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With Climate In Mind, Legislators Focus On Energy And Transportation
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House Speaker Shap Smith says climate change remains a focus of the Legislature as it works on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.VPR News
States Focusing on Bottom-Up Approach To Climate Change
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The program director for the Center for Climate Strategies says a bottom-up approach can be a successful way for states to individually address climate change.VPR News
Senators Support EPA Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases
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Both of Vermont’s U.S. senators joined a majority of their colleagues in voting against a plan to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.Vermont Edition
Climate Change Around Lake Champlain
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A new study from The Nature Conservancy examines specific effects of climate change on the Lake Champlain basin, based on an array of climate models and historical data. We learn more about the research and the findings. Also, a program at UVM helps farms prepare for and manage outbreaks of animal illness, like foot-and-mouth disease.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: May 21, 2010
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These were some of the voices in the news this week:.VPR News
Study: Climate Change Will Worsen Lake Pollution
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A new study says Lake Champlain’s levels are higher because of increased precipitation. And researchers say the wetter weather may cause more phosphorus pollution to wash off the land and harm the big lake.VPR News
Activists Say Local Approach Needed For Climate Change
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Many environmental activists roll their eyes when they talk about what didn’t happen at the recent climate summit in Copenhagen. VPR’s Nina Keck just returned from northern Europe, where she attended a forum on the economic impact of climate change.VPR News
Marlboro Student Attends Climate Change Conference
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Among the thousands of people attending the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, which draws to a close this week, are several Vermonters. One is Marlboro College student Andrew Tanabe.VPR News
