Senator to VPIRG chief: Try to be more civil

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state senator is taking exception to remarks made by the head of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group on the development of large-scale wind power in the state.

VPIRG executive director Paul Burns this past week said supporters of a three-year moratorium on mountaintop wind power in Vermont are denying the science of climate change, and likened them to people who deny evolution.

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