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A judge has allowed a 2021 lawsuit filed by the state of Vermont against major fossil fuel companies to move forward. -
“When we’re losing our insect populations, we’re losing our bird populations,” one expert says. -
“There’s been a fairly significant change over time,” says a UNH pollster, who points to demographics as the driving force. -
The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally live into their seventies. The difference? Southern whales aren’t facing entanglements in fishing gear and boat collisions at the same rate. -
Events will take place exactly 50 years to the day from when the team played their first game in Hartford. -
A new study from Dartmouth Health found that algorithms were able to use large sets of data to come to conclusions that were accurate, but not logical, including that beer consumption was evident in knee X-rays. -
A proposed rule would prohibit the sale of most consumer goods with added forever chemicals in 2032. -
A new round of grants is aimed at helping local churches and synagogues beef up their security, as threats force a change to open-door policies. -
While larger conglomerates of ski resorts are able to balance out a lack of snow and cold in one part of the globe with a good winter elsewhere, that's not the case for smaller resorts. -
Nigel Manley decided to branch out and plant Korean fir trees several years ago. Now, a hybrid created with Balsam pollen accounts for a third of his new trees every season. -
Connecticut announced it is formally pulling the plug on an agreement with Rhode Island and Massachusetts to make a bulk purchase of offshore wind. -
This week, 33-year-old Isaac Shoulderblade was among the small business owners across Vermont racing to send out those final packages to arrive on time for the holidays.
