AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoUtility & Climate Resilience: The Vermont Public Utility Commission approved a 5.5% rate increase for Green Mountain Power, effective October, after a fight over how much customers should pay to bury and harden the aging grid against more storm-driven outages. Water Quality & Working Lands: VHCB’s Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program awarded more than $1 million in 2026 grants to farm and forest businesses, including water-quality projects aimed at cutting runoff and improving soil and manure management. PFAS Research Push: Bennington College and partners won $7.9 million to launch a PFAS Environmental Research Network, expanding Vermont-based work to track “forever chemicals” in groundwater and soil. Wildlife Conservation: U.S. Forest Service and Nature Conservancy researchers are spreading Dutch elm disease to thousands of trees in Vermont to test whether survivor-bred elms can resist the fungus. Homelessness Services Access: Vermont 211’s emergency housing intake hours are shrinking under a new state continuum, shifting after-hours coverage away from the hotline. Arctic Monitoring: MIT researchers are using underwater sensors to listen to Arctic sea-ice changes and separate ice “quakes” from animal and ship sounds. Local Energy Costs: A federal court blocked New York’s $75 billion climate “superfund” plan targeting fossil-fuel producers, a decision Alabama is celebrating.
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