Reposted from VTDigger.   Editor’s note: Josh Schlossberg is the editor of The Biomass Monitor.   I’m sure I’m speaking for most Vermonters when I thank Sen. Leahy, Sen. Sanders, Rep. Welch and Gov. Shumlin for pushing the federal government to increase fuel-assistance dollars so Vermonters can afford to heat their homes over the winter.

Reposted from Times Argus.   I was one of about 100 people who recently visited Lowell Mountain.

Reposted from Rutland Herald.   When something comes along and seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Reposted from the Caledonian-Record.   NEWPORT CITY — Six Lowell wind protesters pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to trespassing charges and later vowed to do the same thing again if that’s what it takes to stop Green Mountain Power.

This week’s Barton Chronicle included coverage of the Derby wind project, the Lowell protest, and Letters to the Editor.  Download the relevant pages in PDF format.

Reposted from Seven Days.   With 2011 coming to a close, several major policy questions remain unanswered: Will Vermont Yankee close? Can Vermont launch a single-payer health care system? Will Gov. Peter Shumlin ever visit Dominica again?

Reposted from Caledonian-Record.   NEWPORT CITY — The publisher of a well-known weekly newspaper in Orleans County pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to trespassing while covering a protest at the Lowell wind site.

Reposted from Rutland Herald.   Here are a couple of ideas to improve Vermont’s energy economy, as a follow-up to the Dec. 17 Herald editorial “A new energy economy.” One augments Vermont’s renewable energy repertoire, the other would increase the efficiency with which oil-based power is used.