In a must-read op-ed he penned in VTDigger, Senator Chris Bray explains why the Public Service Board should protect private property rights and deny the proposed fracked gas pipeline through Cornwall and Shoreham to serve International Paper in New York. “We should, as Vermonters, guard our constitutional rights with care and vigor,” Bray writes. “In …
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This report from the Clean Energy Development Fund shows how many Vermonters are employed in the clean energy industry. Download the report
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 …
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.
Saving money and reducing pollution makes sense. That’s why VPIRG and Conservation Law Foundation are supporting the highest level of funding for Efficiency Vermont’s work under consideration. Please take a moment to sign the petition to the Public Service Board, here.
Every three years the Public Service Board reviews Efficiency Vermont’s budget and decides how much they should invest, and how much they should save Vermonters, going forward. That review is underway right now, and what they decide will determine whether or not we’re leaving potential savings on the table. Saving money and reducing pollution makes …
VICTORIES on GMOs, Toxics, Solar, and more! If you support VPIRG because we’re the kind of organization that takes on the tough fights on important issues and gets results, then I have good news for you. Our advocates, organizers, interns and member volunteers just completed one of the most successful legislative sessions in VPIRG’s 42 …
VPIRG took on some of the nation’s most powerful corporate interests in the 2014 legislative session, and we won! From landmark legislation requiring GMO foods to be labeled to expanding opportunities for Vermont families to go solar, this was an incredible year. We also helped to pass a new law that will help protect kids …
VPIRG brought together some of the biggest names in Vermont’s efficiency and clean energy sectors to share ways that Vermonters are saving money and cutting pollution at the same time, thanks to the clean energy options they specialize in.
VPIRG’s Clean Energy advocate Ben Walsh testified in the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee, offering VPIRG’s position that modern, cold-climate air source heat pumps are a key technology to reduce total energy use and help enable a transition of our heating sector to renewable fuels. To read a full-text version of VPIRG’s testimony, click …
