The state of Vermont is asking for public input on a draft of an updated Comprehensive Energy Plan for how to get to 90 percent renewable energy by 2050. It's a chance for Vermonters to weigh in on where the state is heading on energy, and how we can get there. What sources do we want in the mix, and what policy and infrastructure do we need?
To talk about the plan, we're joined by Dr. Asa Hopkins, state director of energy policy and planning. We're also talking to William Driscoll, Vice President of Associated industries of Vermont, and Karen Horn, director of public policy and advocacy at the Vermont League of Cities and Towns.
A schedule of hearings on the plan can be found here, and written comments on the plan can be left here.
Also on the program, it's not the first time that Vermont has faced an opiate-addiction crisis. In 1900, it was estimated that Vermonters consumed a staggering 3.3 million doses of opium every month. Historian Gary Shattuck joins us to discuss his research into the subject.
Broadcast live on Mon., Oct. 19, 2015 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
