My best friend Tim Hayward died early Sunday morning. Over the last 50 years, he has been the greatest force for good and effective government in Vermont that you never heard of. He has done more for Vermont and all of us here than most people you hear about daily. Governor Phil Scott’s statement More...
We should mitigate climate effects.
We’ve had a run of bad weather. Severe flood events that typically occur once a century seemed to have bunched up in the last decade or so. Even though there is debate over how much of this extreme c More...
Undergrounding power lines is good energy, environmental, economic and customer service policy.
Green Mountain Power, Vermont’s largest utility recently More...
Climate change hysteria is distracting from other man-made environmental problems.
Maui
Climate change is mentioned prominently in almost every story about the fires in Maui. More...
Act 250 and zoning changes urgently needed.
First, kudos to Vermont first responders, road crews, volunteers, neighbors helping neighbors, town and state officials and even FEMA for a very quick and effective response to the immediate More...
Free stuff creates demand – and dependency.
The New York Times wrote about the partial end of Vermont’s Emergency Hotel Program:
Problem or opportunity?
Even before the pandemic, homeowners were switching their long-term rental apartments to short-term rentals (STRs) arranged by Airbnb and the like. Even way back then, new houses, at least here in Vermont, were More...
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