State environmental officials are continuing to float the idea of building a renewable energy project on the site of the abandoned asbestos mine in Eden and Lowell. Voters in the towns refused last month to declare the mine a Superfund site, which would have provided money to clean it up.

Two Northeast Kingdom towns will vote next month on whether to have an abandoned asbestos mine declared a Superfund hazardous waste site. The state argues that the Superfund listing could bring in federal money to clean up the site.

The Green Mountain Club is concerned that a large wind power project proposed for Lowell Mountain could affect the back-country experience for hikers on the trail.

VPR's Jane Lindholm gets an update on the upcoming vote for a wind project in Lowell from Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candace Page.

As part of VPR's series, Vermont Quits, we look at how tobacco settlement funds have been used in the state to help people kick the habit.  Also, we get an update on public meetings surrounding a defunct asbestos mine in Eden and Lowell.  And, we bring you the sounds of a unique portable organ.

The mine site straddles the towns of Eden and Lowell. It was closed in 1993. Officials are concerned that waste rock containing potentially harmful asbestos fibers was used for road-building and for construction throughout the area.

The state last week released a report that showed higher death rates from asbestos related diseases in the towns surrounding the mine.