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Four Months After Irene [VIDEO]

12/18/11: Eva revisits Vermont people and businesses affected by Tropical Storm Irene in Warren, Waitsfield, Waterbury, Jamaica and Wilmington to see how they are faring four months later.Music: Grace...

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As Goes Japan...

In a recent New Yorker piece about a boutique coffee grower in El Salvador, the writer cites a single source for his recap of the global history of coffee: a book written by Mark Pendergrast of...

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Totally Uncool

Over the years, climate change has gone by many names: weather disruption, climate destabilization, global warming — or global weirding — even “atmospheric cancer.” In Vermont, we might dub it the...

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NEK Snowmobile Drag Racing

1/21/12: Eva heads to an icy corn field in Lyndonville for NEK Snowmobile Drag Racing. The event is hosted by Lyndon Sno Cruisers, a non-profit organization who use the money they raise to groom their...

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Local Filmmaking Team Takes on Lake Champlain's Toxic Bloom

If you live along Lake Champlain, you’ve heard the periodic warnings to stay out of the water. In a state known for its eco-consciousness, how did our largest lake get so polluted? And what can we do?...

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Prophet and Loss

Radical environmentalist James Howard Kunstler shares an Old Testament prophetic shtick with radical abolitionist John Brown — who, not surprisingly, is one of his heroes. Just as Brown thundered...

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VT State Science & Math Fair

3/31/12: The 52nd annual VT State Science & Math Fair was held at Norwich University in Northfield last Saturday. 170 students in grades 5-12 were awarded prizes and college scholarships that add...

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My Side of the Mountain

After years of contention, debate and construction — not to mention political theater, civil disobedience, arrests and lawsuits — the turbines are at long last turning at Kingdom Community Wind, the...

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Bill McKibben Recruits Vermont for the Next Climate-War Offensive: Divest...

Bill McKibben’s new front in the fight against climate change is less about tree hugging and more about number crunching. The renowned climate activist and Vermont resident is headlining a...

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Snowmaking Is a Survival Strategy for Vermont Cross-Country Ski Areas

It’s been a good year — so far — for Vermont’s cross-country ski areas, thanks to the biggest snowfall since March 2011. But a growing number of Nordic centers are betting such snows will soon be the...

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Wind-Power Opponents Question Favorable Poll Numbers

As Montpelier prepares to do battle over a proposed moratorium on industrial wind power, both sides are trying to show that public opinion is on their side. Nine state senators — five Democrats and...

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For a North Country Paper Mill, Natural Gas Could Be a Lifesaver

What’s a paper mill to do in an age when people are less inclined to use hard copy? Get lean. That’s why International Paper’s Ticonderoga mill is offering to chip in $70 million to finance an...

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A New Climate-Health Program Readies Vermont for Global Warming Ills

Vermont health officials are spending $1 million to study how a silent killer will impact its citizenry in the coming decades. Cancer, heart disease or heroin addiction? Nope. Try climate change. The...

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Buddy's Bus

5/3/13: For a decade, bus driver Buddy Longworth has been making thousands of buddies across Vermont, one mile at a time. Whether it's Peppermint Patty Friday, reading poetry over the PA, decorating...

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Why Are We Getting So Much Rain This Year, and Will It Ruin Our Summer?

Complaining about rain in Vermont may be like complaining about the heat in Arizona, but this year Vermonters could be forgiven for thinking storm clouds have settled in for good. WCAX weatherman Gary...

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Bread & Puppet Turns 50

8/18/13: Bread & Puppet Theater is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer in Glover. Eva attended the Total This and That Circus in Two Parts on Sunday to meet some of the artists and activists.

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Can Local Farmers Keep Feeding Burlington in an Uncertain Climate?

Horns blend with the strings of the kamel n’goni as Afro-funk band Barika rocks out in the Intervale Community Barn. It’s Thursday, and from late June to early September, that means Summervale, a...

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Too Close to the Edge: Vermont Lawmakers to Focus on Shoreline Protection

When legislation to restrict development along the edges of lakes and ponds failed to pass the Vermont Senate last spring, the bill’s supporters left the Statehouse with a new concern: What if property...

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Health Experts Laud New Woodstove Rules; Stove Makers Doubt They'll Clear the...

Sarah Cosgrove works at ground zero for Vermont asthmatics. The 35-year-old respiratory therapist serves as an asthma educator and tobacco-cessation specialist for Rutland Regional Medical Center. In...

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Whatever Happened to Burlington's Ban on Excessive Car Idling?

Walking up Marble Avenue on a recent 35-degree morning, I noticed a parked car idling with no one in it. Presumably the owner didn’t want to get in a cold car to drive to work. On St. Paul Street,...

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