Just under a year ago, the Vermont House Education Committee approved legislation that would have paused the state’s ambitious and logistically complex school testing…
A Windham County woman is suing agrochemical manufacturer Monsanto, alleging that exposure to toxic PCBs when she was a student at Twin Valley Elementary…
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, who is suing Monsanto for polluting the environment and schools with its toxic chemicals, is asking a federal court…
Higher than expected material and labor costs, as well as unforeseen site conditions, have driven the cost estimate for the new Burlington High School…
A year after Vermont embarked on a first-in-the-nation program to test hundreds of schools for toxic airborne chemicals known as PCBs, the findings have…
Nearly every school district in Vermont has signed on to a lawsuit against agrochemical manufacturer Monsanto, alleging that the company was responsible for contaminating…
When elevated levels of airborne PCBs were found in several rooms at Twin Valley Elementary School in late March, state officials thought that installing…
As Vermont lawmakers debate the fate of an ambitious, first-in-the-nation program to test hundreds of schools for PCBs, another community is dealing with the…
When Burlington school officials urged voters to approve a $165 million bond for a new high school and technical center last fall, they estimated that…
PCB manufacturer Monsanto asked a court on Thursday to dismiss the Burlington School District's lawsuit over contamination, citing the statute of limitations. The suit, filed…
The Burlington School District is seeking to force chemical maker Monsanto to pay for the fallout from PCB contamination at the city's now-shuttered high…
Last Thursday evening, around 20 community members gathered on the sidewalk in front of Burlington’s North Avenue Alliance Church with signs bearing a message…
Updated at 3:14 p.m. The Burlington School District intends to sue chemical maker Monsanto after contamination from the company's PCBs forced the closure of…
The week before school started this fall, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union superintendent Mark Tucker got a call from the Department of Environmental Conservation. As…
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