Statement by VPIRG Director Paul Burns regarding Energize Vermont’s Clean Energy Plan
VPIRG Director Paul Burns comments on the recent release of Energize Vermont’s Clean Energy Plan.
News and Updates
A Letter from Bill McKibben to VPIRG members
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 …
We Have a Bill!
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 …
News Release: Keeping Tar Sands out of Vermont Pipeline
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 …
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Senator Bernie Sanders announces opposition to wind moratorium
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.
Interactive Health Care Webinar on February 12th will Outline Important Changes
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. …
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Statement on Governor Shumlin’s Green Mountain Care Financing Proposal
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 …
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News Release: Groups announce plan for energy and climate action agenda
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.
Robinson: At home with the wind
VPIRG supporter, Andy Robinson, penned this op-ed that was run in VTDigger.org on January 17, 2013.
This Just In: Heating Legislation Can Help Vermonters Save Big
The legislature has the opportunity to help Vermonters achieve drastic savings of money and energy on heating our homes and businesses. Learn more about the findings of a recent report on how investments in programs promoting building efficiency can yield great returns for the economy and environment.