By Ken Cadow Editor’s note: Ken Cadow of Norwich is co-principal of Oxbow High School in Bradford, a board member of Green Mountain Economic Development Corp., and author of a book, “Gather,” that’s coming out in October. When I […]
Category: Op – Ed
Chronic underfunding of Vermont 211 shortchanged Vermonters when they needed help most
Editor’s note: The following is a joint statement from the leaders of Vermont’s local United Ways, which each contribute funding to Vermont 211. State officials repeatedly urged Vermonters to call 211 to report damages and get connected to […]
Nature is the solution to our flooding crisis
By Tom Rogers Editors note: Tom Rogers, of Stowe, works for The Nature Conservancy in Vermont. Vermont’s increasingly destructive flooding disasters are happening because our rivers are doing exactly what we have spent more than 200 years intentionally designing […]
Disaster recovery efforts can serve more than one goal
By Elizabeth Sawin Editor’s note: Elizabeth Sawin, of Hartland, is the founder and director of the Multisolving Institute, a think tank helping implement solutions that protect the climate while improving equity, health, biodiversity, economic vitality and well-being. In the aftermath […]
Climate, Biden, Trump and the hate today’s politics incites
By Angelo Lynn Like the rain in Vermont these past two weeks, signs of climate change are everywhere. From record heat waves to record rainfall, melting icecaps to Canadian forest fires so extensive the residual smoke from 1,000s of […]
Storms send a signal
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication of the Mountain Times. As Vermont braces for more rain again later this week, state, municipal and volunteer crews […]
We can see clearly now
By Bill McKibben Editor’s note: Bill McKibben is an internationally known climate activist and writer who lives in Ripton. In Vermont, the scent of wood smoke on a late fall afternoon is an iconic smell. It’s not like that […]
‘The system is broken’ is a cruel joke, there is no system
By Richard Rawson Editor’s note: , Ph.D, is a research professor at the UVM Center for Behavior and Health. He lives in Brandon. He also is a professor emeritus in Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at […]
VT Saves will have a big impact without a big price tag
By Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak Saving for retirement should be easy, but tens of thousands of Vermont workers lack access to a workplace retirement plan. Many of these workers are not saving a penny for retirement, and this is […]
Federal debt ceiling deal will heighten hunger and poverty in Vermont
By Anore Horton and John Sayles Editor’s note: Horton and Sayles are executives at Hunger Free Vermont. Hunger is a solvable problem, yet in the federal debt limit deal, one of the negotiated “tradeoffs” is to take food off […]