In a remarkable reversal of past priorities, Vermont legislators opened the 2014 session by voting to allow even more money in state elections. Gov. Shumlin signed the bill (S.82) into law, despite having heard from over 1,500 VPIRG members urging him to veto it. Over opposition from Democrats, Republicans, Progressives and Independents, majorities in both …
Since the 2014 Legislative session began, the Senate Agriculture Committee has been filled with expert testimony as committee members work to decide the future of Vermont’s GMO labeling bill. Now its your turn to weigh in- join the GMO Right to Know Coalition for the H.112 Public Hearing February 6th! Members of the Senate Agriculture …
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Two years ago, due in part to hundred of comments from VPIRG supporters, Vermont set a goal of getting 90% of our energy from renewable sources by 2050. Now, the State is assembling another report that could impact Vermont energy policy for years to come. If the document that laid out 90% as Vermont’s goal- …
Last summer, over 30,000 Vermonters signed a postcard when approached by one of VPIRG’s amazing citizen outreach staffers. As director of VPIRG’s field organizing, I’m often asked whether adding your name to petition or postcard will make a difference. Simply put, yes it does. Each postcard is like a brick. A single brick does not …
As Jerry Greenfield pointed out, the first step for real campaign finance reform is persuading Gov. Shumlin to veto S.82. It’s a bill that would give corporations, PACs and very wealthy folks more influence over how we elect our leaders in Montpelier—and that’s not only unnecessary, it’s just wrong. If Gov. Shumlin vetoes S.82, then …
Vermont now ranks 9th in the country for solar installations per capita and we just tripled the amount of residential renewables in two years. That’s great news. But in order to ensure the state’s “net metering” law—which lets Vermonters go renewable, compensates you for the renewable power you produce and lets you keep “rollover” credit …
Yesterday citizens from every corner of Vermont came to the State House to rally, and lobby their senators in support of labeling genetically engineered foods (also known as GMOs).
This is the message that Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s, sent out to VPIRG members urging action on a bad bill to put more money in politics. Why I’m asking for a veto of S.82 We might not agree on politics or religion, heck we might not agree on Chunky Monkey or Phish …
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The Public Service Board (PSB) is deliberating about whether to grant Vermont Yankee a Certificate of Public Good for the next year. One thing’s for sure: We can’t let afford to let Entergy delay cleaning up the Vernon site. And the Board wants to hear from you! Starting at 7pm, public hearing will broadcast at …
The Public Service Board (PSB) is considering whether to grant Entergy a CPG for the next year. As >recent stories in the media have exposed, the PSB has some tough questions about the proposed agreement. There are no easy answers and no perfect solutions here. The fact is, the state has limited power over Entergy …
