Start a dialogue in your community by submitting a letter-to-the-editor to your local or regional newspaper. Here are some tips, talking points and instructions for submission to the larger state papers. Climate Talking Points: State the Problem: Global warming is happening now. Even here in Vermont storms like Irene are coming more frequent. Global warming …
A visual manifestation of an amazing session Thoughts from VPIRG’s Field Director, Liz Edsell At the beginning of the 2014 legislative session, I created a “scoreboard” on a whiteboard. There were just too many darn bills we were working on and I needed a spot where I could keep track of our progress on all …
VPIRG is defending your right to know. Read our press statement on VPIRG and Center for Food Safety’s motion to intervene by clicking here. If you’re ready to really nerd out on the legal documents, here’s the full list of documents we filed with our motion to intervene. Motion to Intervene: Click here to download. …
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Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) and Center for Food Safety (CFS) formally moved to defend Vermont’s genetically engineered (GE) food labeling law, Act 120. The groups filed legal papers to intervene on behalf of the State of Vermont in order to assist in defending Act 120 from a legal challenge brought by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other food industry trade associations. They are represented jointly by counsel from CFS and Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC). Act 120 was signed into law on May 8, 2014. GMA, which represents the country’s largest food manufacturers and has poured tens of millions of dollars into anti-labeling campaigns in other states, sued Vermont just over a month after the law was signed.
When our lawmakers passed Act 48 in 2011, they laid out a vision of a health care system that provides health care for all Vermonters and is more fair, transparent and affordable than the status quo. We need to make sure that our legislators know that their constituents want them to stay the course of …
Burlington, VT – The Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) formally launched its summer outreach campaign today – Taking on Big Money in Politics – with help from Ben & Jerry’s co-founder, Ben Cohen. VPIRG’s goal is to build broad public support for a set of proposals that will lessen the political influence of very …
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Clean Coal. “Vermont” Gas. “Sustainable” Fossil Fuels. This industry will really say anything to promote its climate-roasting product. Take Vermont Gas for instance. If this company were selling maple syrup instead of fracked gas, it would be in violation of state laws prohibiting false advertising. Its fossil fuel doesn’t come from Vermont. In fact, two …
Think Big Money’s influence in our democracy has gone too far?
Now’s the time to call on Vermont’s elected leaders to do something about it.
Vermont Law School’s Environment and Natural Resources Law Clinic assembled the following thorough memorandum on the constitutionality of labeling genetically engineered foods. Click here to view the memo.
Sign this petition to Vermont’s legislators to help Vermonters reduce our energy use, end our reliance on fossil fuels, and accelerate our transition to clean energy.
