Climate Matters: Turn to the sun, not ‘treewashing’

It pains me a bit to say, massive tree-planting campaigns are under assault as a climate tool, and that the assault seems to have some real merit.

I felt sick watching the sun rise above the mountains: the hazy orange light, the smell of barbecue, the dry rasp in my throat. I had experienced this all before, out on the West Coast.

In Vermont, most of us accept that climate change is real, has profound impacts on our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren, and should force us to change our daily practices.

My wife Judy and I have been growing organic vegetables commercially since 1981 and our daughter Pauline is in the process of taking over the operation in Shoreham.