Climate scientists say Vermont has already transitioned from hardiness zone 4 state to hardiness zone 5. Warmer weather in Vermont could allow pests that are currently “cold limited” to flourish. ...Ecologists agree that overall, pest pressure is supposed to increase in Vermont as a result of climate change, but that assessment is invariably hedged with “it’s complicated.” Read more...
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Thousands of Vermonters taking part in the Global Climate Strike left their schools, workplaces and homes Friday, calling for “immediate solutions” to combat climate change.
Students of all levels, from elementary schools to post-graduate programs, united at events in Burlington, Montpelier, Brattleboro, Middlebury, Lyndon and beyond. Read more... TDigger participated last week in “Covering Climate Now,” a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Environmental reporter Elizabeth Gribkoff investigated the impacts climate change are already having on Vermont, from weather patterns, to new pest pressures, to population shifts.
Meanwhile, journalists across the United States and other countries turned their focus on the climate crisis. Here 10 stories to check out from other publications around the world that also participated in Covering Climate Now: Read More Gov. Phil Scott took some heat at a press conference in 2017 for suggesting that climate change could provide an “economic boon” for Vermont. But some planners in Vermont think the state should start prepping for possible “climigration,” the term that has emerged to refer to migration related to sea level rise and other climate change impacts. Read more...
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