Battery Power and Your Future EV Range
By Mark Sandeen Let’s take a look at the trends and forecasts for lithium-ion batteries. There are a number of trends that are relevant. Cost first, followed by weight (aka energy density measured in Wh/kg), followed by size (aka volumetric […]
Maximize Solar at the New LHS
Dear Permanent Buildings Committee and the SBC committee, Solar saves and makes money for the Town! Solar is the one component of the building that will actually create a return on investment in the very first year. A full build-out of […]
Lexington’s 250th: It’s time for a New Revolution
In 1775, our brave Minuteman gathered in Lexington to begin a revolution to become independent of British rule by demanding representation and self-governance. In an escalating climate crisis whose impacts are increasingly impossible to ignore, it is time to unequivocally […]
LPS Green Team Food Rescue Journey: Taking Action to Rescue Food Waste from Our School Cafeterias
Natalie Cohen and Tina McBride, dedicated volunteers with the LPS Green Team and Lexington school community parents, began their inspiring journey with a troubling realization: perfectly good, unopened food was regularly discarded and composted at local schools, despite the known […]
Chair’s Report at the Annual Meeting 2025
In an escalating climate crisis whose impacts are increasingly impossible to ignore, LexCAN dedicated its time and resources in 2024 to educating and rallying the Lexington community to proactively meet the climate challenge head-on – both in their private lives […]
Converting Lawns to Pocket Forests
Pocket – or mini, or Miyawaki – Forests offer us a unique, low-tech, low-cost approach to help rebuild our damaged ecosystems, sequester carbon, support biodiversity, water systems, pollution and more. Do you have lawn you can convert to a pocket […]
LexElectrify!
On September 21, LexCAN and the town of Lexington introduced a new campaign to help Lexington residents contribute to the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Featured speakers were Lexington’s Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Maggie Peard, and CleanHeat […]
New England’s Climate Future: City, Land and Sea
Llink to a recording of WGBH’s event featuring Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, esteemed climate scientist, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy & Open Space at City of Boston, and Melissa Hoffer, Climate Chief of MA, in a conversation on New […]
Some Good News! Lexington HeatSmart Assists 200 Lexington Households
With the summer news cycle dominated by floods and record-breaking heat, it can be hard to feel anything but discouraged about the future of our planet. And while the evidence of climate change is impossible to ignore, taking a moment […]
Green the Grid, Drive Electric, Improve Health
Imagine being able to save 90,000 lives! Switching to EVs and cleaning up our electricity grid can do that. Wow! In June 2023, the American Lung Association released a report that called “Driving to Clean Air: Health Benefits of Zero […]