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What’s the big idea? Taxing heating fuels
Recently, the Vermont House passed a bill that raised taxes on the wrong people to support a worthy cause for, in large measure, the wrong reasons. Read more
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Vermont: Nukes still help meet state’s CO2 goals
The Democrats’ Green New Deal’s dismissal of nuclear power dooms it to failure as a realistic plan to reduce carbon emissions, according to some climate change experts. Read more
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Ways to reduce CO2 emissions without taxing carbon - Part 2
MONTPELIER | To listen to the renewable power industry and its supporters in the Vermont Legislature, you might think carbon taxation is the only certain way to reduce CO2 emissions. Read more
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Ways to reduce CO2 emissions without taxing carbon
MONTPELIER | To listen to the renewable power industry and its supporters in the Vermont Legislature, you might think carbon taxation is the only certain way to reduce CO2 emissions. Read more
Free weatherization services available
TICONDEROGA | Applications are now being accepted for the Adirondack Community Action Program, Inc. (ACAP) Weatherization Assistance Program of Essex County for 2018-2019. Read more
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Area farmers react to Farm Bill
WILLSBORO | George Sayward said the dairy industry is as bad as he’s ever seen it in his four decades as a farmer. Read more
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2019: A new session in Montpelier
MIDDLEBURY | With the 2018 mid-term campaign and election season now over, Vermont legislators are enjoying a late-year respite before the start of a new legislative session in Montpelier starting in January. Read more
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Plattsburgh entrepreneur aims to pioneer low-cost crypto heat
PLATTSBURGH | A local entrepreneur has designed a mechanism that may be able to capture wasted heat from cryptocurrency mining rigs and funnel it where it could prove useful — commercial and municipal buildings. Read more
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Champlain lowlands may sit atop natural gas
MIDDLEBURY | There’s natural gas and maybe even petroleum in them thar hills of Vermont. Read more
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With reserves dwindling, Schuyler Falls plans double-digit tax hike
SCHUYLER FALLS | After nearly a decade of paying down residents’ taxes with money from the town’s reserves, Schuyler Falls is running out of cash. Read more
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Cobb, seeking Congress seat, lives her values
PLATTSBURGH | More than any other issue, health care has animated the national and local political landscape during the midterm election cycle. Read more
PRIDE seeks housing grant
TICONDEROGA | Residents of the Greater Ticonderoga area who live in older mobile homes that are drafty or unsafe could potentially be eligible for a new house under a New York grant program that will be accepting applications this fall. Read more
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Shakeup on Chester ZBA, town property maintenance law eyed
CHESTERTOWN | In a mission to force cleanup of abandoned and foreclosed properties in town, the Chester town board is considering establishing a property maintenance ordinance. Read more
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Chester to consider LED lighting for town hall
CHESTERTOWN | The Chester Town Board will be considering a proposal from Hill Electric for a roughly $30,000 project to install LED lighting in Chester Town Hall. Read more
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Construction zone
MIDDLEBURY | Construction began two weeks ago with the excavation of a limited access road that will lead to a new solar-power array site... Read more
Town solar project proposed
RUTLAND TOWN | One of Rutland County’s largest solar array facilities is planned for agricultural land owned by Thomas Dairy property in 2018. Read more
State approves National Grid rate increase
ALBANY | Local National Grid customers will see an 11 percent increase in their electricity and gas rates over the next three years. Read more
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Keene Valley library wins major grant awards
KEENE VALLEY | The Keene Valley Library Association has won two major grant awards. Read more
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Vermont dairy sector going green
MIDDLEBURY | A typical tourist trip to Vermont might include hiking on the Long Trail, skiing at one of our many resorts, fishing for wild brook trout, visiting a farm, and sampling some of the finest cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Read more
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Local wood fueling Vermont’s long winter
MIDDLEBURY | Vermonters have stayed warm during winter since the days native Abenaki people hunted the woods and streams of the future Green Mountain State. Read more
