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Vermonters observe anniversary of back-to-back flooding
WCAX - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Many Vermonters are keeping a wary eye on the weather this Thursday as the state observes back-to-back anniversaries of devastating flooding in 2023 and 2024. WCAX News is examining the flooding phenomenon, the progress...
Wildlife tunnels save millions of amphibians
Earth.com
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A new long-term study in Monkton, Vermont, reveals that wildlife tunnels significantly reduce amphibian road mortality during seasonal migrations. Frogs and salamanders often cross roads to reach breeding ponds each spring, but many are killed by...
Vermont updates its Climate Action Plan
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — After two years of historic floods and a radically changed political landscape, Vermont’s plan for a changing climate has received its first update. The Climate Action Plan, adopted four years ago, was updated July 1. “The plan itself...
Vermont to see scattered thunderstorms throughout Thursday
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
Slow-moving showers and scattered thunderstorms that began Thursday morning are expected to continue throughout the afternoon and evening, which could lead to flooding in low lying areas in the state. Some parts of the state may see no...
Climate change brings changes to VT farming
The Charlotte News - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail. Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2...
High risks, low payouts: Vermont farmers say crop insurance falls short
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 13, 2025
Justin Rich’s Burnt Rock Farm lost $200,000 last year, after floods covered entire fields on his riverside land in Huntington with water and debris. After paying his premiums to the federal government’s Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program, Rich...
Tamaqua doesn’t expect changes from trash hauler sale
Times News - Pennsylvania
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Published July 19. 2025 06:34AM Tamaqua residents shouldn’t see any changes in trash collection after their current hauler, Tamaqua Transfer & Recycling Inc., is sold. “I’m sure everyone is aware that Tamaqua Transfer & Recycling is being sold to...
Vermont's historic floods: Looking back on the floods of July 2023 and 2024
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 9, 2025
into the weekend, a warming trend will begin. Hotter conditions will peak on Sunday ahead of a weak cold front, which will bring conditions a little closer to normal after rounds of showers and storms. Then a return to climatological afternoon pop...
Vermont Climate Superfund Lawsuits Pile Up: Advocacy Groups Join Defense
The Montpelier Bridge - Vermont
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July 9, 2025
The Vermont Climate Superfund Law aimed at holding oil companies financially responsible for flooding and other damages caused by climate change is facing a flurry of litigation that Gov. Phil Scott anticipated when he declined to endorse the...
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New York Post
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July 19, 2025
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. We’re onto moving day at the 2025 Open Championship. Cuts have been made, and the...
Vermont climate goals face setbacks as federal support disappears
Environmental Health News
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July 8, 2025
Vermont’s updated Climate Action Plan outlines major steps to cut carbon emissions, but faces steep financial and political barriers as federal climate funding disappears under the Trump administration. Austyn Gaffney reports for VTDigger. In...
Editorial: Work to do
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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This week, State Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s task force on the federal transition released its final report with recommended actions to strengthen Vermont’s economy and the state’s fiscal stability in response to federal policy changes and reduced...
Wildlife course for educators coming July 20-25
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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July 8, 2025
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s fish and wildlife summer course for educators will be held July 20-25 at the Buck Lake Conservation Camp in Woodbury, and there is still room for a few more participants. “Wildlife Management and Outdoor Education Techniques...
Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans
Ballotpedia
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July 8, 2025
Welcome to the Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans Nine candidates running in Aug. 5 primary for mayor of...
Vermonters Fight To Free Their Dairy Farmworker Neighbors
Truthdig
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July 8, 2025
On a cool May afternoon, a group of Vermonters crowded into the cheerful, teal-painted headquarters of Migrant Justice, a human rights organization led by immigrant farmworkers. The team of over a dozen volunteers assembled quickly, in just a...
Vermont summer camps explain their safety plans in the event of severe weather
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 8, 2025
As the region enters flood season, summer camps are in full swing. Kids come to the Green Mountains for engagement while school is out. It comes at a time when experts say climate change is causing extreme weather to intensify. NBC 5 spoke with...
Floods strike Vermont again
WCMH - Ohio
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July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – After back-to-back years of devastating flooding, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), is urging Congress to overhaul how the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters. Flooding in 2023 and 2024 caused more than $1...
EPA Launches New Online Resource to Address Concerns About Geoengineering, Including Negative Impacts on Environment and Public Health
American Greatness
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July 11, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday launched a new website to address the public’s growing concerns about geoengineering and contrails. The EPA’s resource on geoengineering details the potentially negative impacts it can have on...
No quick fix in sight for Gray weather tower
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 11, 2025
Near the regional National Weather Service office in Gray there's a Doppler radar tower standing partially hidden among the trees. The tower was built 50 feet lower than standard weather radar towers and now, due to tree growth, it can't properly...
Commentary | Margaret MacLean: Protect rural Vermont – Support rural schools and their communities.
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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July 11, 2025
While it’s summer and classrooms are quiet, school board work across Vermont is anything but. With the passage of H.454 and major education transformation on the horizon, school boards from Arlington to Canaan are deep in discussion, preparing for...