COLCHESTER, Vermont, April 18 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release: Green Mountain Power's (GMP) microgrid in Panton, Vt., is the focus of a segment for PBS NOVA's Climate Across America initiative, which examines responses to the climate crisis. GMP's microgrid functions as a grid within the larger grid, allowing those customers within it to stay powered up even when the larger grid is damaged. It is the first distribution circuit, all-renewable microgrid in the country, a  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 22 -- Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, D-Vermont, issued the following Newsletter on April 21, 2023: Friend, With just three weeks (hopefully) left before the end of the legislative session, our Senators and Representatives are hard at work finalizing bills in their committees and bringing them to the House and Senate for full debate. Here are updates about Medical Aid in Dying and Vermonter's access to abortion. Medical Aid in Dying In 2013, Vermont passed a law that leg  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, April 21 (TNSper) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Sawin is an associate professor in the Teaching Foreign Language (TFL), TESOL, and Intercultural Communication (ICC) programs at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He has also taught four summers in the Language Schools in the German School. Sawin has 20 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States, Lithuania, South Korea and China, as  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 22 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * Tonight, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the status of the abortion drug mifepristone. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a stay during the pendency of the appeal in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. In response, Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement: "Vermonters, tonight  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 20 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, issued on April 14, 2023, regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a stay in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement: "This afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that access to mifepristone remain status quo nationwide until Wednesday, April 19  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 22 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: "Today, the House of Representatives passed S.5, which I believe will have significant impacts on Vermonters by orchestrating a system that will give people two options: pay significantly more in fuel costs or spend thousands of dollars to install electrical heating systems, when most don't have the financial means to do  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on April 18, 2023: * * * UVM's first Comprehensive Sustainability Plan focuses on reducing emissions, increasing efficiency * * * Everett McGinley and his wife Susan bought a tract of land in Montgomery, a small town on the Vermont-Quebec border, in 2006. "There are lots of small landholders in Vermont like us, who are deeply committed to the health and preservation of their forestland," he said. B  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * The Guide has been a help to students looking to set their own T-break goals and has gained recognition at UVM and externally as a wonderful resource; its use has been studied and now published in the Journal of American College Health. * * * The report, published online in early 2023, was made possible by the contributions of Dr. Harry Chen, John Paul Grogan, Sue Demasi, and staff and clinic  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, April 19 (TNSres) -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Vermont Law and Graduate School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) and Farm to Institution New England (FINE) today released a report examining the laws and policies that shape food in New England's publicly operated correctional facilities. Titled "The State of Prison Food in New England: A Survey of Federal and State Policy," the resource offers recommendatio  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Danielle (Danny) Fitzko as commissioner of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR). Fitzko has served as interim commissioner since January 2023, and has worked at FPR since 2003, including as director of forests for the past four years. She replaces Michael Snyder, who served as FPR commissioner for 12 years. "Danny has d  more