Climate Matters
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Climate Matters: Perspectives on change
Amid wildfire smoke, a recent drought and frequent flooding from global warming, climate change remains a huge challenge for Vermont. So, climate is a huge election issue, right?…
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Climate Matters: Working together in ways large & small creates big change
“Addressing climate change leans heavy on the “unity’ part, on our ability and willingness to pull together.”
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Sewage and climate: Middlebury has a choice
Using gas to dry sludge would bust our greenhouse gas goals.
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The solar panel is the new peace symbol for the War in Iran — and in Addison County
That the war in Iran is a sad fiasco becomes more apparent each day: our president declared “total victory” in the first few hours but somehow our adversaries…
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Climate Matters: EV drivers can now overcome range anxiety
“Just in the past year, the combination of reliable apps, stronger car batteries, and the rapidly expanding charger network have greatly eased EV charging anxiety.”
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Climate Matters: Behold the magic of heat pumps
“Here’s the beauty of heat pumps: they move more energy than they require to operate.”
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Climate Matters: Let’s keep working to reduce greenhouse gasses
The recently published Town Energy Committee’s report for 2024 shows that town operations are heading in the wrong direction, with a 16% increase in greenhouse gas emissions compared…
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Climate Matters: Please don’t move the goalposts
Late January. By now most of us have already abandoned our New Year’s Resolutions to eat better, drink less, exercise more, be a better friend. Resolutions are hard…
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Climate Matters: Jared Duval, the Clean Heat Standard and Vermont’s transition away from fossil fuel
Mike Roy spoke with Jared Duval, an appointed member of the Vermont Climate Council who chairs the Council’s Science & Data subcommittee, about the wonky, but important, Clean…
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Climate Matters: Who knew? Doughnuts are actually good for us!
In her book “Doughnut Economics,” economist Kate Raworth proposes an alternative way to think about economics, and about how we organize our society.
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Climate Matters: Big victories for greener energy in Vermont
The Legislature last week achieved several milestones on the way to reducing climate pollution — even in the face of Gov. Phil Scott’s best efforts to keep Vermont…
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Climate Matters: Thoughts on the birth of my first grandchild
Asa Caleb Crane was born a few weeks ago. He came into the world with a full head of hair, and on first impression an undeniable charisma, a…
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Climate Matters: While CO2 reduction effort progresses, more work is needed
While conservation and efficiency are important components of an overall strategy to get to our GHG reduction goal, we can’t get to an 80% reduction by conservation and…
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Climate Matters: As climate crisis rages, Green Mt. National Forest misses the boat
It is widely understood that cutting mature forests is bad for the climate. Last year the public responded with over 1,300 comments against logging and less than 100…
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Climate Matters: False solutions or a greener path for Vt.?
This has been a brutal year for many Vermonters, with waves of extreme weather driven by climate change.
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Climate Matters: It’s time to prepare for climate migration… now
I fear that, in some important ways, we Vermonters have our heads in the sand about climate change and its likely impacts.