I’d like to tell you what I told the Vermont House of Representatives yesterday: the issue on which we will all be judged 50 years hence is how quickly and how boldly we moved to address the greatest challenge humans have ever faced. Temperature increases that human civilization may well be unable to adapt to …
Yesterday, a group of 50 Representatives, including Republicans, Democrats, and Progressives introduced Vermont H.112, this year’s GMO-labeling legislation in the VT House. The bill was referred to the VT House Committee on Agriculture, the same committee as last year’s bill. Thanks to the experience of last year, as well as the broad popular and tripartisan …
Concerned Landowners and Groups Seek Clarity that Vermont Can Protect Its Environment From Tar Sands Pipeline With Exxon Tar Sands Project Imminent, Decision on Act 250 Jurisdiction Sought MONTPELIER, VT — Six Northeast Kingdom residents and landowners joined conservation groups in filing a request with the Act 250 District Coordinator in St. Johnsbury seeking affirmation …
News Release: Keeping Tar Sands out of Vermont Pipeline Read More »
On Monday, VPIRG’s Executive Director, Paul Burns, joined Senator Sanders to publicly oppose rolling back Vermont’s commitment to building clean energy projects in-state.
Yesterday, Governor Shumlin presented the legislature with a study outlining the financing for Green Mountain Care. Here’s the long and the short of it: by transitioning to a universal publicly financed system in 2017, we can cover every Vermonter with quality insurance and in the process save $281 million in just the first three years. …
Interactive Health Care Webinar on February 12th will Outline Important Changes Read More »
Governor Peter Shumlin today announced the proposed funding mechanism for Green Mountain Care, the state’s publicly financed universal health care system called for in Act 48. The following is the statement of VPIRG Consumer Protection Advocate, Falko Schilling: VPIRG supports a health care funding system where everyone pays their fair share and everyone benefits. The …
Statement on Governor Shumlin’s Green Mountain Care Financing Proposal Read More »
Montpelier, VT – Today, Ben & Jerry’s announced that it stands with the growing movement to bring transparency to our food system by supporting legislation requiring mandatory labeling of foods produced with genetic engineering, or GMOs. The company has also committed to source only non-GMO ingredients by the end of 2013. “This is a big …
Coalition Recognizes Ben & Jerry’s Statement of Support Read More »
Right to Know GMOs is back for 2013! The 2013 legislative session has begun, and we are excited to see that as a result of your efforts last year, labeling genetically engineered foods (often called GMOs) will once again be a key issue in the State House. In pre-session conversations we heard from many more …
A coalition of environmental, energy, and business groups today announced a clean energy and climate protection plan for Vermont. Collectively the groups represent thousands of Vermonters calling for prompt and ambitious action on clean energy and climate change.
VPIRG supporter, Andy Robinson, penned this op-ed that was run in VTDigger.org on January 17, 2013.
