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Resilience
Plan to overhaul Vermont's Act 250 would eliminate regional review boards
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Plan to overhaul Vermont's Act 250 would eliminate regional review boards

The Scott administration and a leading environmental group have agreed on sweeping changes to Act 250, Vermont's development control law.
Politics
Slate industry girds for coming Vermont legislative session
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Slate industry girds for coming Vermont legislative session

Slate quarriers fear the upcoming reworking of Act 250 is going to quash their businesses.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

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Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

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Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system