With cutting-edge technology that takes energy out of the air and turns it into usable heat, you can heat your home at a fraction of the cost you’re paying for expensive fossil fuels today. MONTPELIER, VT—Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) and Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) formally launched their “Heat Clean” campaign today, shining …
VPIRG is defending your right to know. Read our press statement on VPIRG and Center for Food Safety’s motion to intervene by clicking here. If you’re ready to really nerd out on the legal documents, here’s the full list of documents we filed with our motion to intervene. Motion to Intervene: Click here to download. …
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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 …
At a time when Vermont can and should take action to cut the pollution we contribute to worsening climate change, the results of a VPIRG-commissioned study should come as no surprise. Even using the most conservative measures possible (we didn’t, for example, take into account all of the methane pollution that leaks out during the …
Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) and Center for Food Safety (CFS) formally moved to defend Vermont’s genetically engineered (GE) food labeling law, Act 120. The groups filed legal papers to intervene on behalf of the State of Vermont in order to assist in defending Act 120 from a legal challenge brought by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other food industry trade associations. They are represented jointly by counsel from CFS and Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC). Act 120 was signed into law on May 8, 2014. GMA, which represents the country’s largest food manufacturers and has poured tens of millions of dollars into anti-labeling campaigns in other states, sued Vermont just over a month after the law was signed.
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 …
REPOSTED FROM GREEN ENERGY TIMES Staff Article Most people in New England could cut their heating bills in half, when the time comes to choose a new heating system. Over the last couple years, we have seen more and more mention of air-source heat pumps in the news. Last year, we started to see some …
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 …
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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