
Abagael Giles
Reporter, Environment & Climate ChangeAbagael is ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's climate and environment reporter, focusing on the energy transition and how the climate crisis is impacting Vermonters â€� and Vermont’s landscape.
Abagael joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý in 2020. Previously, she was the assistant editor at Vermont Sports and Vermont Ski + Ride magazines. She covered dairy and agriculture for The Addison Independent and got her start covering land use, water and the Los Angeles Aqueduct for The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra in Mammoth Lakes, Ca.
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Areas of the Champlain Valley remain under an Extreme Heat Warning until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. This heat event is part of a longer-term trend in Vermont connected to human-caused climate change.
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Researchers on Lake Champlain are doubling down on years of research to try to figure out how tiny pieces of toxic plastic are getting into the lake, which serves some 200,000 people with drinking water.
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The Green Mountain National Forest issued its final decision on the Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Management Project this week.
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Vermont has signed onto a lawsuit challenging the administration's efforts to thwart state regulations to bolster electric vehicle sales.
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Federal funding cuts to rental assistance programs mean some families may be forced back into homelessness. Plus, state legislators continue to debate education reform, the state signs on to California’s lawsuit against Trump’s national guard deployment in Los Angeles, Vermont must re-apply for federal funds meant to expand broadband access, and free summer lunches for kids.
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There’s growing concern over the future of Vermont farmers� markets because many don’t own the land where they operate. Plus, Vermont Senator Peter Welch says the Trump’s budget bill would “inflict bipartisan suffering,� the head of the Vermont Afghan Alliance says the recent travel ban is another blow to reuniting Afghan who helped the U.S military with their families, AAA warns people of a text scam, and updates on road work as we enter road construction season.
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Wildfire smoke is becoming more of an issue in Vermont and across the country. Here are some resources to help with smoke exposure when air quality gets dangerous.
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Vermont lawmakers are trying to control healthcare costs by capping how much hospitals can charge for specialty drugs and we hear from Woodstock resident and comedian Vicki Ferentinos. Plus, lawmakers sign off on a bill that requires tech companies to adjust product safety features for youth, West Windsor will now fine drivers who damage the town’s covered bridges, a federal judge blocks the U.S Labor Department from shutting down a nationwide workforce development program, and it’s been a decade since two men broke out of an infamous prison in upstate New York.
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Two environmental nonprofits are leading the work and say it will restore critical fish spawning habitat for the Deerfield River.
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“I think collectively, we’re all in agreement that Mother Nature can stop," said one creemee shop owner.