The poor will be impacted by climate change to a far greater degree than the wealthy, though all will be affected.
If the carbon fees are rebated to citizens, any price bubbles will be fully compensated for.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Connecting kids and bicycles is part of a new educational initiative at Leland & Gray Union High School. Nine students in grades 9 through 11 are enrolled in Project Bike Tech (PBT) and Bike Tech in School, a bicycle education program similar to auto shop, but for bicycles. "I'm over the moon," says lead teacher Kevin Burke, who is also the school's snowboard coach and a lifelong biking enthusiast. "I'm super excited." He says "it's just really exciting to be...
BRATTLEBORO-Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., will host Big Woods Voices for a special program on Wednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Big Woods Voices celebrates a cappella vocal harmony through arrangements grown from American roots genres, world folk styles, poets old and new, and Will Danforth's sensibilities as an arranger and composer. For this program, they will highlight compositions inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats, David Whyte, Wendell Berry, Alice Oswald, Daniel Leavens Cady, and others. "From heart-moving...
BRATTLEBORO-I wish to thank the voters of Windham-8 for once again electing me to be their representative in Montpelier. I am honored to be chosen. And it is heartening to know that voter turnout in Brattleboro was 70%! I had many wonderful encounters and conversations with constituents as I campaigned door to door. I appreciated getting to know new voters and connecting with old friends and acquaintances. I loved seeing people's gardens up close, hearing your concerns, and experiencing the...
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