A first-in-the-nation policy that seeks to reduce the amount of fossil fuels Vermonters use to heat their homes would add an estimated 58 cents per gallon to the cost of heating fuel over the next 10 years, according to a report issued by the Public Utility Commission.
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.
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En Vermont, muchos productores lecheros no parecen estar inmediatamente preocupados de perder a su fuerza laboral. Pero los organizadores de los trabajadores agrícolas dicen que están preocupados sobre el aumento de la aplicación de leyes migratorias que empeoran las malas condiciones en las granjas.
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In Vermont, many dairy farmers don’t seem immediately concerned about losing their workforce. But farmworker organizers say they’re worried about increased immigration enforcement worsening poor conditions on farms.
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Conservation officers said a pair of hikers they escorted out of the White Mountains were unprepared for the blizzard-like conditions they encountered in Franconia.
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The parties now say they expect to reach an agreement by March 31, more than two months after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to halt offshore wind.
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Dartmouth researchers say zooplankton could help bury carbon in the ocean. The key to that process? Sprinkling clay dust on the surface of the water.
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The Department for Children and Families unconstitutionally conspired with private service providers to monitor a pregnant woman, attempt to coerce her into a cesarean, and wrongfully take custody of her child, the ACLU of Vermont alleged in a lawsuit.
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The president and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont described the insurer's alarming state of finances in a letter this week.
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Republican Gov. Phil Scott will introduce legislation that would create clearer legal standards for when a defendant can be held without bail. He said the provision will address a practice that his administration has coined “catch and release.”
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