Vermont’s climate policies burden residents with costly mandates for negligible global impact. With emissions contributing just 0.13% of the U.S. total, the state’s sacrifices under the Paris Accord resemble a "Nigerian prince" scam: high c
More for-sale signs, prices still rising, and two-thirds of young Vermonters saying they want out. Vermont's housing market isn't crashing — it's trapping people. We built an interactive dashboard tracking every moving part, from the signs
Vermont has spent decades trying to preserve its rural character through regulation. But when protecting the past begins preventing the future, preservation becomes stagnation. Using the metaphor of amber, this commentary explores how layer
Air conditioning is not under attack in Vermont today, but climate policy elsewhere shows how affordable cooling can be squeezed through refrigerant rules, appliance standards, building codes, and approved technologies. As heat risks rise,
Vermont ranks dead last in the nation for economic momentum, according to the Vermont Futures Project. Robert Roper examines the data, challenges an AI analysis, and argues that Vermont's highly progressive tax structure isn't a strength bu
Vermont has spent more than $604 million on clean water initiatives since 2015, preventing an estimated 124,000 pounds of phosphorus from reaching Lake Champlain. But with legacy phosphorus continuing to leach from decades of federally enco
Act 59 set Vermont on path toward 30x30 and 50x50, but the real cost is only now coming into focus. State inventory numbers point to hundreds of millions or billions in conservation costs, plus tax, housing, permitting, and grand-list press
Vermont Conservation Design began as a technical conservation framework, not a voter initiative or standalone law. Over the next decade, its concepts moved through Act 171, Act 59, and Act 181, becoming part of Vermont’s planning and land-u
Vermont’s new Upper Connecticut River Basin plan is not just another environmental report. It could shape five years of projects, funding, road work, stormwater controls, town bylaws, and land-use priorities. Vermonters have until July 15 t
RAD-VT is helping move Vermont’s dead “Tax the Rich” bill into election season. H.794 would have added income surcharges above $250,000 AGI, treated joint filers the same as single filers, and created a nonhomestead residential property-tax
The climate modeling community is backing away from the extreme emissions scenarios that helped drive years of climate alarm. As Vermont continues enforcing the Global Warming Solutions Act and debating the Clean Heat Standard, questions re
America’s high healthcare costs are not just a domestic failure — they help subsidize cheaper systems abroad. While countries like Switzerland, Norway, and Canada negotiate lower prices, U.S. patients and insurers pay inflated rates for dru
