Climate & Energy

In the News: Heat pumps are booming!

Vt. program could grow to meet heat pump boom April 14, 2014 —Times Argus “People who install heat pumps are finding they can cut their heating bills in half over the cost of older technologies and energy sources, including oil and propane furnaces and electric baseboard systems, said Sen. Mark MacDonald, D-Orange.” Read the full …

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Clean Heating Solutions Forum – May 1st

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 …

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VT Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Net Metering

The Vermont Senate voted 28-0 to update the state’s net metering law, which allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. Net metering works, and is a big part of why Vermont is 9th in the nation in installed solar power per capita, and solar is more affordable and easier to …

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Victory for Solar– S.191 voted down on Senate floor

Last week the Vermont Senate voted 21-8 against a bill that would have made it more difficult to build solar in the state. S.191 would have restricted the ability of homeowners, businesses, farmers, municipalities, and schools to go solar. This vote came just days after the Senate voted 28-0 to expand net metering – the …

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VPIRG Supports Clean Energy, Opposes S.201

Despite overwhelming public support for renewable energy like wind and solar, opponents are now attempting to put up barriers to clean energy development in the state. VPIRG opposes a bill (S.201) that would make it significantly harder for Vermont to transition to a clean energy future and meet the goals laid out in our state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP).

Add your name to the petition urging VT Senators to support clean energy and oppose S.201!

VPIRG opens new front to block pipeline

VPIRG filed a motion to intervene in the case before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding the proposed fracked gas pipeline Vermont Gas wants to build underneath Lake Champlain all the way to New York. This is the latest step in the VPIRG’s legal fight to stop the proposed pipeline. “It’s almost basic common …

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90+ Local Businesses: Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline

For Immediate Release: February 25, 2014 90+ Local Businesses: Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Clean alternatives render project unnecessary, immoral, businesses say Middlebury, VT–Amidst growing statewide controversy about the proposed Vermont Gas Systems’ pipeline extension, today 90 small Vermont businesses went public with their opposition to the massive new fracked gas infrastructure project. For many, the …

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Vermont Gas Uses Bullying Tactics on Landowners

Vermonters deserve to know the truth about the strong-arm tactics Vermont Gas has used behind-the-scenes to bully landowners into signing away their land. When Maren Vasatka of Monkton heard, one year ago, that Vermont Gas wanted to run its high-transmission fracked gas pipeline 325 feet from our house, she cooperated. She even allowed Vermont Gas …

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