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College teams up with MHG Solar
RUTLAND | Castleton University officials announced a partnership with MHG Solar that will allow Castleton to purchase net-metering credits from a community solar site in nearby Poultney. Read more
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Plattsburgh students call for eco-friendly school solutions
PLATTSBURGH | A handful of passionate Plattsburgh City School District students have hatched a plan to reduce their school’s carbon footprint. 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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McKibben brings climate change message to Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH | Rising sea levels. Melting ice. Droughts. Fires burning more quickly, and more frequently, on the west coast. People in coastal towns displaced by dramatic changes to the landscape. 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
Welcomes alternative energy
I would like to respond to Luke Dailey’s letter to the editor in the Dec. 8 issue of The Sun. Read more
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Looking at a carbon tax
The Dec. 11 Rutland Herald editorial, titled “Classic Conundrum,” asks whether Vermont should tax fossil fuels as “the best, most effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions” or pass because it’s “a tough sell,”... 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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Election has consequences for state
Election Day results from Vermont and across the United States may profoundly affect state, national and global energy policy. Read more
Wind and solar development would ‘scar’ Adirondacks
Are you aware the Adirondack Park Agency has quietly made a move toward embracing industrial wind and solar development inside the Blue Line... Read more
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Moriah Hydro inks investor
MINEVILLE | Albany Engineering Corporation has reached an agreement with Hull Street Energy in Bethesda, Md., to join forces on the $300 million Moriah Hydro project, which will use abandoned iron mines to store renewable energy. Read more
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Wholesale power price hits $2,454 MW hour
MONTPELIER | You may have taken it easy on Labor Day, but Vermont’s electricity grid worked extra hard to keep the lights on– and boy, does it ever charge for overtime. Read more
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Kahn outlines ‘roadmap’ for renewable energy
PLATTSBURGH | The use of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels is catching on in Europe, where two dozen nations last week pledged to boost research funding into the technology. Read more
Drastic remedies needed to combat global warming
With scorching heat and raging wildfires in the west and torrential downpours and massive flooding in the east, global warming is not just about a gentle sea rise any more. Read more
Heat wave revelations
Several readers expressed interest regarding our Panton energy storage story appearing in last week’s Eagle. Read more
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GMP Panton facility vital during heat wave
PANTON | During last week’s record-breaking heat wave, Green Mountain Power (GMP) turned to stored energy to reduce demand on the grid. 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
More solar siting opposition
BRANDON | A large solar power project planned for a rural section of Brandon has some town officials and neighbors upset. Read more
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Middlebury plans large solar array
MIDDLEBURY | The Middlebury Selectboard will hold a public hearing on a proposed solar array and battery storage project planned for the corner of Old Middle and Halladay Roads. Read more
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Report: state policy failing to reduce carbon
MONTPELIER | Vermont’s landmark energy policies are not solving the problems they were designed to solve, according to a March 12 report from Vermonters for a Clean Environment. Read more
