Letter to the editor: ‘Later’ is too late to act on CO2

According to the latest figures from the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, 65% of adults in the US somewhat or strongly agree that global warming is affecting the weather.

Federal programs are in Jeopardy, and people will suffer and die.

This week, in our local Front Porch Forum, neighbors wrote in to complain that there was too much political discussion going on regarding the events in Washington.

Do East Street and High Street look alike on an address label? If not, how is it that a package addressed to my house on East Street gets delivered on High Street? And where in the world did another package containing lobster potpie get delivered or throw … (read more)

Most of us now live better, have more, and expect more than previous generations could have even dreamed of, and that has consequences.

Four Addison County candidates for Vermont Senate presented their positions at Bristol’s Holley Hall last week. Incumbents Christopher Bray and Ruth Hardy shared a very different vision than that of Steven Heffernan and Landel Cochran on the direction we … (read more)

Aside from the obvious environmental and job benefits, community solar properly structured, can offer significant benefits for low- and middle-income participants.

In his letter to the editor in the September 5 Addison Independent, Hal Cohen asserts that those who support the Palestinians’ right to exist are actually Hamas supporters and are therefore traitors.

The primary for Vermont statewide offices is next Tuesday, August 13th, and I’m supporting Senator Chris Bray.

The House FY24 Interior Appropriations bill will harm our sacred Earth and our beloved communities.

Recently I read a statement by a person who argued that divestment, while morally defensible, was a naive choice for older investors who depended on their investments for living expenses.

In Vermont, one in 11 people face hunger. The situation is even worse for children, with one in eight Vermont children facing hunger.

Last week on CNN the parents of one of the children gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas were interviewed about the impact of their loss.

Pass H.175, the Bottle Bill, and bring Vermont into the 21st century.

I am a Bristol Energy Committee member and here are my thoughts on Vermont’s energy policy.