Abagael Giles
Reporter, Environment & Climate ChangeAbagael is Vermont Public's climate and environment reporter, focusing on the energy transition and how the climate crisis is impacting Vermonters — and Vermont’s landscape.
Abagael 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 Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is looking for public feedback on the first ever long range management plan for the Worcester Range. The plan has reignited ongoing debate over how to manage Vermont's forests in the face of climate change.
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A block of nearly 5,000 acres of forest in the northern Green Mountains has been permanently conserved and protected from development, say Northeast Wilderness Trust, The Nature Conservancy and Vermont Land Trust.
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After a year of historic flooding, some Vermont lawmakers and environmental advocates are pushing for the state to create a new program similar to the federal Superfund program to pay for climate damages with money from big oil companies.
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In his annual budget address Tuesday, Scott, a Republican, called on Democratic lawmakers to rein in spending growth that he says has “crushed” working-class Vermonters with higher taxes and fees.
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The coalition of advocacy groups says the department acted unlawfully by lifting a moratorium on hunting coyotes with hounds, and that they are concerned new trapping regulations don't go far enough.
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Businesses must register with the Public Utility Commission thanks to a law passed last year. They have less than two weeks.
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The Scott administration on Wednesday told members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy that their best modeling predicts the state is on track to meet the first deadline for reducing greenhouse gas emissions — set by the Global Warming Solutions Act — in 2025. But others in the room say the administration's view is too rosy.
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After more than a year of soggy weather, loggers and mill operators say their industry needs help adapting to climate change. A bipartisan group of Vermont lawmakers have proposed a $5 million plan.
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Six months after the July floods, Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Phil Scott appear to be at odds over how much state funding should be allocated for the ongoing recovery effort.
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Climate change is bringing more extreme rain to Vermont. That means more flooding. And also, more landslides.