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First 'Green Drinks' event draws crowd

Posted on July 7, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MIDDLEBURY — On a recent summer evening, some 25 people gathered at 51 Main to celebrate all things “green,” especially biking.

The June 21 event was the first local installment of Green Drinks, a loosely organized network of environmental meetups that take place around the world.

Local organizers said the events are designed to be informal social opportunities for “people who work or aim to be involved in green efforts or jobs in business, academia, government and nonprofits.”

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Plugging in Vermont's future

Posted on June 23, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — Throughout Addison County, residents might notice a blue Toyota Prius with the license plate “PLUG IN.” That’s the new plug-in hybrid vehicle that the Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) is using to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, cut costs and, planners hope, help drive Vermont into the future.

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Author works diligently to avoid a global crisis

Posted on May 23, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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MIDDLEBURY — The 21st century is a transformative point in the timeline of the human species. We can either collectively find solutions to the urgent problems of climate change, nuclear proliferation and famine, creating new and healthier industries to profit from, or we will struggle through a “New Dark Age,” caught between the world’s changing tides in our outdated ways of life.

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Film draws attention to lake pollution problem

Posted on May 16, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

MIDDLEBURY — A severe algae problem is poisoning the nation’s sixth largest body of water.

Blooms of the toxic blue-green organism growing in Lake Champlain are essentially large, poisonous colonies of photosynthetic bacteria that are caused by high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen nutrients. According to the Vermont Department of Health, algae-contaminated water in the lake led to the deaths of two dogs in 1999 and 2000.

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Green Up Day 2011

Posted on May 2, 2011 |
By Addy Indy Staff



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Find out what's happening in your town this Green Up Day!

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Towns beginning to gear up for Green Up

Posted on April 28, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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ADDISON COUNTY / BRANDON — As thousands of people pitch in to clear trash off of Vermont roadsides on Saturday, May 7, they will be observing a Green Up Day tradition established by Gov. Deane Davis in 1970.

After members of each community package litter into Green Up bags for pick-up along newly clean roadsides, towns across the county will observe the 31st annual spring-cleaning event with cookouts, community dinners and raffles.

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New Haven church cleans up oil spill

Posted on April 11, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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NEW HAVEN — When a group of churchgoers met at the United Reformed Church of New Haven on Feb. 1, they discovered that kerosene had sullied their place of worship. Approximately 800 gallons of the fuel burst from a storage tank in the church’s attic, dousing rooms in thick, toxic petroleum, and shutting the building down for services.

Two months later they are still dealing with the spill.

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Middlebury officials, developer progress in hydro talks

Posted on March 28, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY —Middlebury officials on Tuesday reported continuing progress in talks aimed at advancing a small-scale hydroelectric project at the Otter Creek Falls.

The Holm family has been seeking to install a water turbine that would harness electricity from the creek as it flows through a flume under a downtown building (owned by the Holms) that borders the south side of the Otter Creek Falls. It is a project that could generate more than 1 megawatt of electricity — enough to power the downtown area, according to Anders Holm.

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Pellet bag disposal raises environmental questions

Posted on March 17, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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ADDISON COUNTY — Until early this year, plastic disposal was not an issue that Ferrisburgh resident Ann Poskas had to think too hard about.

When Casella Waste Systems discontinued its plastic bag recycling program, stating that the thin film clogged its systems, Poskas began storing her bags.

Like others who heat their homes with wood pellets that are delivered in plastic bags — which problematically for recyclers are dusty inside and like other plastic bags therefore hard to handle — Postas quickly noticed those bags began to add up.

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Hydro plan for falls in Middlebury eyed again

Posted on February 14, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Communication is again flowing between town officials and a local family that is seeking to rekindle a small-scale hydroelectric operation at the Otter Creek Falls in downtown Middlebury.

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