Vineyard Power Co-operative adoption. Leaders of island organizations met in September 2017 at the initiative of the Co-op and Environment Massachusetts to develop a vision of 100% renewable energy use for the island. Vineyard Power Co-operative Vineyard Power Co-operative is "a community owned renewable energy co-operative based on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts." Vineyard Power develops local renewable energy projects and plans to assist the island of Martha's Vineyard to meet the energy goals of the Island Plan, and work towards a 100% renewable energy supply. The founding of Vineyard Power was inspired by the renewable energy vision of the people of
The Martha's Vineyard Times at the editorial convictions of the venerable and much admired weekly Vineyard Gazette, which was deeply committed to conservation and preservation of the Vineyard’s bucolic past. The challenges of publishing a comprehensive and responsible community newspaper in a competitive market proved daunting to the founders, and in 1991 they sold "The Martha’s Vineyard Times" to their editor Doug Cabral and his wife Molly. An early challenge was the decision to convert the "Times" from a paid circulation broadsheet, like the "Vineyard Gazette", to a free, mailed, tabloid-size newspaper. The new competition was met with consternation and disdain from the "Gazette"’s