Letter to the editor: Thinking about climate change

If you believe in climate change as I do, I refer you to the New Yorker publication “The Fragile Earth.”

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 to reach its goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 80% (compared to what it generated during … (read more)

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 rising.

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 to a study published last month by the Climate Economy Action Center of Addison Cou … (read more)

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 substantially compared to driving a fossil-fueled vehicle by yourself. 

This year, the last leaves fell on Nov. 8. Last year they fell on Nov. 3. In 2020 the leaves fell on Oct. 31.

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 climate crisis: listening to and learning from the groups most affect … (read more)

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. 

On paper it looks like Vermont has done a lot to address climate change. 

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 and misleading statements.

“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.”

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 Penn Station in New York City. 

I am very grateful to Ollie Cultrara for their perspective on climate.

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 its partners to help forest landowners implem … (read more)

I don’t know about you, but I hate talking about climate change.