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Report: Housing costs in Vermont escalate, even in recession

Montpelier resident Nancy Smith said she was priced out of many apartments last fall and found herself touring "sub-livable" rentals when she moved to Vermont last fall. Photo by Josh Larkin. The...

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Vermont could lose health care incentives under Ryan budget

Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore A spokesman from Vermont’s Senate delegation said the U.S. House Republican budget proposal to be...

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State to use “crowd-sourcing” to identify telecommunications dead zones

BroadbandVT.org screenshot Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking the public to help his administration find dead zones in the state’s broadband coverage. The governor announced the launch of an interactive...

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Draft horses bring fiber optics to remote locations

For over three decades Claude Desmarais has been laying line with draft horses. Fred has been on the job for five years now. VTD/Eric Blokland Two miles above the village of Greensboro Bend on Stannard...

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Vermont farmers debilitated by floods hope for federal relief

Martin Kemple looks over flooded fields at Foodworks at Two Rivers Farm. VTD/Josh Larkin Throughout the night on Thursday, May 26, Mary and Eric Skovsted watched Joe’s Brook, a Passumpsic River...

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Biomass: A sustainable, but “never carbon neutral” resource

Wood chip boiler at Calais Elementary School. VPIRG is promoting biomass heating systems as an alternative to fossil fuels. Photo by Josh Larkin. As farmers have abandoned fields over the last 150...

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Gaz Metro, owner of Green Mountain Power, part of large international energy...

Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell testifying before the Public Service Board. VTD/Josh Larkin. Green Mountain Power is based in Colchester, and company officials often emphasize the 200-employee...

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Tea partiers demand answers on single-payer financing

Ethan Allen Institue President John McClaughry. Courtesy photo Vermont’s Legislature should release financing information on the newly-passed Green Mountain Care program before the 2012 elections, says...

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Vermont solar farm opening generates positive energy from community, state...

South Burlington's new twenty-five acre solar farm promises to generate a reported 2.2 megawatts of electricity for the state, enough to power roughly 450 homes. VTD/Eric Blokland As 25 acres of solar...

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Canadian power brokers look to transmit electricity to points south

Hydro Quebec headquarters in Montreal. Photo by Adam Fagen. Gov. Peter Shumlin found himself at the center of a provincial balancing act last month. As premiers from eastern Canada and New England...

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Report: Housing costs in Vermont escalate, even in recession

Montpelier resident Nancy Smith said she was priced out of many apartments last fall and found herself touring "sub-livable" rentals when she moved to Vermont last fall. Photo by Josh Larkin. The...

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Vermont could lose health care incentives under Ryan budget

Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore A spokesman from Vermont’s Senate delegation said the U.S. House Republican budget proposal to be...

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State to use “crowd-sourcing” to identify telecommunications dead zones

BroadbandVT.org screenshot Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking the public to help his administration find dead zones in the state’s broadband coverage. The governor announced the launch of an interactive...

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Draft horses bring fiber optics to remote locations

For over three decades Claude Desmarais has been laying line with draft horses. Fred has been on the job for five years now. VTD/Eric Blokland Two miles above the village of Greensboro Bend on Stannard...

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Vermont farmers debilitated by floods hope for federal relief

Martin Kemple looks over flooded fields at Foodworks at Two Rivers Farm. VTD/Josh Larkin Throughout the night on Thursday, May 26, Mary and Eric Skovsted watched Joe’s Brook, a Passumpsic River...

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Biomass: A sustainable, but “never carbon neutral” resource

Wood chip boiler at Calais Elementary School. VPIRG is promoting biomass heating systems as an alternative to fossil fuels. Photo by Josh Larkin. As farmers have abandoned fields over the last 150...

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Gaz Metro, owner of Green Mountain Power, part of large international energy...

Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell testifying before the Public Service Board. VTD/Josh Larkin. Green Mountain Power is based in Colchester, and company officials often emphasize the 200-employee...

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Tea partiers demand answers on single-payer financing

Ethan Allen Institue President John McClaughry. Courtesy photo Vermont’s Legislature should release financing information on the newly-passed Green Mountain Care program before the 2012 elections, says...

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Vermont solar farm opening generates positive energy from community, state...

South Burlington's new twenty-five acre solar farm promises to generate a reported 2.2 megawatts of electricity for the state, enough to power roughly 450 homes. VTD/Eric Blokland As 25 acres of solar...

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Canadian power brokers look to transmit electricity to points south

Hydro Quebec headquarters in Montreal. Photo by Adam Fagen. Gov. Peter Shumlin found himself at the center of a provincial balancing act last month. As premiers from eastern Canada and New England...

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