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Vermont’s Data Center Bill Clears Senate Committee 5-0 — Here’s What’s in It 

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Late this morning, the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee voted 5-0 — unanimously, with bipartisan support — to advance a far stronger version of H.727, the data center regulation bill, than passed the Vermont House earlier this year. The bill now heads to the full Senate floor.  VPIRG has been deep in this work for months. Here’s what …

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No Free Rides For Data Centers.

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Today is Earth Day — and this year, one of the most important things you can do to protect Vermont’s climate future has nothing to do with Washington, D.C. – it’s happening right here, in the State House in Montpelier.  You’ve probably heard about the massive boom in data centers nationwide, driven by the rapid …

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Data Matters: Don’t Overlook GHG Reporting

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There is an important but overlooked climate bill winding its way through the State House right now: H.740. It would create a new, robust statewide carbon pollution and fossil fuel reporting program. And thanks to the voices of Vermonters like you, H.740 passed the House of Representatives! But our work isn’t done, and the importance of …

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Legal Defense of the Climate Superfund Act: An Update

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A week ago, I visited the federal courthouse in Rutland, where the office of Vermont’s Attorney General Charity Clark defended our state’s landmark Climate Superfund Act from attacks by the oil industry, Republican attorneys general from other states, and the Trump Administration. Here’s the update…  Climate change is hitting Vermont hard and is costing us …

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New Poll: Nearly Three-Quarters of Vermonters Support Banning Paraquat

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As the Vermont House Agriculture Committee prepares to consider H.739, legislation that would ban the toxic pesticide paraquat, a new statewide poll finds strong bipartisan support among Vermont voters for taking action. Scientific studies have linked paraquat exposure to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Earlier testimony from Dr. James Boyd, a neurologist with UVM …

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About Last Week’s Botched ICE Raid

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It’s difficult to put into words the level of violence, intimidation, fear, and prolonged chaos that ICE agents brought to Vermont with their bungled raid in South Burlington on March 11. It started when ICE agents misidentified a suspect and began a car chase down a busy street during morning hour rush near two schools. …

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Action Alert: Nukes & Renewables

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If my appearance on Vermont Edition on Monday made one thing clear, it’s that the Scott Administration is very serious about the possible siting of a new nuclear plant in Vermont – and about weakening the Renewable Energy Standard, which currently requires all Vermont electric utilities to be 100% renewable no later than 2035. As …

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S.23, An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections, passes in to law  

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Governor Phil Scott signed S.23 into law on Thursday, legislation that sets strict rules for the use of artificial intelligence in Vermont’s elections. The new law requires that any campaign media featuring AI-generated images, audio, or video used within 90 days of an election must include a clear disclosure. It also establishes regulations on the …

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