"Not in My Backyard", or NIMBY, is a term used to describe a person or a group of people who strongly oppose new development in their communities. Whether it's a new housing complex, retail ...

Over two years ago I wrote about a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut-based solar farm developer with a summer home in Martha's Vineyard seeking to enjoin the Vineyard Wind project off the Massachusetts ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

While world leaders meet in Glasgow over the seemingly insurmountable crisis caused by Greenhouse Gas supercharged climate change, approximately 60 percent of Maine voters have now opposed a one ...

The Nimby Project- On Friday, March 22 at 8 p.m., Hollywood actor and Northeast Kingdom resident Luis Guzman will present the Vermont premiere of his documentary, “The Nimby Project”, in the Foeger ...

esolved in other ways. When negotiation is the only answer, then there are three types of concessions to consider during negotiation:Your project can be modified to remove the real or perceived threat ...

A recent Speaking Out essay on Cobb's Hill Village (December 2, 2017) presented one side of the argument against improving the Cobb’s Hill Village senior housing project. There is another side — one ...

Rhode Island property targeted for condemnation to prevent construction of affordable housing on the site. (PLF) The town of Johnston, Rhode Island is targeting property for condemnation in order to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Falmouth council’s workforce housing project, at first blush, appears a ...

President Obama's energy policy has been a pretty tough slog. His $36 billion proposal for nuclear power plant construction took heat from both environmentalists and conservatives. Ditto his decision ...

A research group in the United States is proposing to add social variables in GIS-MCDA algorithms for PV project planning as a solution to avoid opposition to large scale solar from local communities.