A University of Vermont geologist is on a research expedition in Antarctica.
Tom
Neumann and a group
of scientists hope to answer the question: how will the Antarctic ice sheet respond
to future warming?
Environmentalists have added a new item to their list of concerns about the proposed
Circumferential
Highway in Chittenden County.
They
say the new road project will contribute to climate change. And they argue that
the Douglas Administration has failed to address the issue.
Vermont absorbs so much carbon that Governor Douglas says we
should sell "carbon credits." He
says Vermont could make money by selling the credits to industries
that pollute.
But some environmental advocates say it’s a vague response to climate change.
After almost two years of work, the Governor’s Commission on Climate Change has laid out a detailed plan for how Vermont can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 % in five years.