the general public. Green Drinks is a great way of catching up with people you know and for making new contacts. These networking events are very simple and unstructured. Come along, and you’ll be made welcome.