It comes with a hefty pricetag, but a Green Mountain Power plan would eliminate weather-related blackouts in Vermont.

The July flood washed many fuel tanks into the state’s flood plains. Kerosene heaters in damaged mobile homes overturned, spewing heating fuel into floodwaters.

Each NOMAD unit will be capable of providing power to about 50 homes for 10 hours.

Citing concern about carbon monoxide emissions, the Biden administration would make almost all gas-powered generators non-compliant.

Natural gas power has picked up the slack left by New England solar panels unable to generate max power due to wildfire smoke.

A small college town and a central Vermont city boast more EV charging stations than either North Dakota or Wyoming.

As the state pushes toward its solar goals, what environmental questions must be examined?

A transmission line carrying twice the output of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant would run underground from the Canaan to Lunenburg.

One panelist, a self-described climate realist, listed doomsday predictions gone wrong from the likes of Al Gore and Greta Thunberg.

“That is the problem, we have this elite group who nobody knows how they were formed, who chose who to be in it, ” Annette Smith says.

As the Vermont Legislature seeks to build more instate renewable power, two huge transmission projects are seeking approval to deliver more carbon-free hydro power to New England.

James Ehlers asks, “Why are Vermonters asking about grid reliability, Chair Bray?” – and then answers his own question in a letter to the Senate Natural Resources and Energy chair.

S.5, the Clean Heat Standard, represents for the average family a $500 per year carbon tax to stay warm in winter.

An underwater powerline from Quebec to southern Vermont is among the New England power transmission projects seeking federal infrastructure funding.

That big backup battery installed two years ago in the basement of the State House? Turns out it’s a fire hazard. Back to diesel-fueled backup power for the People’s House….

The regional natural gas shortage has led two Vermont utilities to request double-digit rate hikes for electricity.

Franklin and Addison Counties show the highest percentage of utility customers without power as of 12:38 PM today.

Unlike four other states, Vermont has no known reports of recent, targeted attacks on power transmission substations.

The City of Burlington’s plans to expand the McNeil power plant could hit a brick wall in the form of a negative recommendation to the Vermont Climate Council.

Generous ratepayers and government funding are a big reason why one Vermont wood-burning power plant is thriving.

Ukraine’s to blame for big rate hike request, one rural Vermont co-op says.

New England could run out of natural gas during a cold snap. A federal agency and the U.S. shipbuilding industry are partly to blame.

Customers should pray for a string of warm winters and more nuclear power, starting now.

No cost estimates available, and natural gas is a power source – but a Vermont battery manufacturer has scored a major contract for an electric bus depot.

Powerful lawmakers’ indifference to human suffering was obvious when they backed Big Wind over Vermonters harmed by wind turbine sleep deprivation.

Thanks to global fuel scarcity and the decision to NOT build more pipelines from the Marcellus fracking fields to New England, Vermont will be more blackout-prone this winter than ever.

This month’s price per gallon of #2 heating oil in Vermont s the highest October on record since at least 1990.

To qualify for state grant money to acquire a new electric-powered utlity truck, Green Mountain Power had to destroy an old, fossil-fuel-powered truck

California passed its own Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006,14 years before Vermont. Sign of things to come?

Gov. Phil Scott, a fan of hydrogen-powered cars and the state’s new electric-powered pickup truck, is fine with banning the sale of new gas-powered cars and trucks in 13 years.

The head of the Vermont Climate Office almost $2 million next year to perform bureaucratic oversight of carbon emissions reduction initiatives.

Four 30-foot electric buses built for cold weather have been ordered by the State of Vermont.

Firefighters fought separate blazes caused by overheating lithium-ion batteries. Beware the toxic fumes!

Just owning and operating a new car now costs more than $10K on average, for the first time in U.S. history, AAA says.

No need to not charge your electric car during a heat wave if you’re a GMP customer, the state’s largest utility said.

With just a few thousand EVs on the road, one Vermont utility is already requesting members not recharge them during peak hours on hot days.

Biden on Monday, June 6, issued a two-year pause on tariffs against solar products from Southeast Asia and invoked the federal Defense Production Act, which allows the White House to direct production from manufacturers to jumpstart alternative energy sectors.

Responses range from acceptance to blaming Biden By Guy Page Good news! You can still buy regular-grade gas for less than $4/gallon – if you drive to the Northeast Kingdom town of […]

Now that vote-hungry NH Democrats are calling for more drilling of domestic oil, Granite State climate groups are feeling left out in the cold.

The Climate Council is considering ‘cap and invest,’ capping total gasoline-related emissions and making gas dealers – and their customers – pay for going over.

Thanks to pandemic supply chain problems and the closure of New England fossil-fuel power plants, the region’s grid operators are warning of rolling blackouts as a ‘last resort’ during severe cold snaps.

$7.9 million of fed $$ will help the Scott administration weatherize 60% more homes.

Last Friday, California Gov. Newsom announced a ban on new gas-powered leafblowers and chainsaws. Will Vermont follow suit? Burlington has already banned seasonal use of gas-powered leafblowers.

Will events like the East Charlotte Tractor Parade held this past weekend be targeted by the Vermont Climate Council for carbon emissions reduction?

Burlington’s mayor and the City Council want voters to approve $60 million in new borrowing to fix the streets, rehab Memorial Auditorium, and save the climate.

UVM renewable power systems scientist joins with DOE research center.

SunCommon, the solar company founded and still operated by VPIRG leaders James Moore and Duane Peterson, has been sold for a cool $40 million.

Thanks to money garnered by the State of Vermont from a multi-state settlement with Volkswagen over falsified emissions statements, the state’s largest utility has purchased an all-electric power line maintenance bucket truck.

A bill introduced by Rep. Peter Welch would require 70% renewable power from U.S. electricity generators by 2030.

Ahead of today’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act to close tax loopholes and eliminate federal subsidies for the oil, gas, and coal industries.