Today: September 26, 2024
Today: September 26, 2024

Vermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measures

Vermont Legislature Veto Session
June 17, 2024

The Democratic-controlled Vermont Legislature on Monday overturned a number of the Republican governor's vetoes, passing measures to prevent drug overdoses, restrict a pesticide that's toxic to bees and to require state utilities to source all renewable energy by 2035.

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Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?

The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV batteries, but even this less-polluting mining raises local health concerns.

Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?
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Airdropping vaccines to eliminate canine rabies in Texas – two scientists explain the decades of research behind its success

Two rabies epidemics in animals spurred a state health emergency in Texas and a program that oversees annual mass wildlife vaccination. Millions of doses have been distributed since the ‘90s.

Airdropping vaccines to eliminate canine rabies in Texas – two scientists explain the decades of research behind its success
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Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies open Norwegian CO2 storage facility

Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies said on Thursday their carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project on Norway's west coast is now completed and ready to receive CO2, with its

Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies open Norwegian CO2 storage facility
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Helene's winds batter Florida as Category 3 storm races toward the coast

Tropical storm force winds have begun battering northwestern Florida as Hurricane Helene prepares to make landfall

Helene's winds batter Florida as Category 3 storm races toward the coast
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New footage reveals key clues to understanding mysterious orca group, scientists say

New footage reveals key clues to understanding mysterious orca group, scientists say

New footage reveals key clues to understanding mysterious orca group, scientists say
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Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect

Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect
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UK names Rachel Kyte as new climate envoy

UK names Rachel Kyte as new climate envoy
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Swiss hunters get go-ahead for major wolf culls

Swiss hunters get go-ahead for major wolf culls
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Evacuation order lifted for Ohio town where dangerous chemical leak occurred

Evacuation order lifted for Ohio town where dangerous chemical leak occurred