Community Assessment Tools Workshop - Save Energy and Reduce Carbon in Your Community
Fri 5-30
| Date Posted | Description |
|---|---|
| Fri 1-25 | Who owns your water? Documentary touches on questions heard by State lawmakers MONTGOMERY/MONTPELIER: Its as fundamental as the air we breath, but issues surrounding drinking water are rarely as clear as they appear. ...more |
| Thu 1-10 | Vermont lawmakers will look to ease housing crunch, but plans to ease regulations worry some environmentalists "Steve Holmes, the Sustainable Communities Program Director for the Vermont Natural Resources Council, one of the state's most influential environmental and land-use organizations, is cautious about tinkering with Act 250. The group, Holmes said, is amenable to the higher Act 250 threshold, but only if the new developments adhere to "smart growth" principles that promote high-density housing in areas with access to existing sewage, water and other urban infrastructure." ...more |
| Sun 12-30 | Williston Growth Center: Challenging the process "The Vermont Natural Resources Council strongly supports the growth center law. In fact, VNRC was instrumental in ushering it through the Legislature in 2006. Our recent appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court in the Williston case in no way attacks the merits of the law or the town of Williston's efforts, but instead challenges the process by which this, Vermont's first-ever growth center, was created." ...more |
| Thu 12-20 | On climate and energy, it's Economics 101 "The governor's response to the commission's report has been a real disappointment. He thanked the six commission members for a recommendation we did not make (developing an exclusive partnership with UVM) and then outlined an action plan that has been criticized by both the left and right." ...more |
| Tue 12-18 | Group challening Williston designation as growth center "The Vermont Natural Resources Council is planning to appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court a decision by the Expanded Downtown Board that set the growth center to include all the shopping areas around Taft Corners." ...more |
| Wed 6-27 | Wal-Mart faces permit deadline BENNINGTON The Vermont Environmental Court set a firmer deadline Monday for an out-of-state developer to double the size of the current Wal-Mart.. ...more |
| Tue 6-26 | E-court squeezes Wal-Mart to file plan
BENNINGTON The Vermont Environmental Court nudged a developer planning to build a new Wal-Mart into ...more |
| Wed 6-20 | Water ownership question leads to debate Who owns the water? It's a simple question that's led to a very complex legal debate. ...more |
| Fri 5-18 | Vt. highway study is overdue WILLISTON An environmental study of a long-stalled new highway through Vermont's most populous county is taking longer and costing more than expected. ...more |
| Thu 5-17 | Wal-Mart still in the works BENNINGTON The developer planning to build a larger Wal-Mart at the store's current location will not be filing Act 250 permit ...more |
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