Abagael Giles
Climate and Environment Reporter at Vermont PBS
climate +enviro reporter @vprnet | formerly @VTskiandride, @Vermont_Sports & @addyindy + The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra | she/her
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Abagael Giles
In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Trump took direct aim at one of Vermont’s prominent recent climate policies, saying the law “extorts” energy producers. The order calls out Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, alleging it is unconstitutional. The document broadly seeks to restrict states’ abilities to set local energy policy, particularly policies that support climate action or renewables like solar and wind, or that impede the development of new domestic energy sources.
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2 weeks ago |
vermontpublic.org | Abagael Giles
An Addison County farm is asking the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets for permission to add almost 600 cows to their operation. The proposal by the Vorsteveld Farm — owned by brothers Gerard, Rudy and Hans — drew skepticism from neighbors at a public hearing Thursday in Panton, where more than 60 people came to ask questions about the farm’s bid to expand its business.
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3 weeks ago |
vermontpublic.org | Abagael Giles
Dead trees keep a surprising amount of carbon out of the atmosphere when they fall into streams, a new study from the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont finds. Trees take climate-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as they grow, trapping it in their wood.
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4 weeks ago |
vermontpublic.org | Abagael Giles
At a hearing Tuesday night in St. Albans, commercial anglers and fish buyers urged state regulators to table aspects of proposed fishing regulations that they say would hinder their ability to buy and sell local fish.
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4 weeks ago |
nhpr.org | Abagael Giles
A new study from the University of Vermont published in Nature Communications finds whale pee — yes that’s right, whale pee — is a critical part of ocean ecosystems. Whales, the biggest animals on earth, travel from the arctic to tropical seas to birth their calves. And the waste they leave there is chock-full of nutrients. Joe Roman, a researcher at the University of Vermont, answered our questions about whales and what they leave behind.
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