Middlebury’s Mike Roy shares legislative priorities

Roy will spend the upcoming biennium shaping statewide health and environmental policy as a member of the Vermont Legislature.

Middlebury’s Energy Committee came close to dissolving after the town chose a natural gas-powered sludge dryer.

“I fear that over the past several years we on the Energy Committee were not assertive enough about advocating for such processes in our town’s administration.”

Democrat Jeanne Albert believes she has the skills Addison-4 House district voters are looking for to represent them.

“Read a summary of her complete Green Industrial Policy for Vermont on janooforvt.com.”

“The folks at Energy Innovation estimate Trump’s energy policy since his second term will increase costs for the average American household by $460 per household in 2035.”

“I didn’t get everything I wanted, and neither did you. But that’s the way compromise works.” — Gov. Phil Scott

“I think it’s likely that over the next ten to twenty years, running the drying operation at our treatment plant on electricity will both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money.”

The plan is the result of months-worth of contributions from students, faculty, staff and alumni, as well as time spent considering What is Middlebury for?

As the Earth warms and the climate changes, the town of Middlebury is a long way from meeting its goals to help solve the problem.

MIDDLEBURY — Alex Barron, associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy from Smith College, will speak at Middlebury College on Tuesday about what colleges and universities can do, and are doing, about climate change. The talk titled, “Beyond Bu … (read more)

Through his work, Mingle said he hopes to convey both the collective impact of climate change and the opportunity for collective action in addressing it.

A community-created fiber art piece will show how temperatures in Addison County have risen over the past 101 years.

Farmers around Addison County have reported an estimated $1.4 million in losses resulting from the severe drought that spread across the region this year. 

“In the Champlain Valley, where the baseline has changed so much in just the first quarter of this century, you need to find some nostalgic old person like me to remember those days of 15 to 30 below zero.”