It was only under the “extreme” scenario that nitrogen fertilization was unable to offset negative effects of warming. That scenario had temperatures rise about 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, according to the study’s release.
Poor Vermonters stuck with gasoline powered cars, oil burning furnaces, etc., will end up subsidizing the electric bills of their better-off neighbors who can afford Priuses, solar panels, weatherized homes, electric heat pumps and the like.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello has announced a plan to introduce private school choice options to parents in his territory. This proposal includes charter schools that will be managed by nonprofit organizations, and vouchers so that parents can decide where their children will be educated.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, employees for at least 15 Vermont companies will receive more pay, bonuses or retirement money due to corporate tax savings from the recent federal reform. Also, the carbon tax bill has winners and losers.
Just look at the invasions of liberty under consideration in Montpelier. The House, on a vote of 133-7, has just passed a bill forbidding Vermonters from buying appliances that the State finds to be insufficiently energy efficient.
If conservatives don’t coalesce behind something soon, they will find themselves bystanders as their GOP colleagues link arms with Democrats to preserve and enlarge Obamacare, not to repeal and replace it.
Florida voters will decide next fall whether about 1.5 million felons will regain the right to vote in time for the 2020 presidential election.
The Vermont House Committee on Energy and Technology is taking testimony on the ESSEX carbon tax bill. Here are some questions our legislators (and all Vermonters) should ask regarding the bill.
One of the newest names to emerge in the dossier saga is Jonathan Winer, a former State Department official who met with dossier author Christopher Steele prior to the 2016 election.
School boards from Pennsylvania to Washington state have endorsed “Black Lives Matter at School” week, according to The Washington Post, though it’s unclear just how many schools participated.
The deal is the “second-largest spending increase in a decade, second only to the Obama stimulus, which we all know was the biggest boondoggle that you can imagine.”
Miller shared estimates that the ice cream manufacturer would receive over $800,000 in electricity subsides if the ESSEX carbon tax were to become law. This he described as “obviously not insignificant.” True enough.