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Vermont Gas is testing a geothermal infrastructure model, exploring whether its existing utility network and expertise can support networked ground-source heating and cooling. The pilot points to how gas companies could pivot toward renewable thermal energy as states move away from fossil fuels. Details on scale, cost and results have not yet been widely reported.
- 2Vermont attorney general joins fuel economy standards lawsuit▼Vermont AG Clark joins lawsuit challenging rollback of fuel economy standards
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the rollback of federal fuel economy standards. The legal action contests efforts to weaken vehicle efficiency requirements, a move with direct implications for states that have adopted stricter emissions rules. Critics of the rollback argue it undermines climate goals and consumer savings at the gas pump, while supporters say it reduces costs for automakers.
- 3Ronald Read: Vermont Janitor Who Quietly Built an $8 Million Fortune▼In 1959, A Vermont Gas Station Attendant Spent $2,380 On His First 39 Shares Of Stock. Over The Next 5 Decades, He Built A 95+ Stock Portfolio Of Blue Chip Dividend Payers. By 2014, Ronald Read's Portfolio Was Worth Nearly $8 Million
Ronald Read, a Vermont gas station attendant and janitor, bought his first 39 shares of stock for $2,380 in 1959. Over roughly five decades he patiently accumulated more than 95 blue-chip dividend-paying stocks, and by his death in 2014 his portfolio was worth nearly $8 million. His story is being recirculated as a striking example of frugal living, long-term investing and compound interest turning an ordinary wage into extraordinary wealth.