Attorney General settles consumer protection claim against Pyrofax Energy
Inergy Propane, doing business in Vermont as Pyrofax Energy, has agreed to pay $140,000 in civil penalties to the State of Vermont and $100,000 as a payment to the Vermont LIHEAP program to settle the Attorney General’s claims that Pyrofax violated Vermont’s consumer protection laws when it assessed “minimum usage fees” in the fall of 2010 and delayed refunds following termination or disconnection of services.
Mayoral forum to be held at Sustainability Academy
On Monday, January 23, 2012, The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes School will proudly host a Mayoral Forum featuring the three candidates for Mayor of the City of Burlington.
Delegation announces $8.7 million in Irene recovery assistance for Vermont farmers and property owners
Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) – today announced that Vermont will receive nearly $8.7 million for two flood relief programs integral to helping Vermont farmers and property owners recover from Tropical Storm Irene.
Vermont must invest more to prevent tobacco-caused disease and Death
For the first time ever, Vermont received an ‘F’ from a national public health organization for tobacco prevention and control funding.
Architect sees potential for flooded Waterbury office complex
The firm is on a sprint timetable to look at everything from flood mitigation to energy use, heating options economics and usability of the spaces as 21st century offices.
First Wind announces opening of applications for Signature Scholarship Program
2012 First Wind Scholars program to offer up to 15 one-time scholarships of $3,000 and one renewable scholarship of $5,000 to high school seniors residing in host communities
Press conference: Vermont lawmakers and activists call to question corporate personhood
Vermont lawmakers and activists call to question corporate personhood on anniversary of Citizens United decision, Vermont pushes for a constitutional amendment to overturn it.
Killacky: Nature’s at peace
Winter dictates a number of barn rituals and new utensils. Multiple layers of thermal clothing are essential for me, as well as hand warmers in gloves, that also warm the bit. Tools include a rubber mallet to chop up the ice in the water bucket and a miner’s light to help me clean her hooves of frozen impacted earth.
Brown: Beyond Vermont State Hospital
Although it is my opinion that the administration’s current plan still focuses too much on institutional beds, particularly what I view as being the same old treatment model and should instead go much farther in building a more robust community services system than is already being planned, one much less dependent on the medical model as well forced treatment and medication in general, at the same time I do happen to believe the plan is certainly heading in the right direction toward attempting to do so.
Licata: The right rights
In Montpelier’s society, freedom has gradually evolved into “freedom from economic necessity”: health care as a right; housing as a right; food as a right; college education as a right, etc. These kinds of “rights” can only occur at the expense of other kinds of “rights.”
