MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 18 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Charity Clark today filed an enforcement action against Long Falls Paperboard on behalf of the Agency of Natural Resources. The case concerns multiple violations of Vermont's environmental laws at the Long Falls plant in Brattleboro. The complaint alleges that violations occurred at the plant over the past several years, including: * discharges of plastic   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 19 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * Interim President Patricia Prelock announces supporting steps including five-year, $100K Seed Grant and Postdoctoral Fellowships * * * Under a bluebird fall sky, the University of Vermont on Thursday afternoon formally launched a new campus-wide Planetary Health Initiative that promises to build on UVM's demonstrated strengths in research, education, and service in health and the environment. An audien  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Oct. 16 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: The Li-Costa Foundation has awarded the Environmental Advocacy Clinic (EAC) at Vermont Law and Graduate School a $250,000 grant to advocate for protection of Vermont's scenic Worcester Range as well as for a new direction for public management of Vermont public lands. The grant will allow the EAC to build on its partnership with its client Standing Trees, a grassroots membership organizati  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 17 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Amazon Agrees to Enhance Efforts to Prevent Illegal Vaping Sales to Vermont * * * Attorney General Charity Clark today announced a settlement with Amazon, resolving a dispute over violations of Vermont's Delivery Sales Ban (https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/07/040/01010?_gl=1*fisksu*_ga*NjYxMTU5NDg5LjE3MjkwNzg1MTE.*_ga_V9WQH77KLW*MTcyOTE1NDM1Mi4yLjEu  more