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This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak talks about options for Vermonters struggling to afford heating and utility bills as winter weather arrives. -
Plans to pave Brazil's highway BR-319 through the Amazon rainforest have raised alarm from environmental groups. -
A recent stranding on remote New Zealand islands left nearly 500 pilot whales dead. Scientists still don't know for sure why the events, also known as beachings, occur, but they have some ideas. -
The college is drilling test wells to expand access to geothermal energy to heat and cool buildings on campus. The systems collect thermal energy from below the earth鈥檚 surface, then run it through heat pumps for air conditioning. -
Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with reporter Susan Smallheer, who recently toured Vermont Yankee and wrote an update on its decommissioning for the Bennington Banner. -
The governors of Connecticut and New York announced this week another round of renewable energy projects and initiatives to combat the effects of the climate crisis as the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches. -
Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian in the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane. -
Since 1975, staff at Polly鈥檚 Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, has been tracking when the leaves peak, when they fade and when the season鈥檚 first snowfall arrives. It鈥檚 a tradition that customers have come to rely on when planning their fall foliage watching. -
Vermont is falling behind 鈥� and is unlikely to meet 鈥� its legally-required emission reductions by 2030. That's according to a recent report from the nonprofit Energy Action Network. -
State and federal regulators, utilities and advocates disagree on the importance of natural gas in maintaining a reliable energy system in the Northeast as the region shifts towards renewables.
