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BRATTLEBORO â As a warmup to next weekâs Earth Day observance, local environmental advocates are planning a special march through town this Saturday to call on local, state and federal politicians to do more to address climate change.
âAs a farmer, I can see how vulnerable we all are to the climate crisis disrupting our food supply,â said Elizabeth Wood of the New Leaf CSA in Dummerston. âIf we want to continue to have a planet that can comfortably support human life, we need to act now.â Wood said she will be at the march.
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Editor of the Reformer: On Saturday, April 17 in Brattleboro there will be a march calling on local, state and federal politicians to do more to address climate change. Marches are a big part of the reason Vermont Yankee closed, the Civil Rights movement had the successes it did, apartheid ended, women won the right to vote, and the labor movement built the middle class. In recent years, nine million people a year have died of starvation. Droughts, floods, and unseasonable heat and cold all caused by climate change make it harder for farmers to grow food.
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Ray Branagan, of Brattleboro, Vt., picks up a meal from Everyone Eats, on Flat Street, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2020. 650 meals were donated by restaurants around the Brattleboro community.Everyone Eats is a program that is funded by the CARES Act and the funds are expected to run out on Dec. 30, 2020.
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Jerry Roberge, a paramedic at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, in Brattleboro, Vt. tells Karlie Borst, of Brattleboro, how to administer the COVID-19 test during a drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2020. BMH has tested around 550 people for the virus using the drive-thru style since November 18, 2020.