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 …
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-0 if favor of a strong GMO labeling bill. The five Committee members worked tirelessly throughout the month of March to craft H.112 into an even stronger, more defensible bill.
If you liked Citizens United, you’re going to love McCutcheon The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McCutcheon v. FEC to strike down overall, or aggregate, contribution limits to candidates and political committees. U.S. PIRG research found that this ruling could bring $1 billion in additional campaign contributions from fewer than 2,800 elite donors through the 2020 election cycle. As this report …
Decision in McCutcheon v FEC could add $1 billion from big donors through 2020 Montpelier – Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McCutcheon v. FEC to strike down overall, or aggregate, contribution limits to candidates and political committees. U.S. PIRG research found that this ruling could bring $1 billion in additional campaign contributions …
RELEASE: Supreme Court rules in favor of big money…again. Read More »
The Vermont state Senate voted 17-11 today to support legislation that will provide significant new protections against exposure to toxic chemicals in consumer products.
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!
Its official- this Tuesday Bennington Senator Bob Hartwell asked legislative council to remove provisions from Senate Bill S. 208 that otherwise would have weakened Vermont’s Bottle Bill. The proposed language would have eliminated the 15 cent deposit on liquor bottles, as well as the deposit on any container greater than 1 liter in volume. The …
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 …
