Gov. Scott now has one of the strongest data center laws in the nation on his desk, and he has until Thursday night to sign or veto it. The bad news? Gov. Scott’s own staff have joined Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a core right-wing group in the Koch Brothers’ dark money network, to oppose it.1, 2 If …
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Something remarkable just happened at the Vermont State House. The Vermont legislature just passed H.727 — the bill to regulate any data centers proposed here — with an overwhelming, bipartisan supermajority: 26-3 in the Senate, and with just a smattering of “no’s” on a voice vote in the House. That kind of margin doesn’t happen …
Late this morning, the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee voted 5-0 — unanimously, with bipartisan support — to advance a far stronger version of H.727, the data center regulation bill, than passed the Vermont House earlier this year. The bill now heads to the full Senate floor. VPIRG has been deep in this work for months. Here’s what …
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Today is Earth Day — and this year, one of the most important things you can do to protect Vermont’s climate future has nothing to do with Washington, D.C. – it’s happening right here, in the State House in Montpelier. You’ve probably heard about the massive boom in data centers nationwide, driven by the rapid …
There is an important but overlooked climate bill winding its way through the State House right now: H.740. It would create a new, robust statewide carbon pollution and fossil fuel reporting program. And thanks to the voices of Vermonters like you, H.740 passed the House of Representatives! But our work isn’t done, and the importance of …
If my appearance on Vermont Edition on Monday made one thing clear, it’s that the Scott Administration is very serious about the possible siting of a new nuclear plant in Vermont – and about weakening the Renewable Energy Standard, which currently requires all Vermont electric utilities to be 100% renewable no later than 2035. As …
I’m thrilled to share some incredible news from the State House: S.202, the bill to bring portable solar to Vermont, just passed the Senate with a unanimous 29-0 vote! This is an important step forward for energy democracy in our state. For years, the clean energy revolution has felt out of reach for too many Vermonters—especially renters, condo owners, and others who can’t go …
For years, we’ve worked side-by-side to advance the clean energy revolution here in Vermont. We’ve made incredible progress, but for too many people, the promise of solar power is still just out of reach. That’s changing. A new generation of simple, small-scale solar systems that complement currently-available, traditional rooftop and backyard arrays has the potential …
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Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration must release millions in funding for EV charging infrastructure to fourteen states – but not Vermont. Why? As Seven Days revealed, the Scott Administration refused to support Attorney General Charity Clark’s lawsuit to force the Trump Administration to deliver those funds to Vermont. The story …
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In 2015, Vermont passed its Renewable Energy Standard, requiring Vermont electric utilities to provide 75% renewable electricity to their customers by 2032, of which 10% needed to be from smaller, newly-built renewables from here in Vermont. Last week on a vote of 9-1 the House Environment and Energy Committee voted to pass H.289, the first …
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