The Vermont Senate voted 28-0 to update the state’s net metering law, which allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. Net metering works, and is a big part of why Vermont is 9th in the nation in installed solar power per capita, and solar is more affordable and easier to …
Last week the Vermont Senate voted 21-8 against a bill that would have made it more difficult to build solar in the state. S.191 would have restricted the ability of homeowners, businesses, farmers, municipalities, and schools to go solar. This vote came just days after the Senate voted 28-0 to expand net metering – the …
Victory for Solar– S.191 voted down on Senate floor Read More »
Despite overwhelming public support for renewable energy like wind and solar, opponents are now attempting to put up barriers to clean energy development in the state. VPIRG opposes a bill (S.201) that would make it significantly harder for Vermont to transition to a clean energy future and meet the goals laid out in our state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP).
Add your name to the petition urging VT Senators to support clean energy and oppose S.201!
Weatherization is one of the best investments we can make as a state. Unfortunately, this year the program is set to lose nearly 20% of its funding, which means fewer at-risk Vermonters will be able to make their homes more efficient. Add your name to a message to your legislators asking them to keep Weatherization funding at current levels, because we need to do more on efficiency, and we certainly shouldn’t be doing less.
For immediate release: Statement of VPIRG Clean Energy Advocate Ben Walsh on new report ranking Vermont #1 in solar jobs per capita “The news today that Vermont now has more solar jobs per capita than any other state just goes to show that building a clean energy future isn’t only good for the environment, it’s …
Two years ago, due in part to hundred of comments from VPIRG supporters, Vermont set a goal of getting 90% of our energy from renewable sources by 2050. Now, the State is assembling another report that could impact Vermont energy policy for years to come. If the document that laid out 90% as Vermont’s goal- …
In an editorial on Nov. 2,The Caledonian Record argued against building renewable wind projects in Vermont because “the science behind Shumlin’s ‘global warming’ fanaticism is, at best, unresolved.”1 In response, we ran an ad in their newspaper (politely) letting The Caledonian Record and its readers know that climate change is real, and that it is …
For Immediate Release: December 17, 2013 Montpelier, VT – A report released by the national Solar Energy Industries Association put Vermont ahead of all but four other states in the country for solar installed per person in quarter three of this year – the period from July through September. That achievement was made more remarkable …
News Release: Vermont 5th in Nation in Solar Power Installed this Summer Read More »
A number of new wind projects have been built in Massachusetts in recent years. To ensure renewable energy developments can be built while maintaining the health and well-being of project neighbors, the Commonwealth convened an extensive study of public health concerns. Their scientific, peer-reviewed study concluded that there are no health impacts that can be …
Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel Read More »
Global warming is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Our over-dependence on dirty and dangerous fossil fuels only exacerbates the problem. The solution—developing clean renewable sources like wind power, a resource that already displaces about 68 million metric tons of global warming pollution a year. Read the report here!
