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Last month, Vermont-based company iSun declared bankruptcy. Now, a former executive with the company has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging it misled shareholders with extensive wrongdoing. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott says the 'renewable energy standard' will increase electricity costs at a time when Vermont is becoming increasingly unaffordable. -
Most controversially, the bill would quadruple the amount of power that utilities must purchase from new renewables, and double how much power they must purchase from new renewables built in Vermont. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott hopes voter disaffection over new government spending will erode the supermajority that Democrats have relied on to overcome his veto power. -
Lawmakers in the Vermont Senate voted Tuesday to advance one of the most significant and controversial climate bills of the session. -
Vermont's bee population is healthy, according to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, but beekeepers say their bees are in crisis. At the center of the debate are pesticides known as neonicotinoids. -
Learning more about snow making with Jay Peak Resort and Efficiency Vermont. -
The fifth National Climate Assessment was released on Tuesday. Fourteen federal agencies contributed to the report, which is mandated by law and produced at least every four years, although this one took close to five. -
The former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is on track to be decommissioned ahead of schedule as only one building remains. -
Flooding is a normal part of life for many plants that grow in the floodplains and dunes of Vermont. But this year's floods were different.
