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Vermont

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.

By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen

Workers survey the damage after flash floods collapsed a bridge in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
Plug-in solar panels hang from a balcony in Stralsund, Germany. Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images

New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

By Ryan Krugman

The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

The effect of drought is seen on the east branch of the Pemigewasset River on Sept. 29 in Lincoln, N.H. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts

By Ryan Krugman

Sally Thodal examines fresh seedlings in a logged section of Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest on Nov. 12, 2022. Credit: Carlin Stiehl/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging

By Olivia Gieger

The Heartbreak Hotel was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl reached Vermont as a post-tropical storm in July 2024. Credit: Nina Sablan/Inside Climate News

Moving on From the Heartbreak Hotel

By Nina Sablan

Utility workers attempt to clear wires on July 30, 2024, before contractors can repair a collapsed bridge after flash floods hit the area in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump Joins the Opposition to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, Calling it ‘Burdensome’ and ‘Ideologically Motivated’

By Nina Sablan

Gov. Phil Scott cited a lack of charging stations and a freeze of millions of dollars in federal funding for chargers in Vermont as part of the reason for the order. Credit: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Vermont’s Governor Delays Electric Car Mandates, Part of State’s Climate Plan

By Nathaniel Eisen

A farm is surrounded by the forest of Elmore State Park on Oct. 5, 2024, in Lake Elmore, Vt. Credit: Craig T. Fruchtman/Getty Images

Vermont Might Change How It Accounts for Climate-Damaging Emissions. Here’s What’s at Stake

By Nathaniel Eisen

A construction crew works to build a two-family house in Shelburne, Vt. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Vermont Faces Potential Retrenchment in Climate Ambition

By Nathaniel Eisen

A person walks down a flooded Main Street after two days of heavy rain in Montpelier, Vt. on July 11, 2023. Credit: Kylie Cooper/Getty Images

Vermont’s Climate Superfund Faces First Legal Challenge from Fossil Fuel Interests

By Olivia Gieger

The Texas House and Senate will convene this month at the State Capitol in Austin, with many energy issues on the agenda. Credit: Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images

What to Expect from State Governments on Renewable Energy Policy in 2025

By Dan Gearino

Homes throughout Barre, Vermont were inundated with flash flooding on July 11, 2023 after heavy rains across the state. Credit: John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Q&A: New Legislation in Vermont Will Make Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Impacts in the State. Here’s What That Could Look Like

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Heavy rain and flooding hits downtown Montpelier, Vermont on July 11, 2023. Credit: John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Vermont Legislature Considers ‘Superfund’ Legislation to Compensate for Climate Change

By Olivia Gieger

Members of Climate Defiance use the eclipse to raise awareness about climate issues during totality in Burlington, Vermont. Credit: Courtesy of Climate Defiance

Across the US, Awe Unites During the Darkness of a Total Solar Eclipse

By Lee Hedgepeth, Erin Schulte, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross, Phil McKenna

7 AGs Urge Congress to Preserve States' Greenhouse Gas Authority

By SolveClimate Staff

Trouble Mounts for Entergy Following Leaks at Vermont Nuclear Plant

By Sue Sturgis

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