climate change
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Middlebury to diversify work to limit CO2 emissions
The town of Middlebury has made good progress reducing the carbon footprint of its municipal operations, but the community will need a major shift in strategy if it’s…
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Letter to the editor: CEAC needs new priorities
The CEAC, a “nonprofit organization working to promote a healthy, local economy while achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,” laments that in spite of its efforts, emissions are…
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Local greenhouse gas emissions going up
Addison County is not making measurable progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and now faces a tougher task in meeting local reduction goals by 2030 — according…
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Climate Matters: Traveling Vermont and beyond by train and bus
With a little advance planning, it is quite feasible to do the things you want to do in Vermont by public transit, and thus decrease your carbon footprint…
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Climate Matters: A late fall and ‘shifting baseline syndrome’
This year, the last leaves fell on Nov. 8. Last year they fell on Nov. 3. In 2020 the leaves fell on Oct. 31.
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Panelists discuss climate justice law, highlight local efforts
Around three dozen Vermonters filled the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury last week to learn about how to engage in an often-overlooked part of fighting the…
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Climate Matters: A case for on-site solar
Regular Climate Matters columnist Mike Roy sat down with Ian Phair of Cornwall to learn more about his new solar power venture, Vermont Solar Fund LLC.
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Climate Matters: Vermont’s climate politics and the midterms
On paper it looks like Vermont has done a lot to address climate change.
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Letter to the editor: Political ad had many untruths
The penultimate page of your Oct. 20 Election Guide is a full-page ad in support of seven Republican candidates. The page is indeed full—full of lies, falsehoods, untruths…
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Climate Matters: The shifting shoreline of what we think we know
“It might be the very assumption you know something that blocks you from really knowing, but it might be that there is something unknowable mixed in.”
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Climate Matters: A search for some delight in a difficult century
I am writing this dispatch from a southbound train, which left Middlebury at midday and is making its way — not too fast, not too slow — toward…
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Letter to the editor: Welcomed Cultrara’s take on climate
I am very grateful to Ollie Cultrara for their perspective on climate.
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Climate-Smart Commodities has awarded $30M to landowners
Marking a transformative investment in forests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program has awarded $30 million to the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and…
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Climate Matters: We should be feeling our feelings
I don’t know about you, but I hate talking about climate change.
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Guest editorial: Climate change is humankind’s biggest uncontrolled experiment
There is no such thing as cold. That might sound idiotic coming from a Vermonter, but it’s true. In actuality there is only heat — and more or…
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Ways of Seeing: Climate initiatives need dedication
So much of this situation rides on money, apathy, and our resistance to change.