George Harvey On January 27, President Joe Biden may have changed the course of history when he signed a pair of executive orders and a memorandum at a White House briefing. We have posted a full transcript of his remarks … Continue reading →
Bring Your Lunch and Learn about Public Engagement Opportunities on Climate in 2021 Join us on Monday, January 11th at noon to reconnect with local energy leaders across Vermont who are dedicated to climate action in Vermont. 2021 offers … Continue reading →
Roger Lohr The Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum in Stowe, Vermont is hosting a Red Bench Discussion on April 11th at 6:00pm on the topic of “Actions to Slow Climate Change.” Participants in the discussion will include a representative from … Continue reading →
Days before his death, Wallace Broecker urged scientists to consider deploying a last-ditch solar shield to stop global warming. March 3, 2019, 5:34 AM EST By James Rainey After struggling with heart disease for decades, the renowned climate scientist Wallace … Continue reading →
Frosty Wooldridge India expects its population to jump from 1.252 billion to 1.55 billion within 33 years. It adds 16 million, net gain, annually. Their human misery index explodes off the charts. In 1960, India reached 500,000,000 people. Today, driven … Continue reading →
While the governors of northeastern states meet with the premiers of the eastern Canadian provinces in a conference sponsored by big energy corporations in Stowe, community activists and experts will discuss the perils fracked gas pipelines, mega-dams and their associated … Continue reading →
Accel-VT to Graduate First Climate Economy Business Cohort Eight climate change innovation entrepreneurs participate in business accelerator to help solve distributed energy challenges with the electric grid while honing business models for success in the marketplace Eight entrepreneurial start-up companies … Continue reading →
By George Harvey According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere set a historic record in 2016. The same levels had been reached 800,000 years ago, but since then, things have changed … Continue reading →
By Dr. Alan K. Betts The weather this past summer was a wake-up call. It was exceptionally warm across the western United States, and there was little rainfall across the Northwest. The result was widespread forest fires, which filled the … Continue reading →
By Kirsti Blow, Center for Research on Vermont As Vermonters begin to welcome fall, the state’s environment goes through its many visible changes – and as the legislative session looms, policy concerns are coloring the public discourse. The prevalence of … Continue reading →