For Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early. Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene thrashed Vermont, Minter — serving as the state’s deputy ...

Debris and damaged mailboxes sit outside a home following flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Plainfield. Last week, the remnants of Hurricane Beryl ...

Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage ...

Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future. Climate change is fueling ...

The tiny state of Vermont has a reputation for being a place that's relatively safe from the worst impacts of human-driven climate change. But as Vermont Public's Abagael Giles reports, a recent ...

A worker with the Agency of Agriculture's tick surveillance program drags a sheet of fabric across a trail in Pittsford, Vermont, looking for ticks. On a warm sunny day in April, Patti Casey and Eliza ...

Learn how climate change is impacting Christmas tree farms in New Hampshire and Vermont, forcing farmers to adapt and innovate to survive.

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

A state court rejected an effort to dismiss Vermont’s claims that companies misled consumers about the dangers of burning fossil fuels. A Vermont judge has delivered a legal victory to the state, ...

FILE – The remains of an eight-unit apartment building that locals call the Heartbreak Hotel are in Plainfield, Vermont, on July 12, 2024, after flood waters and debris caused by the aftermath of ...

Louisiana joined 23 states challenging Vermont’s new “Climate Superfund Act,” claiming the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies alike. The lawsuit is the latest in a quartet ...

Would you support a law that moved some of the costs of pollution from you as a taxpayer to the companies producing the ...