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Battery fire quelled at plant owned by electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies

  “Beta Technologies and area fire departments are investigating the cause of a lithium battery fire that set a container ablaze early Friday at the plant in South Burlington. No injuries were reported and the amount of gas possibly emitted is not deemed dangerous to the community, according to a Beta spokesperson. One of several … [Read more…]

Angry US landowners are killing off renewable energy projects

  “There’s an old saw in the trash business that says, “everybody wants their trash picked up but nobody wants it put down.” That’s not a perfect analogy for what’s happening with renewable-energy projects in New York and New England but the sentiment behind it is familiar. A recent Gallup poll found that 73 percent … [Read more…]