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Camping at Duck Pond Campsite
Camping at Duck Pond up at Burnt-Rossman State Forest.
Rolling back fuel economy standards will do nothing to improve traffic safety, and will be very costly for American consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Reports, the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, today released an analysis showing that American consumers will lose about $460 billion dollars in fuel savings in the coming years if the federal government goes forward with plans to roll back the nation’s fuel economy and emissions standards for new cars and light-duty trucks.
The rollback was just submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for review within the White House, suggesting the proposal may soon be finalized. Even though the basis for the rollback proposal is purportedly to improve highway traffic safety, and thus named the “SAFE Rule” by federal agencies, this analysis by Consumer Reports (CR) finds that freezing fuel economy and emissions standards would not improve safety.
August 14, 2019 – Next Sixteen Weeks
Here is a brief chart that shows the climate normals, sunset times, and length of day for next four months in Delmar, NY…
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| Week | Date | Dawn | Sun- rise |
Sun- set |
Dusk | Day | Avg High | Avg Low | Record Hi | Record Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Aug 14 | 5:31 am | 6:01 am | 7:58 pm | 8:28 pm | 13:56 | 81 | 60 | 97 (1988) | 44 (1941) |
| 1 | Aug 21 | 5:39 am | 6:09 am | 7:47 pm | 8:17 pm | 13:38 | 80 | 59 | 98 (1916) | 42 (1977) |
| 2 | Aug 28 | 5:47 am | 6:16 am | 7:36 pm | 8:05 pm | 13:19 | 78 | 58 | 98 (1948) | 42 (1982) |
| 3 | Sep 4 | 5:55 am | 6:24 am | 7:24 pm | 7:52 pm | 13:00 | 77 | 56 | 97 (1929) | 37 (1946) |
| 4 | Sep 11 | 6:03 am | 6:31 am | 7:12 pm | 7:40 pm | 12:40 | 74 | 54 | 98 (1931) | 36 (1917) |
| 5 | Sep 18 | 6:10 am | 6:39 am | 6:59 pm | 7:27 pm | 12:20 | 71 | 51 | 91 (1891) | 35 (1986) |
| 6 | Sep 25 | 6:18 am | 6:46 am | 6:47 pm | 7:15 pm | 12:00 | 68 | 48 | 91 (2017) | 29 (1963) |
| 7 | Oct 2 | 6:26 am | 6:54 am | 6:34 pm | 7:02 pm | 11:40 | 65 | 45 | 85 (1927) | 30 (1972) |
| 8 | Oct 9 | 6:34 am | 7:02 am | 6:22 pm | 6:50 pm | 11:20 | 63 | 42 | 83 (1949) | 27 (2001) |
| 9 | Oct 16 | 6:41 am | 7:10 am | 6:11 pm | 6:39 pm | 11:00 | 60 | 39 | 88 (1947) | 25 (1978) |
| 10 | Oct 23 | 6:50 am | 7:18 am | 6:00 pm | 6:29 pm | 10:41 | 57 | 37 | 81 (1947) | 20 (1969) |
| 11 | Oct 30 | 6:58 am | 7:27 am | 5:50 pm | 6:19 pm | 10:23 | 54 | 36 | 80 (1946) | 20 (1969) |
| 12 | Nov 6 | 6:06 am | 6:36 am | 4:41 pm | 5:11 pm | 10:05 | 52 | 34 | 73 (2015) | 15 (1951) |
| 13 | Nov 13 | 6:14 am | 6:45 am | 4:34 pm | 5:04 pm | 9:49 | 49 | 32 | 69 (1964) | 13 (1981) |
| 14 | Nov 20 | 6:23 am | 6:53 am | 4:28 pm | 4:59 pm | 9:34 | 46 | 31 | 72 (1991) | 6 (1986) |
| 15 | Nov 27 | 6:30 am | 7:01 am | 4:24 pm | 4:55 pm | 9:22 | 43 | 28 | 66 (1896) | 8 (1957) |
| 16 | Dec 4 | 6:37 am | 7:09 am | 4:22 pm | 4:53 pm | 9:12 | 40 | 26 | 63 (1998) | -9 (1940) |
Dairy, forest industries are a priority for Working Lands grants – VTDigger
KIRBY – As the region’s wood industry evolves, a Northeast Kingdom logger is using a $130,000 state Working Lands Program grant to develop new outlets for low-grade wood products. Heath Bunnell started a business this summer that takes in wood waste and creates products such as mulch, compost and kiln-dried firewood.
Bunnell bought a farm in Kirby last year and spent the early part of the summer overseeing the deconstruction of a large barn on the property, which once held a brick factory and later a scrap car business. Bunnell wants to provide a market for the low-grade wood that has flooded the market since Northeast mill capacity diminished sharply in 2015 and 2016.