Abagael Giles
Reporter, Environment & Climate ChangeAbagael is ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's climate and environment reporter, focusing on the energy transition and how the climate crisis is impacting Vermonters â€� and Vermont’s landscape.
Abagael joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý in 2020. Previously, she was the assistant editor at Vermont Sports and Vermont Ski + Ride magazines. She covered dairy and agriculture for The Addison Independent and got her start covering land use, water and the Los Angeles Aqueduct for The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra in Mammoth Lakes, Ca.
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Ice out at Joe's Pond is a celebrated marker of spring in the Northeast Kingdom. But the annual contest, where people bet on the date each year, also provides hugely useful data for climate scientists. -
As House lawmakers take up the Climate Superfund Act, climate scientists urge them not to balk at the newness of attribution science. -
For the first time, the EPA is regulating PFAS in drinking water. Here's what that means for VermontThe federal government has for the first time set limits on so-called “forever chemicals� or PFAS in public drinking water supplies. The state estimates 550 drinking water systems will be required to monitor for PFAS and GenX chemicals under the new standard. -
A bill that would create a "climate superfund" for Vermont earned strong tripartisan support in the state Senate Friday. -
We’ll break down which climate and environment bills made it past the crossover deadline at the midway point in the legislative session. -
It's the end of crossover in the Vermont Statehouse. Here's what to know about the climate and environmental legislation that made the cut. -
The Vermont Senate voted Thursday to give its final approval to the Flood Safety Act � the biggest bill of the session aimed at making the state more resilient to future climate change driven flooding. -
Lawmakers in the Vermont House are poised to vote Wednesday on one of the biggest energy bills of the legislative session. Among other things, it would make every electric utility in Vermont purchase 100% of its power from renewable resources by 2035. -
Lawmakers in the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Friday morning to advance a bill that aims to make big oil companies pay for damage wrought by climate change in Vermont. -
Apple farmers testified to lawmakers this year that crop insurance often does not make them whole after extreme weather events. A bill that would provide assistance is up against the “crossover� deadline in the Vermont Statehouse.
