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Vermont Business Magazine Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Congressman Welch (D-Vermont) issued scathing statements Thursday afternoon after President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Vermont Business MagazineThe fourth annual FreshTracks Road Pitch, a five-day motorcycle tour of Vermont in which a gang of “business bikers” (comprised of investors, entrepreneurs and business advisors) ride around the state and stop in ten Vermont towns to listen to entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts, will be heldJuly 31st through August 4th 2017.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s congressional delegation announced Thursday that Vermont has received $3 million in AmeriCorps funding. In a joint statement, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), and Rep.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Anthony Roisman, Esq as the next chair of the Public Service Board, the quasi-judicial regulatory board that oversees the siting of energy infrastructure, as well as public utility rates and service quality.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center (CSC), a nonprofit with a mission to provide community access to Lake Champlain, today announced Owen Milne as the new Executive Director of the organization. He takes over from Mark Naud.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vermont) announced Thursday that three southern Vermont organizations will share a total of $700,000 in Brownfields Program assessment and cleanup grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

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Vermont Business Magazine More beer, more visitors, cleaner water, less waste? That’s what the team at The Alchemist have accomplished with their new brewery in Stowe, and they were recently recognized for their environmental success with an award from the Green Mountain Water Environment Association (GMWEA).

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Last July, as Vermont Gas Systems built its pipeline extension from Chittenden County to Middlebury, the town of Monkton became a battleground for the contentious project.

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Vermont Business Magazine Just one-year after a bitter contract battle nearly led to a teacher strike, the Burlington School Board and the teacher’s union are once again far apart for a new contract. Last year's settlement only delayed a long-term solution. The two sides engaged in a seven-hour contract mediation session Wednesday without reaching a settlement.

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Vermont Business Magazine The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites grant applications for projects supporting economic and community development in rural areas.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont political leaders and activists are joining a national call to support #MillionsOfJobs, a coalition effort to enact a 21st Century New Deal for Jobs.

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Vermont Business Magazine Energize Vermont is launching The Vermont Neighbors Project to describe life near Vermont’s wind electricity plants. The group opposes large-scale wind projects in Vermont. The project’s website, VTNeighbors.org, features videos of Vermonters describing how being placed in the shadow of wind turbines has affected them and their children.