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The Local News collection consists of happenings from the Middlebury or Vermont community, along with a few items from broader New England. Most of these stories are about environmental protection efforts, and while they may not all connect directly to Middlebury, they offer a broad view of local peoples' views and interactions with their environments.
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Hydroelectric Plant Delayed
The attempt to build a hydroelectric plant was put on hold while they waited for federal approval of the project. Jim Maddocks, a spokesperson for Central Vermont Public Services explained that they wanted the plant in order to provide alternative…
Lake Champlain Toxic Waste
Two articles written about student activism around Lake Champlain and toxic waste
Over the Falls
After second vote on the issue, the proposed facility is approved by 272 votes out of 1759 ballots. The first vote on the issue was too close and required a second vote.
Solar Home II: Where the Energy Is
Descriptions and the process of Peter Oxford's life in a solar powered home in Vermont.
Religions and Environment: Focus on a Worldly Concern
A New York Times article reporting on the Dalai Lama's visit to Middlebury College in September 1990 for a symposium on religion and the environment.
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A student essay on changing gender roles in American agriculture with emphasis on recent shifts in and around Vermont
Vegetarian Food
Two articles in the Middlebury Campus from Fall 1980 about food, both vegetarian and organic food, both at the college and at the local cooperative store.
Alternity Week
An account of Middlebury's success in a region wide competition to conserve energy called Alternity Week.
Students get first hand look at Vermont Yankee Plant
A long investigative article about Vermont Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, VT
EQ: Quarry Hazards
An EQ column in the Middlebury Campus discussing concerns related to OMYA's operation of calcium carbonate marble quarries in Addison County, VT
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