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POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER – April 4, 2024: Climate Solutions Caucus to Host Day of Climate Resilience at State House

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER – Check Back with the State House on a Rescheduled Date Vermont Climate Solutions Caucus to Host Day of Climate Resilience at State House with Press Conference, Photo Gallery, and Stream Table Demonstration on Thursday, April 4th The Climate Solutions Caucus, in partnership with Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS), […]

Groundbreaking Stanford Study Shows that Batteries Plus Fuel Cells Can Ensure Reliable, Cheap Clean Energy to Help Solve Climate Crisis

Study busts the myth that fossil fuels are needed to keep the lights on and finds that transitioning to clean energy can reduce costs by around 61%

Stanford, Calif.– A new groundbreaking study out of Stanford University demonstrates that combining battery storage with hydrogen fuel cells can ensure low-cost reliability when countries, including the […]

Vermonters Together Building a Better Future – March and Rally – Sat. Jan. 27

Vermonters Together – Building a Better Future March and Rally Saturday, January 27, 2024, 1-3 PM Meet at Montpelier City Hall on Main Street And March to the Vermont Statehouse […]

Become a Climate Leader in 2024

To achieve the goal of moving towards a more sustainable future, Vermont businesses are calling for our legislators to make significant progress in bringing new renewables online, establish state funds to support business recovery from climate disasters, and to hold the fossil fuel companies accountable for the destruction of our natural environment.

Join us […]

Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman December 19th Newsletter

Hello,

We have just witnessed the warmest December 18th on record with huge amounts of rain and snowmelt causing flooding in Vermont yet again. We saw the devastating effects of climate change this summer when our second “once-in-a-lifetime” flood in the past twelve years destroyed communities, wiped out houses and washed […]

The True Importance of COP28: It’s In Our Hands Now

TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Carl Pope’s Blog December 17th, 2023 San Francisco, CA

Common sense prevailed at the last COP28 moment, with the symbolic agreement to commit the world to moving beyond fossil fuels (as it had been doing rather steadily during the conference). One importance of the agreement is that future COP’s can start out […]

COP28: Smooth start

COP28: UN Climate Talks Have a Surprisingly Smooth Start reprinted from COP28: UN Climate Talks Have a Surprisingly Smooth Start – Bloomberg Notes from the ground By John Ainger

The COP28 climate summit could have hardly had a better start.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries agreed on details for […]

U.S. energy sector reaches turning point on transmission

Report: U.S. energy sector reaches turning point on transmission

Report from Troutman Pepper law firm identifies alignment of federal planning and state siting and permitting processes as key to solving age-old transmission problem.

FERC reforms and DOE funding opportunities also promise incremental gains.

Market actors call for […]

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Biden-Harris Administration Hosts First-Ever White House Climate Resilience Summit and Releases National Climate Resilience Framework In conjunction with White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities, Administration announces more than $500 million in additional investment for resilience

Across the country, Americans are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. In just the first eight months […]

Energy Action Network Summit and Annual Progress Report Presentation this Thurs. 9/28 at Sugarbush

Climate and energy summit to be held as new report finds Vermont not meeting its climate responsibility, missing economic opportunity.

On Thursday, September 28th, 2023, the Energy Action Network will host its annual Network Summit. EAN’s 2023 Annual Progress Report for Vermont on Emissions, Energy, Equity, and the Economy will be presented for […]