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A forest caterpillar that does millions of dollars worth of damage in the eastern U.S. every year also did damage with its common name, which contained a racial slur. Now that name has been changed. -
Fifty-eight percent of Vermonters surveyed expect climate change will have a "major" impact on life in the state over the next 30 years. That's according to a recent VPR-Vermont PBS poll. Here's what the state might look in 2050. -
The study being released on Wednesday warns of spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems coming from the increased threat of catastrophic wildfires. -
Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries says it will move forward with its proposal to become its own electric utility, after state regulators told the company last week that it could not skirt the state’s renewable energy standard. -
The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday amended a controversial decision that would have set major precedent for the way Vermont’s land use law, Act 250, is applied in towns that don’t have local zoning regulations. -
Lawmakers are weighing a policy that would bring major changes to the way Vermonters heat their homes and businesses. The idea is to create a clean heat standard that would slowly change the existing fossil fuels-based market to reduce emissions — without crushing small businesses along the way. -
Vermont’s food scrap mandate becomes a business opportunity. Plus, struggles at the state’s largest hospital, a police chief appointment in Burlington, and COVID-19 numbers. -
The federal government says it will soon tighten regulations around a group of contaminants linked to cancer and other illnesses. Labs are now looking for ways to detect these "forever chemicals".
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The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is rolling out a new program that will pay farmers for reducing the amount of phosphorous lost from their fields, above and beyond state and federal requirements. -
Brave Little StateFood scraps have been banned from Vermonters’ trash since July of 2020. Bella Fearn asked Brave Little State: How’s that going?
