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Share your thoughts about the current state of energy in Vermont:
COMMUNITY ENERGY FORUM
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• What should communities do to plan for a
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sustainable energy future?
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• How can communities adapt to use energy more
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efficiently and economically?
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• How can our towns become energy independent?
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• How will climate changes affect our state?
Comments Widget
By doubling our recycling, we can halve our CO2 emissions.
-EPA, 2000
Tropical deforestation is responsible for about 20 percent of the total human caused carbon dioxide emissions each year and is a primary driver of extinction of forest species.
-Nature, 2001, D.S. Schimel
About 81 tons of mercury are emitted into the atmosphere each year as a result of electric power generation. Mercury is the most toxic heavy metal in existence.
-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Residential Appliances, including heating and cooling equipment and water heaters, consume 90% of all energy used in the U.S. residential sector.
-solarenergy.org
