Clean Energy
Turning on your lights, getting to work, staying warm in the winter – these are energy needs shared by all Vermonters. VPIRG is committed to fueling these needs responsibly. Our energy use can be divided into these three main sectors: electricity, transportation, and heating. To help create our clean energy future and leave a positive legacy for future generations, VPIRG is working in all three areas to repower Vermont with local, clean sources, like wind, solar, small hydro, cow power and other renewables.
We are also working to decrease our reliance on dirty energy sources, like “fracking” for natural gas and fossil fuels for our vehicles, which contribute to health risks, global warming, degraded air quality, water pollution, and an unstable economic future. This reliance costs Vermonters and our local economy nearly $2 billion every year, money we could keep working in our state.
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Say Thanks for Supporting Wind!
Even though survey after survey shows a huge majority of Vermonters support clean energy development, including wind, and want the state to take responsibility for our energy future, a group of senators tried to insert a moratorium on renewable wind energy projects as part of the state budget.
Please thank your Senator(s) who stood up to the attack on renewable wind energy!…
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VPIRG launches ‘Clean Heat’ campaign
VPIRG is talking to Vermonters from every corner of the state this summer to help make a clean, affordable heating future a reality. Keeping our homes comfortable in the winter costs over a billion dollars a year and nearly $800 million of that goes right out of the state to pay for dirty fossil fuels. Making Vermont’s comfortable, affordable heating future a reality wouldn’t only save money – it’s what’s right for our economy and the environment.
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