WDEV Radio: Vermont’s clean energy economy

Gov. Peter Shumlin released a report this week showing that Vermont’s clean energy industry now employs over 15,000 workers at some 2,600 locations and comprises about 4% of the state’s workforce. We discuss the state of and prospects for Vermont’s clean energy...

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WCAX-TV: State names environmental excellence award winners

Excerpts:  The state is recognizing companies and organizations that have helped improve Vermont's environment in the last year. Winners of the 2014 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence include companies like SunCommon, which has used an innovative financing model to expand...

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WCAX-TV: Assisting those wanting to get back to work

By Logan Crawford Click here for video. The latest unemployment numbers are out in Vermont. They come at a time when Governor Peter Shumlin is pushing to create jobs in the state. "We have the fifth lowest unemployment rate in America, the lowest...

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Montpelier Times Argus: SunCommon Honored Among 92 Companies

WATERBURY — SunCommon, a Waterbury Center solar company, is among more than 90 businesses around the world chosen by the nonprofit B Lab as being among companies that earned the top scores in the B Impact Assessment, “a rigorous...

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Valley Reporter: Crossett Brook Middle School solar system comes online

Solar developers, state and local officials and 260 middle-schoolers gathered on December 12 to flip the switch and energize the largest school solar system in Vermont. Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury is now the home of two solar...

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WAMC Northeast Public Radio: VT’s Largest School Solar Array Online

Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury now has Vermont's largest school solar array. Governor Peter Shumlin and others threw the switch on the 157-kilowatt solar array Thursday. It is the largest such system at a school in Vermont. Shumlin was joined...

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