All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Agility, endurance, and perseverance were honored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards breakfast on Jan. 25 at the Brattleboro Retreat. The two winners of the Chamber's major awards - Person of the Year Nancy Heydinger and the Member of the Year, New England Center for Circus Arts - displayed massive amounts of those qualities over the past year. Heydinger is executive director of Girls on the Run Vermont, which teaches lessons in physical fitness, promotes...
Since the inception of the environmental movement with Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, there has been a concerted effort on the part of special-interest groups and related corporations to discredit and intimidate environmental and watchdog groups like the New England Coalition - and to mislead the public by disseminating false information through advertising campaigns and other means. So let's get a few facts straight about the sale of Vermont Yankee to NorthStar. NorthStar as a company was established in November...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Carsie Blanton and her trio, plus Asheville, N.C.-based duo The Knotty G's at Next Stage on Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. “Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving,” organizers say. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman, her songs encompass a wide range of genres, “from sultry pop to punk-tinged Americana.” Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her “handsome band,” states a...
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