Tag: Pownal
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Issue: December 2018-January2019
Recycling’s season of discontent
Haulers, local governments struggle as waste markets disappear A truck delivers a load of recyclables to TAM Recycling in Pownal. The pile in the foreground contains about 1.5 days worth of cardboard recyclables that have been delivered and are awaiting processing at the facility. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer POWNAL, Vt. read more
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Issue: December 2018-January2019
Recycling’s turmoil: A time to reassess
When state and local governments got into the recycling business 30 years ago amid the 1980s solid waste crisis, supporters said the economics of this new endeavor would sort themselves out over time. The theory was that, by getting the public to separate cans, glass, paper and plastics from disposable trash, we’d create a steady read more
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Issue: September 2017
Fear of empowerment — In a Vermont town, goal of ‘climate economy’ draws support, resistance
In a Vermont town, goal of ‘climate economy’ draws support, resistance Michelle Pekrol and some other residents of Pownal, Vt., have organized under the name SOS Pownal to oppose a new planning initiative aimed at helping the town better prepare for climate change. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer POWNAL, Vt. This read more
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Issue: September 2017
Smart growth, red herrings and a town’s climate plan
In the great cacophony of our democratic system, it’s hardly unusual to hear claims of backroom deals, hidden agendas and all sorts of shenanigans aimed at subverting the public good for private or political gain. Sometimes these claims even turn out to be true. But sometimes public servants with pure motives wind up being unfairly read more
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Issue: February-March 2013
Growing greens all winter long
Grants help farms meet an all-year demand for local produce By CRAIG IDLEBROOK Contributing writer POWNAL, Vt. Unlike many crop farmers in New England, Lisa MacDougall doesn’t hibernate. Even when the weather turned bitterly cold for a week in January, she was still busy picking spinach and kale for her community-supported-agriculture program and read more