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A usually calm, meandering section of the river that flows through Jamaica State Park will become full of rapids. -
Floodplains hold water and keep it out of downtowns and homes. But in a state in dire need of housing, conserving land for protection could take away from building enough houses. -
Green Mountain Power says more people signed up for the batteries, which are able to store power and provide energy during extreme weather events, after this summer's floods. -
Brave Little StateOur rivers weren’t always this fast, deep or powerful — we made them this way. -
A small, unassuming flower called sticky false asphodel is likely carnivorous. It’s in a whole new lineage of carnivorous plants, unrelated to any others previously documented. -
A new law lets Burlington Electric Department test out a program to help low and moderate income "superusers" of gasoline switch to electric vehicles. -
Under above-average conditions, supply margins could get tight, system operators said. -
For the 7th annual Rally for the Planet event, hundreds of students from all over Vermont marched to the Statehouse to advocate for climate action. -
A disagreement over the extent to which Act 250 has impeded the construction of affordable housing in Vermont has fueled an intensifying debate in Montpelier over proposed overhauls to a landmark statute that has governed development in the state for more than 50 years. -
How renewable is Vermont's electricity? 'Brave Little State' looks at fossil fuels in the power gridVermont Edition shares a recent episode of Brave Little State all about where the electricity in Vermont's power grid comes from.
