Vermont environment coverage
VTDigger reports on environmental issues across Vermont, including climate change, energy policy, agriculture, conservation and water quality.
Here you’ll find coverage of environmental policy, scientific developments and the local impacts of decisions that shape the state’s natural resources.
National Weather Service classifies West Woodstock storm as EF1 tornado
Meteorologists made the EF1 determination after conducting a field survey the morning after the storm.
‘Vermont that still feels wild’: 3 waterways proposed for the ‘National Park System for rivers’
“This really is a partnership of the federal government through the park service with the local communities, where local communities are in the lead,” said Ben Applegate, who is leading one of the efforts.
2 central Vermonters invited to Washington event honoring extreme weather survivors
An artist and restaurant founder will meet with lawmakers to share the impact the floods in 2023 and 2024 had on them and their communities.
Vernon community and the state grapple with potential redevelopment of Vermont Yankee site
Ideas for the site of the former nuclear plant include a data center, battery storage or a small nuclear reactor, but no plan has yet been finalized.
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Public weighs in on roadmap for state land planning
Some worry public input may suffer under proposed rules; proponents say it would streamline the process.
Down the tubes: Vermont volunteers crawl culverts to outsmart the next flood
As climate change contributes to more intense rainfall, community groups and Dartmouth researchers team up to help monitor Vermont’s vast network of culverts.
Vermont Conversation: Celebrating and defending protest, America’s founding principle
Annie Leonard and André Carothers are co-authors of “Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It.” The activists have each spent over a decade with Greenpeace USA and on June 6 will offer a nonviolent resistance training in Vermont.
As Vermont is a key link in global species movement, state and partners build out conservation networks and wildlife passages
“These linkage areas are incredibly important for allowing for wildlife movement in response to climate change,” a state biologist said.
Researchers at Vermont orchard work to bring back the American elm tree in New England
The species suffered a mass decline decades ago. Researchers are studying how to restore disease-resistant elm trees, with the goal of increasing biodiversity and flood resilience in the process.
In rural Vermont, a pioneer of beaver coexistence continues his life’s work
Skip Lisle has spent decades trying to convince Vermonters that beavers are worth living with.
Solar array gone awry: Vermont probes solar development owner about broken solar panels in Shaftsbury
Agriculture agency says it is “working to learn more.”
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