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Vermont's bee population is healthy, according to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, but beekeepers say their bees are in crisis. At the center of the debate are pesticides known as neonicotinoids.
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Learning more about snow making with Jay Peak Resort and Efficiency Vermont.
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The fifth National Climate Assessment was released on Tuesday. Fourteen federal agencies contributed to the report, which is mandated by law and produced at least every four years, although this one took close to five.
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The former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is on track to be decommissioned ahead of schedule as only one building remains.
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Flooding is a normal part of life for many plants that grow in the floodplains and dunes of Vermont. But this year's floods were different.
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A usually calm, meandering section of the river that flows through Jamaica State Park will become full of rapids.
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Floodplains hold water and keep it out of downtowns and homes. But in a state in dire need of housing, conserving land for protection could take away from building enough houses.
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Green Mountain Power says more people signed up for the batteries, which are able to store power and provide energy during extreme weather events, after this summer's floods.
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A small, unassuming flower called sticky false asphodel is likely carnivorous. It’s in a whole new lineage of carnivorous plants, unrelated to any others previously documented.
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A new law lets Burlington Electric Department test out a program to help low and moderate income "superusers" of gasoline switch to electric vehicles.