Vermont Edition

Revisiting Acid Rain

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One of the nation’s biggest coal-fired plants has settled a lengthy lawsuit over acid rain. The state of Vermont was one of the plaintiffs in the case. We look at the toll – and the lessons from the settlement. And, we examine the science behind acid rain, and why it’s not talked about much anymore.
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Ohio power company funded UVM acid rain research

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An Ohio company has agreed to spend four-point-six billion dollars to clean up emissions from its power plants. As VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, American Electric helped fund groundbreaking research at the University of Vermont that demonstrated the company’s emissions contributed to acid rain in Vermont and the Northeast.
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Farmers not concerned over dry weather

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(Host) Late summer has been particularly dry in Vermont this year. Rainfall in August alone was two-and-a-half inches below normal. But as VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, experts say there’s little reason for concern.
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Midday Newscast: September 4, 2007

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August is typically one of the rainiest months in Vermont. But not this year; the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee says he doesn’t plan any confirmation hearings on a new attorney general until he gets more answers from the Bush administration; a Middlebury College biology professor says three years of research have concluded the best way to control an invasive plant in Vermont ponds and lakes is an insect.