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Paul Costello, left, and Peter Walke, are co-chairs of the governor's Vermont Climate Action Commission, which met for the first time Tuesday. They say Vermont can use emissions-reduction initiatives to advance the state economy. — Peter Hirschfeld / VPR

New 'Climate Action Commission' Seeks Jobs-Growing Solutions To Greenhouse Gas Problems

Gov. Phil Scott’s newly minted Climate Action Commission held its first meeting Tuesday, and while past Vermont governors have also convened special panels to study the issue, commission members insist this latest one will deliver results.

Vermont's Congressional Delegation Condemns Trump's Comments On Charlottesville Protests

By Bob Kinzel • 5 hours ago

All three members of Vermont's congressional delegation - Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Peter Welch and Sen. Patrick Leahy - are critical of President Donald Trump's comments regarding the violence in Charlottesville, Va., this past weekend. — Toby Talbot / Associated Press File

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The three members of Vermont's congressional delegation have criticized President Donald Trump for his comments about this past weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Outdoor Radio: Buzzzzzzzz!

By Chris Albertine & Franny Bastian • 6 hours ago

This month on Outdoor Radio, we’ll venture out into a meadow of wild flowers that is literally singing with bumble bees. Biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra talk about the species we find in Vermont, the different ways they pollinate our flowers and crops, and the environmental factors that are threatening their population.

St. Mike's Hockey Players Earn Fenway First Pitch Honors For Their On-Campus Activism

By Jane Lindholm & Ric Cengeri • 8 hours ago

St. Michael's College graduates Danny Divis, left, and Justin McKenzie, right, throw out first pitches at the Boston Red Sox's "Vermont Night" at Fenway Park on Aug. 5. The two hockey players were awarded the Hockey Humanitarian Award last spring. — Dan Brown / Kapitol Photography

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Danny Divis and Justin McKenzie, recent St. Michael's College graduates who played on the hockey team, started the mental health awareness campaign Hope Happens Here while they were students. This past spring they were recognized with the Hockey Humanitarian Award, a national honor for collegiate athletes who give back to their community.

Draft Report Sheds Light On Impact Of Climate Change On Northeast

By Steve Zind & Jane Lindholm • 12 hours ago

Scientists say storms like this one in Waitsfield in 2010 are dumping more rain on the Northeast — Toby Talbot / AP

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The draft National Climate Report both refines and underscores the impact of human activity on our climate. We're focusing in on the effects in Vermont and the Northeast.

President Of Vermont Public Radio To Step Down

By Steve Zind • Aug 15, 2017

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After more than eight years, Vermont Public Radio's President and CEO Robin Turnau will be stepping down.

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Watch the Chad Hollister Band's full performance, recorded live at VPR's Studio One in Fort Ethan Allen. — John Billingsley / VPR

Chad Hollister Band Performs 'Live From The Fort'

For the August edition of Live From The Fort , the Chad Hollister Band perform live from Studio One at the VPR headquarters in Colchester.

Lonna Neidig, a senior at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, writes about her experience growing up as a Chinese adoptee in a white family in Vermont. — Kevin Huang

Young Writers Project: 'The Struggles Of Growing Up White As A Chinese Adoptee'

The warm, summer soil allows for quick germination when planting in unused beds for a fall vegetable harvest. — CJP, courtesy / iStock

Vermont Garden Journal: No Good Bed Goes Unplanted

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Brave Little State

Tristan Toleno, left, Annmarie Christensen and Rodney Graham serve in Vermont's House of Representatives. — Angela Evancie & Peter Hirschfeld / VPR

Low Pay, Weird Schedule: Who Exactly Can Pull Off The Legislator Lifestyle?

Vermont’s citizen legislators get paid about $12,700 for five months of work. So, if you have a career and/or a family, how do you pull it off?

Why Are There So Many Different Languages?

In this episode, we're answering some of our frequently asked questions, the questions we hear a lot from all of you: why are there so many different languages? Why do we get hiccups? Why do our fingers get wrinkly in the tub? Why are plants so many colors? Why do leaves change colors in the fall? Why is the sky blue?

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Eye On The Sky

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What's Up In Vermont's Skies: The Eclipse And The Latest From Space

Next week, people across the country will turn their eyes - hopefully safely protected - to the skies to watch a rare solar eclipse. We're looking up too. We'll talk about the eclipse, and about stargazing, astronomy, and all the latest from space - including the dramatic final mission of the Saturn probe Cassini.