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California AG affirms legality of environmental justice amid federal challenges
Golden State Today - California
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June 17, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has co-led a coalition of 12 attorneys general to issue guidance affirming the necessity and legality of environmental justice initiatives. This multistate guidance comes as a response to what they describe as...
Seven Things to Know About Vermont's Education Reform Bill
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
As Vermont students said goodbye to their classmates for the summer and teachers gathered for the school year's last faculty meetings, the legislature was also wrapping up its work. The Senate, then the House, voted on Monday to approve H.454, a...
Thursday is a First Alert Weather Day: Tracking heat, humidity, strong storms
WCAX - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Our weather team has issued a First Alert Weather Day for Thursday due to the combination of heat, humidity and the potential for strong to severe storms. TIMING: Temperatures will quickly heat up Thursday morning,...
10 States Facing the Highest Financial Losses from Severe Weather | Insurify
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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Climate change has made extreme weather more prevalent and intense.1 Those consequences are showing up in home insurance premiums, with the average annual cost increasing 30% — $740 — since 2021. Homeowners in states with more extreme weather tend...
UVM hosts Research, Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship summit
WCAX - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The University of Vermont on Tuesday highlighted support for research at its RISE Summit. Over 800 people gathered for the Research, Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship summit to discuss this year’s theme --...
Vermonters rally to demand the release of two migrant leaders
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
Supporters rally to protest the detention of two Migrant Justice activists, Jose Ignacio “Nacho” De La Cruz and Heidi Perez, outside of the Statehouse on Monday, June 16. Photo by Austyn Gaffney/VTDigger Rossy Alfaro stood in front of the Vermont...
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department asks for volunteers to help track Canada Geese
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to help round up Canada Geese and tag them with identification bands.Those bands help experts track the goose population across the state. The department is hoping to get between...
Shelburne's Vermont Tortilla Sold
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 17, 2025
Local business owners Leyland Papa and Lindsey West have teamed up to buy Vermont Tortilla from founders April and Azur Moulaert for an undisclosed price. Papa and West don't anticipate disruptions to the nearly 10-year-old brand, which sells...
McCullough Library trustee honored by Vermont Library Association
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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NORTH BENNINGTON -- Timmy Bullock was recently named Library Trustee of the Year by the Vermont Library Association in recognition of her exceptional work fundraising and advocating for the John G. McCullough Free Library through its Equity and...
Nearly 500 U.S. Hospitals Recognized for Leading Climate-Smart Healthcare
Healthcare Construction + Operations News
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June 16, 2025
Photo: The University of Vermont Medical Center was one of Practice Greenhealth’s Top 25 list of leading climate-smart healthcare facilities. | Photo Credit: University of Vermont Medical Center By Lindsey Coulter RESTON, Va. — Nearly 500...
Red wolf endangered: Best states for wildlife protection
Digital Journal
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June 16, 2025
Red wolf by Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.0, There are over 1,600 endangered and threatened species across the U.S. These species require support from charities and volunteers to survive. “Endangered” signifies a species facing a very high risk of...
The 7 Best Vermont Events This Week: June 18-25, 2025
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 16, 2025
The Butterfly Effect Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 World-class education organization the Caterpillar Lab takes over North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier for a weekend of metamorphosis and mimicry. The traveling exhibition beckons area entomophiles...
Hundreds of ‘most vulnerable’ households to lose emergency shelter as Vermont governor’s order expires
Valley News - New Hampshire
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June 16, 2025
Julie Whitney follows her husband Chuck Rouille to their room at the Travelodge motel on Shelburne Road in South Burlington on Sunday, September 15, 2024. They are waiting to find out if they will soon lose the room provided by the state’s motel...
Flood-prone Vermont towns weigh economic survival against climate-driven buyouts
Environmental Health News
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June 16, 2025
A year after catastrophic flooding in Vermont, small towns like Barre are grappling with the economic strain of federal home buyouts that aim to reduce future flood risk but threaten their financial future. Anna Phillips reports for The Washington...
Commentary | Jim Hurt: Rosy climate remedy might just work
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 16, 2025
Here is a hopelessly rosy, optimistic, forward looking, 'free market' climate remedy to the present unpleasantness that might just work. ‘Lemons to lemonade’ is the theory here. Damn the chaos. Full speed ahead at the state level! The World Bank,...
Border Patrol smashes car window to detain migrant advocate, teenage stepdaughter in Vermont
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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De La Cruz, 29, and Perez had been delivering food to dairy farmworkers in the area when Border Patrol pulled over their vehicle in the northern Vermont town of Richford, according to Will Lambek, a Migrant Justice organizer. Lambek said...
COMMENTARY: Vermont's fiscal mess: Let's slash bloat and restore sanity
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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Rob Roper recently highlighted that, despite a modest increase in Vermont’s state budget this year, it has grown at more than twice the rate of inflation since 2019, resulting in nearly $2 billion in annual spending beyond the rate of inflation....
Ready to see fireworks shows in Vermont? Here's some dates to note
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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Besides sunny days and warm weather, the summer season brings a myriad of outdoor festivals and events. Many of these events - especially ones celebrating Independence Day - end their nights with a fireworks show. For the 4th of July celebrations,...
AG leading suit against NY effort to punish energy firms for climate change warns of major repercussions
Fox News
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Former NYC council minority leader Joe Borelli joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his take on Gov. Kathy Hochul. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul that would impose as much as $75 billion...
Vermont fathers: This Father’s Day, let’s commit to saving rural Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 15, 2025
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