Repowering Vermont: Replacing Vermont Yankee for a Clean Energy Future
June 11, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
We are on the edge of making the biggest decision about Vermont’s energy future in the past 40 years. The choice to repower Vermont with renewable energy resources or commit to an additional 20 years of Vermont Yankee will determine the legacy we leave future Vermonters.
2009-2010 VPIRG Legislative Scorecard
August 4, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report, ConsumerProtection, Democracy, HealthCare, HealthyEnvironment, VTYankee
VPIRG produces a scorecard of key votes at the conclusion of each legislative biennium. You can use this year’s scorecard to find out how your representatives in the Vermont House and Senate voted on VPIRG-backed legislation to promote clean energy, reduce exposure to toxins, make health care more accessible and affordable and protect our democracy.
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Building Better How High-Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming
April 1, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
America is the largest consumer of energy in the world, and the majority of this energy comes from dirty and dangerous sources like coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power. Our continued reliance on these fuels contributes to global warming, undermines our energy independence, and costs American families and businesses more and more money every year.
State Leadership and the National Clean Cars Program
April 1, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
America’s dependence on oil threatens our economy and harms our environment. Roughly half of all the oil we use in the United States goes into the gas tanks of our cars and light trucks. The oil we use in our vehicles is also a major contributor to global warming.
Vermont's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program
March 17, 2010
CleanEnergy, Fact Sheet
There is a new program available to help Vermonters invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for their homes and businesses. The Vermont Energy Act of 2009, which recently became law in Vermont, includes a provision that allows for the creation of Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, programs. This is a concept that has been successfully implemented in California, New York and Colorado, and is being considered in many other locations around the country.
Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It
March 9, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
For decades, the Clean Water Act protected the Nation’s surface water bodies from unregulated pollution and rescued them from the crisis status they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now these vital protections are being lost. This report details the threat to our Nation’s waters by examining dozens of case studies, and highlights the urgent need for Congress to restore full Clean Water Act protections to our waters.
The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America
March 9, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
America’s highways and airports are increasingly congested. Our nation’s transportation system remains dependent on oil. And our existing transportation infrastructure is inadequate to the demands of the 21st century.
What We Learned From the Stimulus: And how to use what we learned to speed job creation in the 2010 jobs bill
January 6, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
Stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects, according to a new report released today by VPIRG, in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America.
But if the Senate doesn’t make changes to Congress’ latest jobs bill this month, it will miss an opportunity to create more jobs, while reducing oil use and carbon emissions, by funding public transportation.
Some Key findings of the report are:
New Report: U.S. to Achieve Sizable Pollution Reductions from State-Led Actions on Energy and Climate
December 7, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
The United States, long considered a laggard in addressing global warming, is poised to achieve significant reductions in global warming pollution thanks to clean energy and climate policies driven by the states, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by VPIRGs sister organization, Environment America.
Clean Energy Guidebook: Understanding Vermont’s Clean Energy Resources
November 18, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
Over this past summer VPIRG did a tremendous amount of research to compile all of the information on funding sources for renewable energy and efficiency projects in our citizen guide. Want to put solar panels up or improve the efficiency of your home? Own a small business? The Guidebook is a resource for individuals, communities and businesses to help find the incentives, rebates, providers and programs that are available to help you be part of Vermont's clean energy future.
