On Friday, March 17, the House Energy & Technology Committee voted to pass H.411, a bill that protects the Federal appliance efficiency standards from Federal rollbacks. The bill passed with tripartisan support, with only one representative (Representative Van Wyck, Addison-3) voting against it. It then passed the full House on…
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VPIRG has been working with partners including 350VT and the Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club in efforts to transition our state pension investments towards a low or no carbon future, in line with our state renewable energy goals. On Thursday, February 8th, 2017, Treasurer Beth Pearce released a letter…
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As the 2016 energy siting and planning bill was going through the final steps at the legislature last spring, the issue of setting statewide limits for sound from wind projects became a hot topic. Historically these limits had been set for each project individually. The bill, in its final form,…
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