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Vermont Legislature Enacts Landmark 100% Renewable Energy Bill

Current VT Renewable Energy Requirements versus New Requirements (Renewable Energy Vermont)

Peter Sterling

On June 17, the Vermont General Assembly overrode Governor Phil Scott’s veto to enact H.289 modernizing Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard requiring all Vermont utilities to deliver 100% renewable electricity by 2035 at the latest.

This makes Vermont just the second […]

Data Shows Lowered Costs for Families Across the Country Are Keeping Money In our Pockets

Washington, D.C.— Today, Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released state fact sheets that highlight how Democrats are putting money back into families’ pockets through the passage of the Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.

These […]

Jane Fonda and the Governors Take on Big Oil

As pump jacks operated in the background, right next to the park, playgrounds and homes, Fonda, and Newsom, Schwarzenegger discussed Senate Bill 1137, against the health impacts from oil and gas wells. (Photo by Frank Fastner, California State Archives)

Martin Wahl

At a March 22 press conference, Jane Fonda, joined by […]

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 […]

Michigan Senate votes to override local decisions on wind, solar energy

From Bridge Michigan:

Wind turbine farms have caused local controversies throughout Michigan. After a Senate vote Wednesday, permitting power for the projects will likely soon shift from local communities to the state’s Public Service Commission. (Bridge file photo)

The Senate Wednesday approved bills to shift permitting authority over wind, solar developments to the […]

Inflation Reduction Act Marks Biggest Climate Investment in U.S. History

Bob and Suzannah Ciernia

After years of writing letters to the editor, calling and emailing our elected representatives, and lobbying in person, Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is proud to take some of the credit as one of many environmental organizations that helped move legislators to include significant spending to address climate change in […]

Why Is It Easier to Build a Dollar General than a Solar Panel in Vermont?

Family Dollar store in Bradford, Vermont. (Staff image)

Peter Sterling

Over the last decade or so while most of us weren’t looking, something very disturbing has happened in Vermont: it has become easier to build commercial strip development like a Dollar General store in a rural town than to build renewable energy.

Between […]

What’s Missing from Our Approach to Solving Climate Change?

Our Politics and Our Assumptions Are Not Helping Us

Bob and Suzannah Ciernia

Six Republican members of Congress addressed a Conservative Climate Conference this past March and told attendees that their voices are an important part of the discussions of climate change. Collectively, the speakers expressed the opinion that climate change is a […]

House Climate Action Needed

To friends concerned about preserving a livable world,

In July, U.S. Senators received over 50,000 messages from Citizens’ Climate Lobby members and friends, all asking them to address climate change by putting a price on carbon. That was a big deal!

Those messages moved the Senate and they are talking about it. There’s no way […]

The Vermont Climate Council Needs To Hear From You!

It’s Time For All Of Us To Speak Out

To Demand An Accurate Accounting Of Our GHG Emissions

The Global Warming Solutions Act, passed last year, requires the Vermont Climate Council (VCC) to create a Climate Action Plan that will reduce Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions to specific levels by three […]