Abagael Giles
Reporter, Environment & Climate ChangeAbagael is Vermont Public's climate change and environment reporter. She joined Vermont Public in 2020. Previously, she was the assistant editor at Vermont Sports and Vermont Ski + Ride magazines. She covered dairy and agriculture for The Addison Independent and got her start covering land use, water and the Los Angeles Aqueduct for The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra in Mammoth Lakes, Ca.
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The largest remaining piece of private property inside the Green Mountain National Forest has been permanently protected from development and will be open to the public in perpetuity. -
We’ve passed a key deadline for Vermont bills to get out of their committees in time for lawmakers to get them to the next chamber this year. What climate bills made it past crossover and which ones didn’t?
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds a new tick-borne illness is on the rise in Vermont, though the number of cases here remains very low.
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Mining waste from a set of copper mines in Orange County has been polluting surrounding streams for over a century. Last month, the federal government announced new funding to help with the clean up. But many neighbors have asked why the mines need to be disturbed after all this time.
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Go for a ride with a snow plow driver in East Calais. Plus, an audit of state paving projects, legislation that would give farmworkers the right to unionize, and an investigation into electric utilities’ response to power outages.
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Senate lawmakers met a key deadline Friday to advance a bill that bans a suite of chemicals from personal care products, textiles and athletic turf.
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A visit to a backyard sauna. Plus, changes to a major housing bill, lawmakers push for the “right to repair,” and a housing project for UVM graduate students breaks ground.
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For the first time, federal regulators have proposed major limits on PFAS in public drinking water. What does this push mean for Vermont?
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The end of an era at Chick’s Market, a historic corner store in Winooski. Plus, new proposed federal regulations for PFAS, a man held at Southern State Correctional Facility has died, and Burlington’s city council denounces transphobia.
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Two Vermont prisons are experimenting with giving incarcerated people more independence. Plus, officials say Vermonters shouldn't worry about the state’s banking system, medical cannabis advocates push for reform, and a rise in fatal car crashes.
