WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 31 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced Twin States Clean Energy Link, National Grid's proposed transmission project to support New England's climate, clean energy, and energy security goals, has been selected as one of three projects nationwide to receive investment through the U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Transmission Facili  more

COLCHESTER, Vermont, Oct. 31 -- Saint Michael's College issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2023: The Saint Michael's College Board of Trustees announced today that Richard Plumb, Ph.D., will become the 18th president of the College. He will begin his new role in January 2024. Dr. Plumb brings extensive institutional leadership experience, having most recently served as president of Saint Mary's College in California. Prior to that, Dr. Plumb served seven years as executive vice president an  more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: As the impacts of climate change grow, society and people struggle to adapt to the challenges of the new reality. Change, however, is difficult, and adapting to new ways of life or new ways of doing business often requires a change in culture. To determine how culture and society adapt to a changing climate, a team of researchers from the University of Maine and the University of Vermont (UVM) have co  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 2 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The University of Vermont Board of Trustees reviewed and approved a tuition rate package for academic year 2024-25 in a special meeting today. The approved figures include a 3.5 percent increase in tuition for out-of-state students and an extension for Vermonters of the tuition freeze that has been in place since 2019. The university will also make more Vermont households eligible for the UVM Promise by increa  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * UVM researchers and students to study the impacts of Vermont's conditions on solar power generation, with applications for other cold climates * * * The new UVM Solar Research and Training Facility at McNeil Generating Station was unveiled today, energizing the study of the performance and durability of solar panels under often-challenging Vermont conditions: freezing temperatures, heat and hu  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 1 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: Walking home one day during her freshman year of high school, Lily Duerr '24 happened across a cat skull. At that moment, her interest in bones "took off like a rocket and never stopped," she says. Her personal collection now numbers around 50 skulls and countless other bones, fossils, and rocks--and she has become adept at articulating skeletons, a skill she employs frequently as the first student to manage the  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Nov. 3 -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release: On Thursday, October 12, the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School, on behalf of two community-based environmental organizations, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit urging the court to reverse the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decision that rejected challenges to federal approval of a major dredging project in Puerto Ric  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release: Attorney General Charity Clark today filed an amicus brief asking a federal court to stay, or temporarily pause, a federal PCB lawsuit brought by a group of schools against Monsanto, after the State had already filed a suit in state court against Monsanto for PCB contamination in Vermont schools. The brief notes that the basis and relief requested in the later-filed federal suit, Addison Cen  more

BERLIN, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Economic Development announced today the state of Vermont is committing $4,058,184 from the Vermont Brownfields Revitalization Fund that promotes the productive reuse of contaminated sites to cleanup properties in Hardwick, Barre, Newport, Burlington, Fairlee, Rutland City, and Winooski. "Cleaning up unused brownfields and turning them into economi  more

BERLIN, Vermont, Nov. 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Governor Phil Scott and Chief Recovery Officer Doug Farnham today announced the appointment of Patricia Moulton as Central Vermont Recovery Officer. This is the latest step in building out the necessary organizational infrastructure to coordinate the long-term recovery process for Vermont following this summer's historic flooding. The Recovery Office is the state-level entity that is taske  more

BERLIN, Vermont, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Sarah Clark, of Waterbury, as deputy secretary of the Agency of Administration and Alex Farrell, of South Burlington, as commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development. Farrell replaces former commissioner Josh Hanford, who left state government last month, and Clark replaces Doug Farnham, who was appointed Chief R  more