WRITTEN BY David Thill April 24, 2020
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Supporters think the state’s forests have an important role to play in transitioning from fossil fuel heating sources.
As Vermont prepares to make a major push toward cleaner heat sources, some renewable energy advocates say wood from the state’s abundant
By NICOLE POLLACK
April 16, 2020
Middlebury hosted Vermont’s branch of the “Solve Climate by 2030” project, drawing more than 70 Zoom users to its virtual panel while universities in nearly all 50 states hosted simultaneous webinars last Tuesday. Dr. Eban Goodstein, director of the Center for Environmental Policy and the MBA in Sustainability at
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Dear Network Members,
The immediate impacts of COVID-19 on society are difficult to comprehend and the long-term effects are difficult to predict. However, we know a few things for certain:
People will still need to make energy choices.
The climate crisis is not going away.
Massive public investment in the economy (from infrastructure
One of the critical lessons from the COVID pandemic is that our highly interdependent global economy is more vulnerable to disruptions than we previously thought. While we cannot predict how or when we will rebound from this pandemic, we know that investing in our local economy will make us more resilient.
Over the
On March 30th, EAN Executive Director Jared Duval joined Johanna Miller and Ian Hitchcock of VECAN, and town energy committee members and climate activists from across the state for a presentation on the findings of our 2019 Annual Report.
You can view a recording of the webinar at this link. You will be
