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Will Gov. Scott undermine Vermont’s chance to stop Trump’s attack on Solar for All?

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Trump just announced plans to kill a $7 billion program Bernie created to deliver solar to low-income Americans.1 The only chance Vermonters have to benefit from this program is if Vermont challenges that outrageous move in court – but given Gov. Scott’s recent actions, we have every reason to believe his administration could undercut a …

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VPIRG Statement on Proposed Repeal of EPA’s Endangerment Finding

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Ben Edgerly Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG), released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s proposal to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) endangerment finding: “The Trump Administration’s move to dismantle the endangerment finding is exactly what we’d expect to see out of …

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VPIRG is hiring For Our Organizing & Advocacy Fellowship!

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Duration: Two-year commitment from Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – end of canvass August 2027 Job Summary: The VPIRG Fellowship is a two-year entry-level organizing and advocacy position that gives you the training and hands on experience to be a leader. This is your opportunity to make an immediate impact on campaigns that protect and promote …

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Vermont’s Neonicotinoid Restrictions Take Effect: Advocates Urge Timely Action on Rules to Protect Pollinators

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Vermonters concerned about the state’s threatened bees and other pollinators are celebrating the July 1, 2025 implementation of legislation to restrict the application of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”) in the state. On June 17th, 2024, Vermont legislators overrode Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of H.706 (now Act 182) that phases out the use of nearly all …

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Job Opening: Summer Bike Technician (Part-Time)

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Job Opening: Part-Time Summer Bike Technician VPIRG is seeking a reliable, qualified bike technician with a passion for grassroots democracy to help us maintain our bike fleet for summer canvassers. VPIRG is a strong and growing environmental advocacy organization with 16 full-time, year-round staff and a team of over 50 canvassers. Our summer canvass travels …

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2025 Legislative End of Session Update 

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CLIMATE & CLEAN ENERGY  Protecting Vermont’s Climate Progress from Rollbacks One of the most important outcomes of the 2025 legislative session was the successful defense of Vermont’s foundational climate policies. From the beginning of the year, attacks on climate action have come hard and fast from both President Trump and Governor Phil Scott. While many …

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Gov. Scott signs legislation banning toxic “forever chemicals” from firefighting gear, dental floss, cleaning products, and more

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Late yesterday, Gov. Phil Scott signed into law further restrictions on the use of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting gear, dental floss, cleaning products, and fluorine-treated containers. According to the Vermont Department of Health, PFAS exposure can lead to reproductive and developmental disorders, decreased antibody response to vaccines, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, certain types …

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Vermont State Representatives Introduce Bill to Let Big Oil Off the Hook: Oppose H.518

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Last year, after devastating floods that swept across our state, the Vermont legislature took a bold and necessary step by passing Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act. This landmark law is designed to do what’s only fair: require the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, which profited for decades while knowingly fueling the climate crisis, to help pay …

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Urge your senators to support funding to implement the Climate Superfund Act

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After the devastating floods that hit Vermont in the summer of 2023, the Vermont legislature stepped up and passed the Climate Superfund Act, requiring some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies to compensate Vermont for the enormous costs the climate crisis is causing Vermont and Vermonters.   Now, the work of implementing that law is …

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2025 Mid-Session Update

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We’ve passed the unofficial halfway mark of the 2025 Vermont legislative session. Last Friday marked the crossover deadline – the date by which bills must be advanced out of their initial policy committee if they are going to have a chance of being passed this year. We knew coming into this session that we’d need …

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