climate change
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Community Forum: A New England dream home should be sustainable
Embodying the New England dream entails not only appreciating the region’s natural beauty, history and culture, but also actively engaging in the community and building a sustainable home.
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Affordable heat bill becomes law after Vt. House overrides Gov. Scott’s veto
The Legislature’s highest-profile climate bill, sponsored by Addison County Sen. Chris Bray, will become law despite the governor’s opposition.
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Guest editorial: Climate bill doesn’t make legislature accountable
As Governor, I believe we must make Vermont more affordable by helping Vermonters keep more of what they earn, while we simultaneously make transformative, strategic investments in important…
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Guest editorial: Bill spells out accountability, sets Vt. on path to success
The reality is: for both people and the planet, business as usual doesn’t work.
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Nigerian visitor teaches kids about nature through art, science & fireflies
“Sometimes we are so possessive of the earth that we want to use up all of its offerings, but we should remember that we are all only on…
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Climate Matters: Food justice and climate resiliency
What do food justice and climate resiliency actually look like? Few can deny that one of Vermont’s best attributes is its commitment to locally grown food.
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Vt. House supports clean heat standard bill
The bill would mandate that Vermonters pay for their heating sources’ impact on climate change, but rulemaking would take two years.
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County climate plan swings into action
Amid the sunny days of midsummer this past July, the Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County (CEAC) published a list of steps community members could take to…
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Activist George Lakey to give two talks in Middlebury
Activist, author and master storyteller George Lakey returns to Middlebury next week to read from his new memoir, “Dancing With History: a Life for Peace and Justice,” and…
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Letter to the editor: Affordable Heat Act deserves support in Vt. House
I want to focus on just one aspect of the bill: the assignment of clean heat credits to various measures that are proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
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Letter to the editor: It’s time to use EV buses for area students
Diesel school buses harm kids. Electric buses don’t.
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With climate changing, it’s time to electrify our homes
After a winter short on snow, and a maple sugaring season that started in January, the big mid-March storm brought some of the snowfall many of us expect…
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Middlebury College Theater presents eco-drama ‘Somewhere’ April 6-8
This moving eco-drama reveals the power of community and kinship, including that of our non-human environment, to thrive amid climate crises.
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Climate Matters: An ounce of prevention…
I don’t know if it’s just us Americans, or if it is a universal human trait, but we seem to prefer medical treatment over prevention.
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Community forum: Energy strategy change needed
I’ve spent a lot of money for my small contribution to address climate change. But, can you afford to?
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Letter to the editor: Opposition to Telephone Gap logging plan is clear
This is not just a few tree huggers on the fringes. I believe the proposal struck a chord on deep public concern about climate change and protection of…