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The topic of book bans and gender identity have been among the key issues in this year’s election and prompted a student group to make a rare endorsement.

Vermont’s current approach to energy transition is cumbersome and heavy-handed. We can achieve substantial carbon reductions with a positive approach that uses incentives, education and state policies that will facilitate rather than mandate electrification.

The Nov. 27 commentary titled Vermont’s climate plan is built on a foundation made of paper contains many important points regarding the Vermont climate change policies, particularly around renewable energy. But the encouraged policy mandating more in-state renewable energy generation is not the best approach for reducing carbon emissions. Simply adding more renewables, particularly solar, will not work without adding large amounts of grid-scale storage. Storage will increase cost, but is needed since it will make the renewable energy available for a longer period of the day.  Deep decarbon...

The increased temperatures, caused by our use of fossil fuels, are also a problem. Marine heatwaves stress out species such as coral and kelp. During these events, marine life can die in a matter of weeks, and it can take up to a decade for the ecosystem to recover, Cornwall said, if it recovers at all. Although these events are depressingly frequent in Australia, they’re also occurring here as well. “I like to think of Australia as a canary in a coal mine,” he added. MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Chris Cornwall has been recognised for his research mimicking the effects of more acidic oceans.