Vermont Public Radio reports that Robert Ide from the Department of Public Service's Energy Efficiency program will become the new rail program manager with the Agency of Transportation -- a position that has been vacant for the last five months. "Ide says rail and energy efficiency are directly related and rail will be needed to cut the state's carbon footprint." He plans to "work with the state's current freight companies to discover what needs to be improved, and to eventually create new opportunities for companies to ship by rail, including a new rail spur in Middlebury."

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