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Vermont’s day of reckoning is here
Vermont faces severe environmental challenges including floods, droughts, and water shortages, with climate-related costs exceeding $15.9 million for farmers in 2025 alone. Efforts to expand population and development, such as the Vermont Futures Project's 2035 growth targets, clash with ecological limits highlighted by declining aquifers and Earth Overshoot Day.
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- Vermont is in trouble
- ‘I still worry’: Vermonters recount floods’ impacts at anniversary climate panel
- Vermont is heating up, potentially forcing the state’s 7 petroleum-based plants to start picking up the slack
- Vermont’s public lands are costly to maintain. And soon, many may be more expensive to visit.
- As strong El Niño develops off the Pacific, experts say Vermont impact is tough to tease out