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Two people in flannels and sweatshirts and baseball caps with hats over them hold a plastic tube while standing on a roof covered in snow. The tube feeds into an opening into the attic.
Abagael Giles
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Vermont Public
Pandemic-era federal funding allowed Vermont to double its budget for free weatherization for low income households, and, for the first time, help people with leaky roofs or dirt floor basements. Now, a key share of that money is about to dry up.
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Austin Leathers for the New England News Collaborative)
Austin Leathers
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for the New England News Collaborative
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.