An update from VPIRG Summer Organizer, Austin Andersen Sun, fun, and solar panels… Solar Fest 2014 was the educational and empowering festival weekend for the environmentalist in all of us. From workshops on installing home photovoltaic systems to lectures on backyard permaculture; vendors selling bamboo tie-dye t-shirts to organic Portobello pizza; Solar Fest was part …
Vermont Gas should never have gotten a permit to build brand new fossil fuel infrastructure at a time when Vermont can and should be weaning off climate-roasting fuels, but the story gets worse. Last week, VPIRG received news¹ that building Vermont Gas’ fracked gas pipeline could force customers to pony up an additional $35 million—a …
Today VPIRG’s own Falko Schilling joined Tom Ashbrook on NPR’s On Point Radio to discuss GMO labeling in Vermont. Falko discussed how Vermont became the first state to require labels on GMO foods, and the legal challenges facing the State.The hour long program featured an array of guests and was broadcast on NPR stations across …
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Earlier this week the State Auditor released a report outlining how the Green Mountain Care Board has not met their statutory duty to give consumers information about their health care costs. The Report showed that the state has the information necessary to let consumers look up the prices of health care procedures before they go …
Your right to know is under attack. VPIRG is committed to defending it. VPIRG, represented jointly by counsel from the Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic and the Center for Food Safety, is seeking to intervene in the lawsuit against Vermont in order to assist the State in mounting the strongest possible …
The Grocery Manufacturers Association and their allies are taking Vermont to court to stop our state from becoming the first in the nation to require labels on GMO foods. The lawsuit demands federal court to step in and prevent Vermont from implementing our popular GMO-labeling law. “This is corporate bullying at its worst,” said VPIRG …
After years of hard work and dedicated action Vermont’s GMO labeling Bill has passed both the House and Senate! Today members of the VT House of representatives voted 114 to 30 to concur with the Senate version of the bill and to pass H.112. This nation leading “no strings attached” GMO labeling policy now heads to Governor …
Following initial approval, the Senate has officially passed Vermont’s GMO labeling bill (H.112) 28 to 2! Click here to view the final vote results and see how your Senator voted! This historic vote moves Vermont ever closer to becoming the first state to require labels on the GMO foods. Again, the bill will now head …
VT Senate officially passes Vermont’s GMO labeling bill (H.112) 28 to 2! Read More »
This Tuesday the VPIRG and Rural VT intern team and Slow Food UVM took part of one of the best days of the year- Ben and Jerry’s free cone day! The Rural Vermont outreach team set up at the downtown Burlington Scoop Shop, while VPIRG and Slow Food talked to ice cream-hungry students at the …
Vermont Gas wants to build a pipeline carrying fracked gas from Alberta, Canada through Vermont’s Addison County and underneath Lake Champlain. We have clean alternatives to fossil fuels available today. Come to hear more about these technologies – from efficient heat pumps to weatherization resources to solar electric and hot water systems – and learn …
