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Vermont Business Magazine Killington Resort is slated to kick off the 2024-25 Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in the U.S., hosting the Stifel Killington Cup for the eighth time over Thanksgiving weekend.

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Vermont Business Magazine As folks head to their lakefront properties for the summer, the Vermont Lakes and Ponds Program is offering guidance to help property owners protect and restore their lakeside properties. The Shoreland Best Management Practices guidance highlights different ways owners can improve lake water quality and the health of lakeshore habitat.

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Vermont Business Magazine Over the next decade, ISO New England is forecasting an approximate 17% increase in energy demand on the power grid. This is primarily driven by the electrification of heating and transportation sectors, presenting a critical shift in energy consumption patterns.

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Vermont Business Magazine In celebration of American Wetlands Month, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to help land buyers make informed decisions when buying property with wetlands. “When buying land, it is important to know if some or all of the property is part of or near a wetland,” said DEC Commissioner Jason Batchelder.

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Vermont Business Magazine On May 15, 2024, the Vermont Public Utility Commission announced that it is seeking three members to serve on the Vermont System Planning Committee – an alternate member representing the commercial and industrial electric consumers and a primary and alternate member representing the supply resources.

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Vermont Business Magazine Dartmouth College takes a leap into the sustainable future with the installation of the region's first off-grid solar electric vehicle charging station designed for workplaces.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s turtles are on the move, and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking for the public’s help in keeping them safe.  Female turtles will soon be looking for places to lay their eggs, and they sometimes choose inconvenient or dangerous locations.  For example, turtles often lay eggs in gravel parking lots and driveways and al

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Electric Co-op members recently got a rundown on how the co-op is planning for increasing weather-related threats to the power system during VEC’s Annual Meeting at Smugglers’ Notch Resort. The morning-long event took place this past Saturday, May 11. Speaking to a crowd of about 160 people, Dr.

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Northeastern Vermont Development Association Transitioning to safer, more efficient electric technologies is a process, not a single project.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) today released the following reaction to the announcement by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that the U.S.

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by Jim Hall As the CEO of the Vermont Country Store (VCS), I strongly support consumer privacy as does the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and many peer companies in the state. I wholeheartedly endorse the Connecticut law that was the foundation of H.121. However, as passed it is my hope that Governor Scott will veto H. 121.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy (RISE) Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s RISE Program.