Letter to the editor: Congress must protect public lands, water, climate

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.

Over the Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to meet two college students from Afghanistan at a neighborhood gathering. Both were articulate, personable young people, both with bright futures and dark clouds over their horizons. They are out of t … (read more)

I’m involved in the Bristol Community Solar project, trying to enroll faith communities. Participation in BCS lets owners offset electric energy costs on their utility bills with net-metering credits. However, I am finding that faith communities are havin … (read more)

The virus sweeping the country is tragic, but I think it raises some important questions: Do we need to heighten vigilance and planning for events such as these? Investing in coordinated planning at all levels of government might have prepared us for this … (read more)

Not quite 20 years ago my daughter, a newly minted teacher, accepted a teaching job in Vermont, and she and her boyfriend, a retail manager, also newly minted, looked for housing. Low pay and high housing and utility costs made the task hard, but they fou … (read more)