PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rosemary Wessel, the Director of Berkshire Environmental Action Team's No Fracked Gas in Mass program, will speak at the November Berkshire Green Drinks event on Wednesday, Nov. 20. 

 

This free virtual event will take place online via Zoom and start at 6:00 PM. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. 

 

Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/Nov2024-Berks-Green-Drinks.

 

Rosemary will discuss Berkshire County's last peaking power plant, Pittsfield Generating, and how peak-demand power needs could be met without fossil fuels.

 

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.

 

Join BEAT for this virtual event and learn how transitioning of Pittsfield Generating could be a cornerstone for establishing a clean energy economic zone in the Berkshires while removing one of the last large sources of pollution.

 

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.

 

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. 

 

Berkshire Green Drinks is sponsored and organized by the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT).