Heating costs hit highest level since 2011 as winter approaches
Propane heating costs in the U.S. rocketed to $2.59 per gallon this month, the highest level in a decade, as winter quickly approaches, the federal government said Friday.
Flemming: What the Vermont climate action plan will mean for you
The climate action plan will burden every Vermont motorist, every business, every city and town and every school and hospital with new regulations, mandates and taxes. It will likely cripple our economy struggling to come out of the painful years of COVID — and send you the bill.
Study shows Vermont’s reserves continue to grow
Pew Charitable Trusts’ report said Vermont can operate for 53.6 days if the state had no other source of revenue, based on its estimated $244 million rainy day fund at the end of fiscal year 2021.
Here are some consultants raking in millions promoting CRT in schools
Diversity, equity and inclusion consultants are getting paid millions of dollars by public schools “to push divisive ideologies” to transform American schools “from institutions of education to places of woke indoctrination.”
Ben and Jerry struggle to defend company’s boycott Israel policy
In this brief interview clip, co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield struggle to explain why they are boycotting Israel but not Texas and Georgia, whose policies on voting rights and abortion they detest.
Controversial ‘Gender Queer’ book in circulation at Essex High School library
“Gender Queer” essentially is a primer for youth on sexual identity, masturbation, gay pornography, sexting and performing gay sexual acts.
New Hampshire school boards are dumping the NSBA after it called parents ‘domestic terrorists’
The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) sent out a letter to its members on Thursday that informed them of its plans “to withdraw its membership from the National School Boards Association, effective immediately.”
Deb Billado: Multimember districts a relic of the past
It is long-past time we abolish this relic of the past so we can give equal representation to Vermonters, break up entrenched incumbent blocks, and help new candidates run for office.
Flemming: The spectacular decrease in forest fires
In the first 10 years of data collection from 1926-1936, the US exceeded 40,000,000 acres burned eight times. So here’s a question: if the fires this summer were “linked definitely to climate change,” what about the fires 90 years ago?
YouTube video documents how masking came to be required for everyone in Vermont
The 6-minute video composed from clips of public meetings held by the Vermont Department of Health in summer 2020 shows why the masking age was dropped to 2 years old, and why mask exemptions are impossible to get.
Billado won’t seek reelection as GOP chair
Citing the responsibilities of a new job, Deb Billado of Essex Junction announced Wednesday she will not seek reelection as chair of the Vermont Republican Party.
Tom Evslin: We can become carbon neutral without bankrupting the state
If the full Climate Council pays as much attention to its own carbon budget as it should, it will realize that there is a doable path to carbon neutrality which has the twin benefits of being achievable and not bankrupting Vermont.