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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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