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- State considers banning C&D from landfills (2/26/14)
MONTPELIER — Some solid waste haulers are asking lawmakers to ban construction and demolition materials from Vermont landfills.
- Major solar farm proposed for Route 7 South in Middlebury (2/24/14)
MIDDLEBURY — A New Jersey company is proposing to build a 9,000-panel, 2.2-megawatt solar farm on 13.5 acres off Route 7 south in Middlebury, a project that would send enough electricity into the state’s grid to annually power 519 Vermont homes.
- Climate change forcing Vermont farmers to think ahead (2/18/14)
MONTPELIER — While most Vermont farmers are gearing up for spring, many are also preparing for extreme weather events, especially flooding, farmers said during a meeting of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont.
- EPA toxic releases decline in Vermont (2/11/14)
MONTPELIER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says releases of toxic pollutants in Vermont declined by 18 percent between 2011 and 2012
- 6 Vermont downtowns get grants for EV charging stations (1/29/14)
MONTPELIER — A half dozen Vermont communities are getting grants to install a total of 13 charging stations for electric vehicles
- Small Vermont businesses tout alternatives to gas pipeline (2/25/14)
MIDDLEBURY — Enduring benefits of renewable energy outweigh the short-term boom that a natural gas pipeline offers Addison County businesses, Larry Plesant, CEO of Vermont Soap Works, said Tuesday morning.
- State eminent domain laws tip balance toward Vt. Gas (2/24/14)
ADDISON COUNTY — If Vermont Gas Systems does move forward with eminent domain proceedings against Addison County landowners to secure necessary easements to build its proposed natural gas pipeline, it will have both state statute and recent precedents on its side
- Vermont Public Service Board rejects Springfield biomass plant (2/11/14)
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Public Service Board has rejected an application to build a 37-megawatt wood-fired power plant in the town of Springfield.
- Efficiency Vermont conference serves up advice for net-zero building (2/10/14)
Old Man Winter drives the point home: A huge portion of Vermonters live and work in buildings that leak heat. Fitting then, that Efficiency Vermont holds its annual Better Buildings by Design conference and expo when the mercury’s in the basement.
- Building consensus on lakeshore protection (1/25/14)
MONTPELIER — Sen. John Rodgers planned to vote against the controversial shoreland protection bill pending in the Senate Natural Resources Committee, but overnight Thursday he changed his mind.