Certainly, Vermont should not be adding a dirty-fossil-fuel plant! How about a solar facility with non-toxic aqueous battery storage instead?
Keep moving forward. Don't backslide!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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