www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org When Wayland Annual Town Meeting last April defeated the 0000 DPW capital fund line item to install wireless smart meters on every building in town, it was an important victory for citizens. Today, as citizen and ratepayer opposition mounts across the country and internationally to the compulsory installation by electric, gas, and water utilities of wireless so-called "smart" meters, the corporate propaganda mill is in high gear. Those who oppose the plan on valid grounds of safety, public health, privacy, democratic choice, and national security are called fear-mongers against renewable energy and an upgraded power grid. In Massachusetts, the utilities companies are going into towns and cities to set up "pilot" programs, installing "smart" meters on homes and businesses. These meters create documented health and safety effects and other serious problems. Now is the time for homeowners to write to their utility companies and tell them "NO" to smart meters. This top-down, short term corporate profit scam has nothing to do with reversing long term, carbon-emission-driven climate change and has everything to do with increasing short-term utility profits at rate-payer expense. In fact, the huge energy costs of manufacturing hundreds of millions of "smart" meters outweigh any potential conservation gains. Customer cost savings also are an illusion. Utilities are replacing functioning analog meters that last up to 40 years with 0 ...
Andrew Hitchings from the Environment Agency provides an overview of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC). The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme aims to secure savings and drive profits through energy efficiency. CRC is a mandatory scheme that applies to public and private sector organisations. To find out if your organisation qualifies and how to register visit: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/pollution/98263.aspx
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