The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there...(Seagreen wind farm in Scotland courtesy of TotalEnergies)
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
Passed in May 2024, the Vermont Climate Superfund Act allows the state to recover financial damages from the impacts of climate change to Vermont caused by the fossil fuel industry. These funds are targeted for climate adaption projects. Not surprisingly, in September 2025, the Trump administration filed suit in federal … [continued]
Federal EV incentives have been gone for a little while now in the United States. There are still incentives available in some states, though. California, Colorado, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York provide a variety of EV incentives to their residents. Add another to the list: Vermont, which may not be … [continued]
A Vermont National Guard helicopter surveys flood damage in the state's capital, Montpelier, Vt., July 11, 2023. Credits: U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Davis via NASA
The Vermont Superfund law is under attack, as the federal government defends the fossil fuel companies who paid so much to get it elected.
Vermont is getting the Americans For Prosperity treatment, which promises prosperity for only a favored few.
Vermont is being targeted by Americans For Prosperity over its policies that address how a warming planet is effecting its residents.
The challenges to the climate protection provisions once promoted by the federal government are the subject of several lawsuits.
Vermont is backtracking on its clean vehicles pledges, citing a number of reasons that sound like Republican talking points.
Waitsfield, Vermont, is the kind of mountain town where valley homes are tucked next to the Mad River, with granite slopes and rich forests rising up on both sides. It’s a place where locals have survived floods and a manufacturing exodus. Today tourism, especially skiing, sustains the proud, industrious, and … [continued]
Solar power is becoming the go-to alternative for many US colleges and universities to lower their very significant greenhouse gas emissions.
