MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Customers of the telephone and broadband services provider FairPoint Communications in northern New England won’t notice much difference after it merges with an Illinois-based telecommunications provider, officials with the company merging with FairPoint said. But Consolidated Communications will continue efforts begun by FairPoint to expand and improve broadband internet services to […]
Schools add ‘cli-fi’ — climate fiction — to lit curriculums
Colleges and universities worldwide are incorporating into their curriculums the evolving genre of literature that focuses on the changes coming to Earth as the result of climate change — “cli-fi.” Some of the books and movies now being considered part of the genre are old classics, while others were written more recently in direct response […]
Summer Camps Create Cybersecurity Experts
At Vermont’s Norwich University, 20 high school students will build computers they’ll be able to take home. At Dakota State University in South Dakota, about 200 students will learn about programming. In Southern California, 250 middle school Girl Scouts will be given tiny computers, the chance to fly drones and earn special patches. And none […]
A Milestone in Green-Energy Efforts
Vermont’s largest city has a new success to add to its list of socially conscious achievements: 100 percent of its electricity now comes from renewable sources such as wind, water and biomass. With little fanfare, the Burlington Electric Department crossed the threshold this month with the purchase of the 7.4-megawatt Winooski 1 hydroelectric project on […]
Couple Gets $1.3M Wind Turbine Settlement
A Vermont couple whose Northeast Kingdom farm became a focal point in the fight against construction of a 21-turbine industrial wind project on Lowell Mountain said Monday that they were selling their 540-acre farm to Green Mountain Power for $1.3 million. In announcing they had agreed to settle a lawsuit over a boundary dispute filed […]