Department of Environmental Conservation

Department of Environmental Conservation /tags/department-of-environmental-conservation Department of Environmental Conservation en-US �� Fri, 03 Jan 2025 23:26:21 GMT Vermont welcomes new EPA ban on dry cleaning chemicals as cleanup continues /local-news/2025-01-03/vermont-welcomes-new-epa-ban-on-dry-cleaning-chemicals-as-cleanup-continues The cancer-causing chemicals TCE and PCE have been found at dozens of sites in Vermont that were home to dry cleaning businesses, auto shops, and manufacturing plants. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 23:26:21 GMT /local-news/2025-01-03/vermont-welcomes-new-epa-ban-on-dry-cleaning-chemicals-as-cleanup-continues Lexi Krupp Richard Spiese helps Bennington with PFAS contamination, one house at a time /local-news/2023-12-22/richard-spiese-helps-bennington-with-pfas-contamination-one-house-at-a-time Spiese, who works as a hazard waste site manager for the Department of Environmental Conservation, is once again traveling around Bennington in response to further PFAS contamination in residents' water. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-12-22/richard-spiese-helps-bennington-with-pfas-contamination-one-house-at-a-time Howard Weiss-Tisman As the search for PFAS contamination widens in Bennington, residents wonder what’s next /local-news/2023-10-30/as-the-search-for-pfas-contamination-widens-in-bennington-residents-wonder-whats-next The state now says it wants to test up to 90 wells across southern Bennington for toxic PFAS chemicals, and residents within the testing area are anxiously awaiting more information. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-10-30/as-the-search-for-pfas-contamination-widens-in-bennington-residents-wonder-whats-next Howard Weiss-Tisman Encore: Vermonters want to normalize composting toilets, upcycling human waste /show/vermont-edition/2023-06-21/vermonters-want-to-normalize-composting-toilets-upcycling-human-waste In a rebroadcast from January, Vermonters share how they are working to use human feces and urine as fertilizer. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:38:05 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-06-21/vermonters-want-to-normalize-composting-toilets-upcycling-human-waste Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer Vermonters want to normalize composting toilets, upcycling human waste /show/vermont-edition/2023-01-06/vermonters-want-to-normalize-composting-toilets-upcycling-human-waste Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with Vermonters who are working to use human waste as fertilizer and some of the challenges they face. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:59:56 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-01-06/vermonters-want-to-normalize-composting-toilets-upcycling-human-waste Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer Is your local pond or lake thawing? State scientists want to know /vpr-news/2022-03-25/is-your-local-pond-or-lake-thawing-state-scientists-want-to-know "Ice-out" dates mark when researchers can begin sampling water systems across Vermont �� and they provide clues about the state’s changing climate. Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:52:08 GMT /vpr-news/2022-03-25/is-your-local-pond-or-lake-thawing-state-scientists-want-to-know Grace Benninghoff, Kevin Trevellyan Vermont Environmental Conservation Commissioner Resigns /vpr-news/2020-02-21/vermont-environmental-conservation-commissioner-resigns Vermont's commissioner of environmental conservation announced her resignation Friday.In an email to her staff, DEC Commissioner Emily Boedecker said she�� Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:06:48 GMT /vpr-news/2020-02-21/vermont-environmental-conservation-commissioner-resigns John Dillon 'It's The Dairy Farm Sewer': Neighbors Say State Is Failing To Regulate Agricultural Pollution /vpr-news/2019-12-09/its-the-dairy-farm-sewer-neighbors-say-state-is-failing-to-regulate-agricultural-pollution Laurel Casey counts herself as a casualty of farm pollution.Her small, lakeshore house in Bridport has been damaged by runoff from the farm fields above�� Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:02:44 GMT /vpr-news/2019-12-09/its-the-dairy-farm-sewer-neighbors-say-state-is-failing-to-regulate-agricultural-pollution John Dillon Divided Oversight Hampers Enforcement In Major Vermont Farm Pollution Case /vpr-news/2019-11-22/divided-oversight-hampers-enforcement-in-major-vermont-farm-pollution-case Two state agencies have failed to penalize an Addison County farm that allowed tens of thousands of gallons of liquid manure to reach a stream and Lake�� Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:20:31 GMT /vpr-news/2019-11-22/divided-oversight-hampers-enforcement-in-major-vermont-farm-pollution-case John Dillon Vermont's 'Jewels' Under Threat: Clearest, Cleanest Lakes Face Phosphorus Pollution /vpr-news/2019-08-05/vermonts-jewels-under-threat-clearest-cleanest-lakes-face-phosphorus-pollution Vermont’s cleanest lakes are showing alarming signs of increasing phosphorus pollution �� the nutrient that feeds algae blooms �� according to a research�� Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2019-08-05/vermonts-jewels-under-threat-clearest-cleanest-lakes-face-phosphorus-pollution John Dillon