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The Very Hungry City - by Austin Troy
Mon 2-13
Lake Champlain Legislative Day
Wed 2-15
Bloom Film Series Television Premier
Wed 2-29
The End of Cheap Energy -
James Howard Kunstler
Wed 3-14
Vermont Energy Independence Day
Wed 3-21
FLOW
Wed 3-21
Sustainable Urbanism: Building Accessible, Livable, and Prosperous Communities - Robert Cervero
Thu 4-05
6th LEAP Energy Fair
Sat 4-14
| Date Posted | Description |
|---|---|
| Wed 11-04 | Legal roadblock raised on new ATV rule Jamey Fidel of the Natural Resources Council, which opposes the proposed ATV rules, said his organization did not realize at the time the change was being made that it could result in ATV trails on state land. "Had we been aware of the scope of what was being proposed we would have requested to be allowed to testify" in the transportation committees that considered the change, Fidel said. ...more |
| Sun 11-01 | The Weekly Planet: The gift of sharing By ELIZABETH COURTNEY Vermonters recently experienced an impressive global public display of activism on the issue of climate change. Oct. 24, the International Day of Climate Action spurred a tidal wave of activity in Vermont and literally all over the planet. ...more |
| Sun 11-01 | I Believe: 'The climate-change conundrum is like none we have faced' I believe in the laws of nature, the power of people and our capacity for innovation and leadership. I also believe there is no more important time for these characteristics to converge in an intentional and bold way. That’s because I believe we face a challenge unmatched in human history: climate change. ...more |
| Mon 6-15 | Free Press: Trash-to-energy plants pose environmental hazard "'Incinerating the nation's trash is a dirty, damaging and short-sighted non solution to the waste management problem,' said Elizabeth Courtney of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, another environmental group opposed to the trash-to-energy concept." (Note: Links to Free Press articles become inactive after a short period) ...more |
| Mon 6-15 | VPR: ATVs on public land subject of public hearing "Jamey Fidel is forest program director is with the Vermont Natural Resources Council. He was a member of the 2004 collaborative, which could not come to consensus on the state lands issue." ...more |
| Mon 6-15 | Should state open lands to ATVs? "Jamey Fidel, with the Vermont Natural Resources Council in Montpelier, said his organization worries that the proposed rule could create a scary new precedent." ...more |
| Sun 6-14 | Times Argus: Conserve and protect: New wetlands law a model of good policy By JAKE BROWN ... "Thanks to years of hard work by Vermonters with widely diverse interests, a new wetlands law is now in place that improves the regulation of these valuable natural resources across the Green Mountain State..." ...more |
| Wed 1-14 | Walmart Act 250 plan filed (Rutland Herald) "In 2006, the town's Development Review Board granted local permits for the store expansion, but both the developer and grass-roots group, the Citizens for a Greater Bennington, appealed the decision. The town, the developer and the citizens' group, represented by the Vermont Natural Resources Council, participated in mediation, as required by the Vermont Environmental Court, in Arlington in June." ...more |
| Sat 1-10 | Douglas meets resistance on permit reform (Associated Press) "'The governor is relying on anecdotes from a narrow group of development interests to set state policy, rather than reaching out to a broad group of people involved in the permitting and natural resource protection fields,' said Brian Shupe of the Vermont Natural Resources Council." ...more |
| Fri 1-09 | Act 250 reform also a target (Montpelier-Barre Times Argus) "Environmental advocates, including Jake Brown with the Vermont Natural Resources Council, called Douglas' permit reform proposal a 'solution looking for a problem.'" ...more |
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