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Is Atlanta a climate haven?
Atlanta Magazine
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June 27, 2025
Photograph by Getty ImagesIf you lived in Atlanta in the months after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, you probably remember the sudden ubiquity of Louisiana license plates across the city. As many as 100,000 people evacuated to metro Atlanta to escape...
Thiess secures $1.5bn contract extension for Lake Vermont Mine in Australia
Mining Technology
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June 27, 2025
Thiess has announced a contract extension valued at A$2.3bn ($1.5bn) over three years at Jellinbah Group’s Lake Vermont Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The new agreement, which supersedes the existing contract set to expire in 2026, will now...
Father accused of murdering 9-year-old daughter in upstate N.Y.
CBS - New York
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New York State Police said the father of a 9-year-old girl who was initially the subject of an Amber Alert and was later found dead has been charged with her murder. Luciano Frattolin faces second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse...
Smokey House Center Hosts 3rd Annual Open House on August 2
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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DANBY — Smokey House Center invites the public to its 3rd Annual Open House on Saturday, August 2, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at its 5,000-acre campus in Danby, Vermont. This free, family-friendly event celebrates summer in the mountains...
Steve Costello's Wildlife: Whooping it up
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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‘What are you seeing?” I asked two women standing along the edge of a swamp, binoculars pointed into the distance. Beside a lot of water, grasses, and trees, I didn’t see a thing. “Baby herons!” one of the women exclaimed. “We’ve counted six nests...
Lawsuit accuses a Putney therapeutic school of creating hostile work environment
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 27, 2025
Photo illustration by Natalie Williams/VTDigger A former employee is suing The Greenwood School in Putney for allegedly permitting sexual harassment and discrimination and breaching an implied contract. The trial date has been set for March 1,...
Good Samaritan Haven hopes to recycle waste district's old office into new Montpelier shelter
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — The historic Barre Street building is under contract, the permits are all in hand, and if Good Samaritan Haven can secure the necessary funding in the next few weeks, the emergency shelter it hopes to open in Montpelier this winter...
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws
Sludge
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June 26, 2025
Nike, Starbucks, and Walmart project a green image, but behind the scenes they’re bankrolling lobbying groups that fight the very policies needed to cut emissions and combat climate change, according to a new scorecard from the corporate...
Support for Climate Superfund Act Surges Amid NJ Heat Wave
Food & Water Watch
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June 26, 2025
Newly released poll shows 68% of New Jersey voters back the bill; majority of Democratic legislators and 40+ municipalities now on board Trenton, NJ — As New Jersey weathers record-breaking heat, support for legislation to hold fossil fuel...
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for all of Connecticut; NWS warns of quarter-sized hail, 65 MPH winds
The Economic Times
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July 20, 2025
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued across Connecticut on Sunday afternoon, July 20 as a cold front moved into the region, prompting concerns over potentially hazardous weather conditions. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the...
Senate Hearing Explores China’s Role In Funding U.S. Climate Groups
Forbes
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Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / ... More POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)POOL/AFP via Getty Images Alleging that foreign money from entities tied to the...
JD Vance’s Idyllic Vacation in Foreign A-List Hotspot to Be Hijacked by Protests
The Daily Beast
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July 21, 2025
Anti-Trump protesters have warned that they will derail JD Vance’s planned English countryside escape. The vice president, his wife Usha, and their three children are expected to explore London in mid-August, rent a cottage in the Cotswolds, and...
Have this giant, noxious weed in your yard? How to get rid of it — without burning yourself
WFFF - Vermont
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July 20, 2025
(NEXSTAR) — The definition of a weed is relatively vague — a plant growing where you don’t want it, experts explain — but some earn an extra adjective to describe them: noxious. That term has a federal definition, thanks to the Plant Protection...
Commentary | Notes from a Vermont activist by Nancy Braus: We can't give up on the environment
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 26, 2025
I am writing this from the inside of an air conditioned motel room in coastal Maine, where my partner and I went to try to cope with a heat dome, a recent phenomenon as far as I can recall. I went for a two hour walk this morning - from 5:30 to...
Thiess inks $2.3bn contract extension at Lake Vermont
Australia Mining
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June 26, 2025
Image: Thiess. Thiess has secured a $2.3 billion contract extension at the Lake Vermont coal mine in Queensland, spanning until June 2028. Located 20km north of Dysart in the Bowen Basin, Lake Vermont is an open cut mine owned by Jellinbah Group...
Petition asks USDA to remove agency’s exemption from National Environmental Policy Act requirements
Food Safety News
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June 26, 2025
The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a petition with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) nearly a year ago, favoring more process in rulemaking. The...
Court offers no relief for Vermont EV funding freeze
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
An electric vehicle plugged into a fast charger in Rutland on Feb. 17, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Federal funds to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Vermont are still on hold after a Tuesday federal court ruling...
Anti-homelessness advocates continue to urge Vermont to change course before July 1
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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Advocates for people experiencing homelessness are sounding the alarm as hundreds of households are set to be exited from a hotel voucher program come Tuesday. Brenda Siegel, executive director of End Homelessness Vermont, said Wednesday that her...
Commentary | Rep. Sandra Pinsonault: Why GOP gains in Vermont mean real progress
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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The 2025 legislative session has come to a dramatic close, and for the first time in years, Vermonters felt the seismic shift in the balance of voices and ideas in the legislature. After nearly two decades of one-party control in Montpelier, the...
The surprising way you can help slow the growth of health care costs in Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
Health care costs can quickly add up as a result of a routine check-up or something more serious, like a trip to the emergency room. But what if we told you that there is a way to help control costs individually and across Vermont, just by having...