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 …
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 …
The State has set a goal of weatherizing 20,000 low-income homes by the year 2020, but we’re still 14,000 homes away from meeting that commitment. While we need to be doing much more to meet Vermont’s efficiency and global warming goals, at a minimum we need to make sure that Vermont’s most vulnerable citizens aren’t …
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 …
Governor Shumlin signed H.702 – a bill that updates the state’s net metering program – into law this morning. Net metering allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. At a time when many DC politicians are sticking their fingers in their ears in hopes that not hearing or accepting bad …
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 …
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 …
Victory for Solar– S.191 voted down on Senate floor Read More »
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!
