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Northeast Kingdom Town Questions Wind Project Proposal
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A wind energy project planned for the Northeast Kingdom is getting a frosty reception in the town of Newark. And members of the town planning commission say they’re overwhelmed as they prepare to review what could be the state’s largest wind development.Vermont Edition
New Vermont Energy Plan Stresses Renewables
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Vermont’s draft Comprehensive Energy Plan sets a goal of 90 percent renewable energy sources by 2050.VPR News
Board Delays Conservation Easements For Wind Project
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Green Mountain Power will be allowed to start construction in August on Lowell Mountain without first having conservation easements in place to protect wildlife habitat.VPR News
Milton Wind Project May Begin This Fall
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Construction could begin this fall on a four-turbine wind project on a ridgeline in Milton.VPR News
Mission Of State Mapping Project Is Questioned
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The Agency of Natural Resources is developing an environmental map of the state that will identify those parts of the state that are suitable and not suitable for wind energy projects. But both supporters and opponents of wind energy think the plan has serious flaws.VPR News
Lowell Mountain Would Become State’s Largest Wind Energy Development
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The Public Service Board has opened hearings on Green Mountain Power’s plans to harness the wind that blows over a mountain ridge in the Northeast Kingdom.Vermont Edition
Some Subsidized Housing At Risk As Program Expires
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A generation ago, a federal housing program was created that gave property owners financial incentives to rent their apartments to low-income tenants. The 30-year contracts in that program are ending, and that puts a question mark on the future of thousands of subsidized housing units across Vermont.VPR News
Candace Page On The Lowell Wind Vote
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm gets an update on the upcoming vote for a wind project in Lowell from Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candace Page.VPR News
