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BRATTLEBORO â A new fund is designed to bring the town into a new era of energy-related decision making.
âI think it will allow us to do some amazing things,â said Select Board member Daniel Quipp.
Town staff and the Select Board have been energy conscious in planning capital projects and vehicle purchases in recent years. But the Fossil Fuel-Free Town Infrastructure Fund, approved unanimously by the board at a remotely meeting held Tuesday, is intended to go even further to make investments in projects that will remove fossil fuels from the operations of town and create long-term cost savings.
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Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.
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Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Shawn Goodell, from Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., checks the energy output from the two motors that produce electricity from the methane of its cows on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.